(06-08-2023, 05:41 AM)omahen Wrote: 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.I can tell you what fair would be after all the BS Kyrie pulled the last four years, but then he´d probably start crying about being disrespected by Mavs fanbase, so 40M p.a. for more than two years is already too much.
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.
Furthermore if you read my carefully crafted post, you see that the Mavs never offered Kyrie. The Suns demanded Kyrie and explained that the salary diffference with Aytfon is not a problem for THEM. If Kyrie gets offended by other teams initiating and inquiring about him in a possible trade, then you better get the f*** out, cause I see more red flags than on a Chinese national holiday.