11-01-2023, 03:47 PM
(11-01-2023, 03:19 PM)The Jom Wrote: It was team friendly. No question. Could he have gotten a better deal? Hard to say. But Kyrie at 37 is a good deal. Guys making more:
Rudy Gobert
Brad Beal
Fred VV
Tobias Harris
Ben Simmons
Last two off-seasons three players (FVV, Brooks, Brunson) changed teams during the off-season on deals that exceeded 15M/year. Players are forcing trades all the time, cause there is almost no way to change teams on big money in free agency, unless you want to go to a rebuilding team like Houston. Once Houston decided they didn´t want him, he had no way to get paid. This was an Irving-friendly deal, if anything.
Ask yourself this:
Could Irving have gotten more elsewhere outright? Absolutely not.
Could the Mavs have offered less (90/3 with a team option) and still have by far the best offer available? Absolutely.
They just couldn´t risk pissing Luka and Kyrie off after the Brunson debacle.
Then Irving might still force a trade to the Lakers in three months, but I honestly do not care.
I´m happy with Lively, Williams, Green and Hardy. If we can turn Irving into Hachimura, Russell, Christie and a pick, then use our assets to make a move for a Lavine, Siakam, Grant we are a better team in the long-run.