06-08-2023, 05:41 AM
(06-08-2023, 05:12 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: At that point Suns owner either bites or says we´ll find a way to make the salaries match.
Learnings: You know Ayton is available. You know there is interest in Kyrie from Phoenix side. Now you basically offer Kyrie fair market value, something like 160/4 and if he insists on the outrageous 200/4-250/5, you just trade him to Phoenix.
Not sure why you are so certain there is interest in Kyrie. Suns owner can also say no thank you. If they go after Kyrie, they are hard capped and have 135 mil invested in four players. No assets to trade and the only contract possible to use in a trade being the Shamet one. I fail to see much interest on their side for Kyrie, if it takes Paul and Ayton going out. The only remaining options to improve the roster would be MLE and BAE.
What we do know with far higher certainty is, there is even bigger interest in Kyrie from Mavs side. Not sure why you assume they are even considering trading him. Forgeting again, Mavs are in no position to even offer him around, since he is a FA. The interest needs to come from Kyrie. Last thing Mavs want would be a rumor, they are shopping him around... Mavs very obviously accepted they will pay him. Probably a lot. I will consider anything less than a 4 year max a success from their side. Same as Brunson, they are in bird rights trap. More or less they need to pay as much as it takes, or he can go with minimum return coming back. Mavs can't replace him if he walks. It cost them 2 starters and unprotected FRP to replace Brunson.
As for determining Kyries "fair" salary - Phoenix is far from the only team there, that could be used to determine Kyries "fair" value. Not sure why would anyone take valuation from one team (whatever it is) as a certain indication of his value.