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Originally Posted by G-Man
There have been many 3 point specialists who hung aroung at the end of their careers in spite of a lack of defensive skill. Peja for one, Steve Kerr is another and I would argue at this point, Jet is more valuable than either.
Part of what has to happen under the new CBA is salaries must come down. If max guys keep getting 16 to 21 million, the Jets and Kidds of the NBA will simply have to make less. Jet will learn this if he becomes a free agent. Given the smaller offers he is likely to get, I expect him to retire a Mav and give his team a home town discount. The guy bleeds Mavs blue and I want to see his Jersey hanging up there next to Dirk's.
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It's going to be interesting, you may or may not be right. All it takes is one team to overpay him or simply pay him more than us and there's a good chance he's gone. We cannot assume he is going to give a hometown discount even though it's not impossible. I think he has a chance to command the full MLE but it would probably be with a non-contender. But if he can get 5mil with them instead of say 2 with us he may think "well I got my championship already" and take the extra 3 million. The way he has spoken out against the MBT this season points to him not doing them any huge favors just to fit in Deron or someone else.
If Caron can get 8 mil a season coming off major knee surgery and in his 30s, I see no reason to think Jet can't get at least 5mil a season, possibly a little more.
You talk about tough decisions this summer, whoa is the MBT.