07-08-2023, 06:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2023, 06:04 PM by Ghost of Podkolzin.)
(07-08-2023, 04:37 PM)MFFL Wrote: A better crazy idea. Let Wood walk away for the minimum to another team. Nobody is breaking down the door to sign him so I think that's what his market value is now (maybe it's slightly higher).
Heck, I would entertain the notion of helping with a sign and trade if we got a 2nd (or got rid of McGee too) and stay under the tax line (I think the Mavs should stay under the tax this year to put off the repeater tax as long as possible).
What any player is worth to another team is immaterial. It's what that player is worth to us.
Point is Wood gives us flexibility in the frontcourt that our current roster. For whatever price we can get him, it'll be better value than what we can get for him. If we can get him for the vet min, it's a no-brainer.
What alternative to getting Wood back is better than getting Wood back?
(07-08-2023, 05:32 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Waiving an NBA player is a last resort move. It gives the team who is waiving said player absolutely no benefits, as the salary still counts against the cap only they can't actually use the player.
Typically waiving happens right at the end of a contract where the penalty is over by June and doesn't affect the team long term. Waiving Holmes does absolutely ZERO. Let me repeat. Waiving Holmes at any point right now gives absolutely no benefit to the Mavs as his 12 mil is still counted on the salary sheet for this year AND next year.
If anything waiving Holmes would put the Mavs in a worse position given that they now have 12 mil of dead cap, lost a rotation player, and need to stay under 172 mil while replacing Holmes and whatever else they need.
Thanks. Point taken. Under the CBA, what are our options to resign Wood?