No team has the cap space to offer that. So his options are to take the $8.5 million qualifying offer from Charlotte and play it out so he can become an unrestricted free agent next summer or keep trying to get the deal he wants from the Hornets. The hardest option to pursue is sign-and-trade but let's see. It's still early in the summer.
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Don't see the Mavs pursuing Nurkic for those asking. They want a rim-rolling and/or defensive center.
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There will have to be some sort of cost-cutting if the annual salary for Thybulle is higher than $9 million. The specific move is not yet clear. But I've been saying for days that McGee would not be back. One way or another he will not be on the roster.
More from Stein:
Don't see the Mavs pursuing Nurkic for those asking. They want a rim-rolling and/or defensive center.
More from Stein:
There will have to be some sort of cost-cutting if the annual salary for Thybulle is higher than $9 million. The specific move is not yet clear. But I've been saying for days that McGee would not be back. One way or another he will not be on the roster.
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