01-12-2024, 08:33 PM
(01-12-2024, 08:25 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: I forcefully but respectfully disagree. There are a lot of teams who would like to have Siakam. He's the only top-40 player in the NBA who's clearly available at this time. Teams like the Warriors, Hawks, Pacers and Nets can all easily beat our offer. Masai would bring up Lively then hang up the phone when we said no.
We might have a chance this summer if Siakam makes it to free agency and determines he wants to be a Maverick. We'd have some leverage then. Currently, Toronto has no incentive to accept our best offer which is multiple bad contracts and a 2027 1st.
Warriors have worse contracts than Mavs, unless they include CP3 or Thompson (only value for Toronto is that they are expiring). Hawks are rumored to be retooling and rumors are Siakam said he doesn't want to resign with them. Pacers have cap space in the summer and are not interested in giving up anything valuable according to recent reports. This leaves BKN from your list, who were not even rumored to be interested in Siakam.