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Seems most here have gravitated back to tired old Wood and Brunson positions as a response to this article.  What I found most interesting is the idea that Kyrie’s Max is basically double what we weren’t willing to pay Brunson.

OK, you are the smartest guy in the room and you are at the Kyrie resigning press conference.  $46.9mm severely limits your flexibility under the new CBA (which you’ve pointed out in typical SGITR fashion).  How do you answer the inevitable questions about paying double for Kyrie compared to Brunson and doing so with knowledge of the limitations of the new CBA?

Maybe the answer is you don’t.  I’ve said keeping Kyrie is my base assumption, but I’m still looking for options (see my latest in the roster thread involving Miami).  Isn’t the SGITR thing to do to trade Kyrie for more than you paid for him while adding youth, flexibility and defense?  Basically flipping him for greater value.  If you just bring back a different version of Brunson, you’ll always be answering question of “why didn’t you just keep Brunson”?  Seems a bigger change might be coming.  Us Smartest Guys on the Message Board (SGOTMB’s) might not agree with the SGITR that his idea is….you know…smart.  But, I’m kind of wondering what the “smart” pitch is if/when we get to the Kyrie resigning press conference.

I agree with 100% of this ... flip Kyrie for a better result than they began with (DFS, SD, and unprotected 2029) ...but will argue that it has left out the most important point. Which is ....

Can they REALLY flip Kyrie for better assets than they began with (including the issue of whether the contracts are cap-efficient or not)? I'm skeptical. Part of that has to do with how hard I think the market will be to find a friendly deal (everyone will expect a lot and offer nothing), and the other part has to do with my lack of trust in Mavs ability to make a deal that really moves the needle in the right direction.

I did read your MIA idea, btw. Kinda liked it, kinda didn't. But think that even though I don't think that's better than what they traded to BKN, I think getting something that good is way beyond Cuban's ability. The idea they got Wood to trade him, and then had no clue how to make that happen, is indication enough that Cuban's FO has no clue how to roster-build around Luka.