ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

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Devil's advocate...if you are only paying Bamba $6.2mm, do we presume he starts?  Seems like a number you pay the second team center, not necessarily the starter.  I'm not a huge Bamba fan, but he does block shots and unlike Powell can hit a three.  There's nothing wrong with giving yourself the option of Wood at the four.  He can still be the primary PnR big as long as the other big can spread the floor.

Some of the names getting Dallas mentions lead me to believe they are trying to do something more creative than what you list (one can hope at least).  Given the money Prince got yesterday, I worry that all of the defensive wings you list end up getting more than the TP-MLE (which is why I've been focused on ways to get $10.3mm below the apron so we can use the full MLE).

Well yes. You cannot sell him on this project by offering him the back-up C spot. The starting spot and the opportunity to be at the end of the full Luka treatment are the lure of Dallas. Same for Smith and Hartenstein. What happens 40-50 regular season games down the road is a different story, but STARTER + LUKA are clearly our top selling points to any free agent center right now.