(07-08-2023, 06:00 PM)omahen Wrote: Wow. Pop signs for 5 more years

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1677814825848803331

(07-08-2023, 06:09 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Wood SnT's are tricky right now as the Mavs are hard-capped at 172. If Wood wants to take a contract for less than 10 mil a year, then maybe something can happen there, but it's unlikely. 

Someone did point out that the Mavs could potentially SnT Wood before the Grant trade is finalized, but the real question is what
team is paying assets for Wood right now? Especially when the general consensus is that he can be had for a vet min contract?

Right now, for all intents and purposes, Wood does not exist to the Mavericks. The relationship and bridge was burnt. There are a multitude of reasons why, but it doesn't really matter now.

(07-08-2023, 06:09 PM)MrGoat Wrote: Well he's only 74 years old. He'll need something to pass the time until he's finally old enough to run for president

(07-08-2023, 06:22 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Ya, not S&T.  Signing.  What are our options under the CBA to sign him?

(07-08-2023, 06:42 PM)F Gump Wrote: Technically Mavs can offer him any contract from minimum to maximum, but practically speaking they can only pay a 1st year salary that leaves them under the Apron (so, maybe up to $11M?), and probably wouldn't want to pay tax to sign him (so, maybe up to 4M?) or they may just want to offer a league-subsidized one-year minimum (where he gets paid a total of ~2.9M). And they would certainly want a deal where he can be traded this year without having to get him to give permission.

But by all accounts neither side wants to do a deal. And it would take BOTH of them to change that. So from that angle, we have no options.

(07-08-2023, 07:05 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: So at $11m for one year, what better option do we have than Wood?

(07-08-2023, 07:05 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: So at $11m for one year, what better option do we have than Wood?

(07-08-2023, 12:33 PM)Winter Wrote: If they don't make the playoffs next year, there will be a lot of changes. Namely coaching. A team with two of the best players in the world can't be out of the playoffs.

This team, so far, has a much stronger and talented bench. We're stronger at the PF position and have capable 3-point shooters almost everywhere. We should be better defensively, and have a least one rim protector (albeit a rookie). This team was not a bad team last year, but they were very disappointing. I think the new energy acquired will make this at least a decent playoff team - much closer to the playoff team 2 years ago.

(07-08-2023, 03:50 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Crazy idea...  Resign Wood.  Waive Holmes ($12m) and sign Wood for the same contract...  $24m over 2 years, but 2nd year TO.

Kyrie, Hardy, Exum
Green, Curry
Luka, THJ
G.Will, Maxi, OMax
Wood, Powell, Lively

From where we are now, replacing Holmes with Wood makes a lot of sense.  We'd be giving 1 more year to fit in, or we don't exercise the TO next year.

(07-08-2023, 07:50 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I prefer this year's roster because there is more athleticism, youth and hope.  For the coming season though, I'm not certain we've improved much.  

(07-08-2023, 07:57 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I don't think we'd have to pay Christian Wood $12 million per year.  I think he'd come back for $4 million per year maybe even with a second-year team option.  Everyone talks about how the relationship between the Mavericks and Wood is irreconcilable.  Sometimes desperation revives broken relationships.  

A center platoon of Dwight Powell and Christian Wood is much better than Dwight Powell and Richaun Holmes.

(07-08-2023, 08:29 PM)Kidnova Wrote: The head coach cannot stand the player.  It ain't happening.

(07-08-2023, 08:31 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I know.  Sometimes reason and logic don't prevail. 

I think the Jason Kidd/Christian Wood conflict may say as much about Jason Kidd as it does about Christian Wood.

(07-08-2023, 08:31 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I know.  Sometimes reason and logic don't prevail. 

I think the Jason Kidd/Christian Wood conflict may say as much about Jason Kidd as it does about Christian Wood.

(07-08-2023, 08:31 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I know.  Sometimes reason and logic don't prevail. 

I think the Jason Kidd/Christian Wood conflict may say as much about Jason Kidd as it does about Christian Wood.

(07-08-2023, 08:25 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: agree

should be an interesting season

TBH I am worried about Luka having a meltdown or Kyrie being Kyrie if the team is struggling.

(07-08-2023, 08:34 PM)mvossman Wrote: Then why is he about to be on his 9th team in 9 seasons, and nobody seems interested in paying more than the min?

(07-08-2023, 08:57 PM)F Gump Wrote: I think you guys are sleeping on the impact of two superstars playing on the same team.

We don't appreciate what that means because the end of last season was meh. But to assemble them, Mavs had to be willing to tear down much of the team structure in place and supporting cast in the moment, and try to make things work on the fly. I suspect having a full supporting cast, plus a full camp to get everyone into a setup that works to the team's new strengths, will make a huge difference.

(07-08-2023, 08:38 PM)Winter Wrote: Well, what does it say about the Christian Wood and Philadelphia, Christian Wood and Chicago, Wood and Milwaukee, Wood and New Orleans, Wood and Detroit, Wood and Houston... That's seven teams in eight years.

Jason Kidd is one seven organizations that didn't want him for even a second year!

That's not just bad luck or bad coaching. That player is a problem.

(07-08-2023, 08:46 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I think they signed Kyrie with full awareness that there’s an 80% chance they’ll trade him soon. Possibly even at this first deadline.

I think that with a good season of play from him, along with his decent contract, they’ll get more for him than they gave up, and I believe the package will be comprised of a little draft capital and a couple of players much closer to the new timeline they’ve set up with every other move made this summer.

In the meantime, I think they hope he can reign Luka in a little and teach him some things, and probably think there’s a chance this all comes together fast enough to make use of his presence here.

It’s a much better plan than I expected them to hatch. Realistic and hopeful.