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[DanSchwartzgan]

You seem confident, and might be right. 

You don't think there's anything to the idea that he has been in the rotation one year, so far, and inconsistently during that year? 

For me, I think this is a situation where it makes sense to wait and see what he does this year, even if that means you end up paying more. I'm ready to count on the kid, but something tells me JKidd is not. It's just a funny feeling I have. Hope it's a wrong one.

I should have said “if he gets an extension” take the over.  I can’t predict IF the Mav’s do it or not.  The risk they run is he gets offers north of $20mm next summer.  They can’t match that and make their cap structure work.  They probably have more risk in this negotiation than Green does, so this is not about what he’s already accomplished.  It is about de-risking their future exposure.

Players also give up something to get the security of locking in a deal a year early.  I think $12mm is the absolute floor here.  I’ve said all along I think $14mm is the number.