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It is a pretty interesting situation.   I wonder where each party is willing to pay/accept, and how much gap there is between the two.   There is a very real chance Green can be in a much better spot next offseason.  But then again, he could be in a worse spot.  What happens if he gets injured?  What happens if his play plateaus from last season.  There is also a real chance Green plays well but gets stuck in the same thing as Grant Williams or PJ Washington where teams are afraid to offer because they think their team would match.  

On the other hand, the Mavs have proven not to be very good at bluffing.  See Brunson, Jalen and we can pay the most.   I am not cap literate but this could get tricky if lets say the Mavs make a trade this year for a guy making 20 plus million.   

I just hope the Mavs have been proactive and have been in touch with Green for a while (even if it was his decision to wait until after the summer).   There should be strong reasons for both sides wanting to get something done.  Green to get generational security while maybe taking a little less than a year from now and for the Mavs to commit to a guy who fits their timeline.   We have seen for multiple reasons the Mavs are not typically good at this part.

For the Mavs to make a trade for a guy making 20+ mil they'd have to:
1) make sure the deal doesn't put them over the 172 mil hard cap they can't cross this season.
2) send out enough money to make sure matching rules are satisfied. At the minimum it'd be 13 mil in salary needed to match. 

And even still, tax implications alone shouldn't stop the Mavs from resigning Green even if they make a big trade. The bluff from Brunson was because Mark Cuban is a blithering idiot and can't recognize talent and didn't believe in him. He was wrong (so was I). But if Cuban actually believed in JB he'd still be here. 

Thankfully in this situation the Mavs don't need to have any negotiating power since they can match any deal. And they will. That's why there should be nothing to worry about.