05-29-2023, 01:06 PM
From Stein:
My pal @CBAMavs on Twitter articulated this so well that it bears repeating here, because I didn't explain it as thoroughly as I could and should have. The primary difference between Kyrie Irving's looming free agency and what the Mavericks went through last summer when Jalen Brunson bolted for New York without compensation is that Dallas would at least come away with a projected $17 million-to-$19 million in salary cap space if Irving were to sign elsewhere without a sign-and-trade. That figure could potentially rise if the Mavericks managed to shed an additional contract or two. The Mavericks had no cap flexibility to try to atone for their Brunson’s gaffes.
They obviously would be well shy of maximum cap space in that scenario — and Dallas' painful and lengthy history of free-agent disappointments when it has had cap space is well-documented — but trying to make moves with space certainly would be preferable to settling for some unappetizing sign-and-trade swap in the event that a new deal with Irving can't be struck and he departs.
https://marcstein.substack.com/p/on-game...-more-from
My pal @CBAMavs on Twitter articulated this so well that it bears repeating here, because I didn't explain it as thoroughly as I could and should have. The primary difference between Kyrie Irving's looming free agency and what the Mavericks went through last summer when Jalen Brunson bolted for New York without compensation is that Dallas would at least come away with a projected $17 million-to-$19 million in salary cap space if Irving were to sign elsewhere without a sign-and-trade. That figure could potentially rise if the Mavericks managed to shed an additional contract or two. The Mavericks had no cap flexibility to try to atone for their Brunson’s gaffes.
They obviously would be well shy of maximum cap space in that scenario — and Dallas' painful and lengthy history of free-agent disappointments when it has had cap space is well-documented — but trying to make moves with space certainly would be preferable to settling for some unappetizing sign-and-trade swap in the event that a new deal with Irving can't be struck and he departs.
https://marcstein.substack.com/p/on-game...-more-from