(01-09-2024, 10:54 AM)Mapka Wrote: The problem is, he expects to be paid as a no1.
He is high on my list, but it's not an easy fit.
I understand everybody who doesn't like to take that risk.
A lot of number three players on contenders got max deals. This is a price if you want to build a contender. Or good luck trying that with the likes of Stewart. My main point is, that even though he would get his max, Mavs would still have plenty of room to build on other positions. How many times have I pointed out the wage structure of contenders. With the exception of OKC (still have to prove if they really are a contender), they all have extremely top heavy rosters. And the fact, that he can walk in the summer and his desire for a max deal are making him actually available for the Mavs. As I said yesterday - you either trade a bunch of assets for a guy on a great salary or you trade lesser assets for a guy that will be perhaps overpaid. If it works out, no one will care that Siakam is overpaid. He will be worth every cent. By trading for him, you actually get a team in a position where excuses are no longer possible.
I get all the arguments about Siakam possibility to walk in the summer. It would be a disaster to trade for him only to watch him walk in half a year. But I don't accept the arguments, that he is not a good player and wouldn't improve Mavs significantly.