(12-06-2019, 06:19 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: For the 100th time, Brogdon was traded only after he agreed to 4/$85 with Indiana. If we are assuming he's a rational human being, that's the highest offer he got.I see how it can look that simple on the outside but it's normally just not. Yes the Mavs had cap space but they also had a few holes to fill in along with giving KP a max deal. Then, you have the release of Brogdon involved. I would be willing to bet that the only reason Mil released his rights to Indiana was because of those picks in the trade they got. Mil probably came back and said "ok look you can have him in a trade...otherwise we just match him and you get nothing". They could have matched and just waited until the 15th of Dec to trade him if they couldn't afford to keep him.
If you offer him 4/$86 or more, he signs your offer sheet. Then you wait to see if Mil matches. It's not like the Mavs did anything with their cap space while they would've waited. I would've given him 4/$95 and seen how much tax Mil is willing to pay.
And by the way, if Mil signs him to 4/$95 and trades him before the TDL they get the package of returns and don't pay tax on him. That's basically what happened with Blake Griffin. They didn't want to let him walk for nothing so they signed him to a max deal and traded him a few months later.