(07-14-2023, 12:38 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: A) that’s your speculation.
B) he’s RFA, and the Mavs can’t even offer the full MLE right now (which CHA’s front office types would high-five each other as they matched, anyway).
Basically, PJW and Charlotte reached an impasse on negotiations. It’s his right as RFA to go and try to drum up an offer he likes (so far, he hasn’t found it, which should tell us something) and from context it seems like the team was willing to play ball a little to extend that opportunity for him past the cap space teams.
What they’re HOPING is that that he’ll come back from what’s out there willing to come down much closer to the offer they’ve already made. I haven’t seen any indication that it’s not working, have you? He’s now threatening to sign the QO and go into UFA next summer. This is always the last resort in these situations. It’s very likely a bluff, because other than Philly I doubt there will be much attractive cap space out there next summer.
I doubt the Mavericks are even talking to PJW’s people at this point (wouldn’t hate it if they were, just connecting dots) but I feel pretty confident when I say there’s a 0% chance of him playing in Dallas next year for the contract people seem to want. The only path (and even this is a long shot) to acquiring PJW is to:
1) talk yourself into paying him much more than CHA is willing to offer, and enough to interest him in signing (second part might be even higher than the first part)
2) offer CHA something to facilitate losing a player that I’m not sure they are definitely going to lose. From where I’m sitting it seems like they played this one pretty well.
Insert *Josh Green* for *PJW* and you can just copy+paste and use it for next year if the Mavs don’t get his extension figured out.
(07-14-2023, 12:47 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I still think there are some things that could happen to make Capela to the Mavs possible. Other than that, I think the door has closed on every other scenario we’ve discussed this summer.
In my mind, the possibilities remaining are, in order of likelihood
1) simply dump McGee somehow or even (hopefully not) waive him. Off-season over at that point.
2) grab onto the big move ATL is still clearly trying to make in order to snag Capela. You can tell the Mavs want this because they seem to have approached several different versions of how to acquire Capela. I think this makes a ton of sense and still have some hope, but at this point it’s dependent on other teams agreeing to do business with each other. I don’t think ATL is going to move Capela just to move him.
3) something we’ve heard no reporting about that comes from way out in left field. This isn’t likely at all, imo, but I suppose it’s always a possibility.
After reading the hawks forums you’d think they wanted to move Capela regardless because of him blocking OO. There might be something there even if the Hawks don’t trade for Siakam or KAT.