02-02-2023, 08:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2023, 08:07 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
Dan, I do disagree with you on Wood's market value. I think he's a starter in terms of the numbers he can put up, and I believe from what I have seen in games that his defensive shortcomings are overstated, particularly with respect to how he has played here. He's slightly below average, not Arvydas Sabonis. I think his market value this summer would be in the $20-$25 mil per year range. I don't think his camp signs any of the in-season extensions - even at 4 years - because they agree with me that his Mavs campaign has resulted in a much higher price tag. If I'm wrong and he signs an extension at any point, that would be a killing for the Mavs, but the Twitter tea leaves suggest they know that isn't happening, whether from their end (which would be abjectly pathetic, tbh) or his.
With the numbers I put out, I'm not ignorantly suggesting they can extend him for that (I know and knew they can't), but rather that they keep him into the summer and make him a reasonable offer. What I'm sniffing is 1) they feel like they can't chance another Brunson, and/or 2) they don't want him at market value. I think the latter is pretty stupid (chirping at the FO, not you), because this team can't afford a drop in talent quotient - which trading Wood now would definitely result in, if a bit less than losing him for nothing.
Edit: I'll go one further. Given the destruction which a Wood trade or loss would cause to the talent quotient, I think that automatically triggers a Luka trade request, whether immediately or down the line. This roster minus Wood is dog doo.
With the numbers I put out, I'm not ignorantly suggesting they can extend him for that (I know and knew they can't), but rather that they keep him into the summer and make him a reasonable offer. What I'm sniffing is 1) they feel like they can't chance another Brunson, and/or 2) they don't want him at market value. I think the latter is pretty stupid (chirping at the FO, not you), because this team can't afford a drop in talent quotient - which trading Wood now would definitely result in, if a bit less than losing him for nothing.
Edit: I'll go one further. Given the destruction which a Wood trade or loss would cause to the talent quotient, I think that automatically triggers a Luka trade request, whether immediately or down the line. This roster minus Wood is dog doo.