04-19-2023, 11:27 AM
(04-19-2023, 09:04 AM)Jason Terry Wrote: Any ideas for who we should target for MLE? McDaniels seems like best case scenario. Jaxson Hayes is a guy to look at. That type of player, a guy who was behind others on the depth chart who could blossom into something real.
We can’t miss this year on the MLE. They must be a 3-4-5 rotation player
It's about impossible you can get that caliber of player for big MLE contract price (11.5M more or less), much less for the TxpMLE of about 7M.
Consider - we're talking about 3-4-5 player for that exemption, when last season what it bought them was an almost-unplayable backup center.
Sad to say, the Mavs already have been paying more than that number for quite a few players who are NOT a 3-4-5 rotation player (Wood, Bertans, Hardaway are more than that MLE level, and last season both Powell and RB were paid in that general vicinity), which again underscores the horrendous roster-building and payroll management we have had by Cuban as GM.