05-05-2023, 05:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2023, 05:02 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
(05-05-2023, 04:31 AM)omahen Wrote: As in all of this ideas. The one making the decision is Kyrie, not Mavs. Scenario something like - Kyrie comes to Mavs, I would prefer to be in the team XY but they don't have cap space to make it happen, so I kindly ask for your help. Mavs can either help him or not, which means he either walks somewhere else or you give a huge long term contract to a player who said he would prefer to be elsewhere.
#14 doesn't really work, because draft is before FA. But leaving that aside, I think it is a reasonable compensation.
Just super difficult to come up with fair value for Kyrie. On top of the difficulty to find teams that would be interested. The limiting factor for Kyrie is pretty obvious. How many teams besides the Mavs have capspace/can create capspace and are willing to give him the max. Not sure if there is a single team that falls into that category and that could give the Mavs some leverage.
We have mentioned the Suns and Heat. Maybe the Clippers? Who else is even an option?
I guess Harden´s free agency decision could lead to an opening. Stay with the 76ers? Return to Houston? If he leaves Philly they need to find a replacement. If he joins the Rockets they would be just short of the necessary capspace to add a second max player.