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[SleepingHero]

My own thinking is
1 Anything is negotiable
2 I like the "same as Luka" offer (both amount, and length) because it has a reason to it, that he might embrace
3 You are committing to him, so let him commit to you too, as one of your 2 big-salary guys
4 I don't like a random number or scheme with the premise "let's wrestle and scheme for the best way to beat down the other side in this agreement" because then his goal is "the biggest number" (max) rather than the best team possible
5 Does 37 allow anything that 40 doesn't? Or does it just pad Cuban's wallet instead of Kyrie's?

All sound logic. 

I came up with 5/210 as it was rumored Kyrie wanted a 4yr max, which would be right around 4/210. Figured we'd offer the same amount of money but just tack on a PO in year 5 so the yearly salary would be reduced significantly.

Ky is a wildcard. He might get wildly offended the Mavs didn't offer him a full max and bolt, or he might really take to the "same as Luka" approach in terms of being respected. Who knows? 

In either case, the next hurdle for Nico is to get Kyrie to sign on the dotted line in such a way that the Mavs preserve the MLE+BAE as you outlined. I don't really care how they go about it.