06-07-2021, 09:24 PM
(06-07-2021, 09:17 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: What is happening will determine if Luka is still on the Mavs in those years. If the Mavs cannot show him that they are willing and smart enough to build around him (including paying luxury tax) he could be gone before he enters his best years.
See, I think it's more about the team's ability to maneuver in such a way where they are in position to deliver the team he wants/needs when he is truly aware enough to know it, right around when this coming extension is over (5 years, I think, if the 5th year of the extension is a player option).
I don't think ANY amount of team success between now and then will matter much to him at that time if the roster isn't very flexible AT THAT TIME. Obviously, I'm not suggesting they don't TRY to put a great team out there in the meantime, but they need to make SMART decisions relative to timing.
Maybe I'm wrong.