10-24-2024, 01:10 PM
(10-24-2024, 09:41 AM)F Gump Wrote: I've heard this claim made on all kinds of questionable deals, and respectfully, I think it's erroneous.
The Mavs will NOT be bestowed with spending room that will make overpays irrelevant. Instead, the looming increase in cap will be eaten up by increases in all contracts. The cap crunch of hard caps will be there. Every max and MLE contract will rise with the cap. Every overpay will hurt.
I accept the idea this is perhaps calculated risk-reward, with the possible reward being the TO year. But I don't buy that there will be so much cap room it won't matter.
The 1st year of this deal will be one in which Mavs must negotiates MANY new deals. They all want more money. What is done at the edge will matterr. Imo.
Yes.
It’s been fascinating to watch the overreaction, on both sides, to Javale’s $6m contract. And Dwight Powell’s $4m contract.
On the one hand, they’re minor contracts. Not even MLE.
On the other hand, every million can really hurt when you’re trying to figure out how to pay that one remaining free agent you wish to sign.