[Underdog]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Folks at DB.com actually had an insightful idea about structuring Dirk's contract so that he earns the minimum this upcoming season, then the max the season after.

Worth a read.

http://www.scout.com/nba/mavericks/s...-contract-idea

Yeah, DB is always coming up with team-friendly cap juggling that players never go for... It must be the offseason.

I mean, it's an option, but I doubt Dirk does it unless the ink is already dry on what he considers to be a solid core for the next 2 years -- otherwise it stunts our ability to sign FAs when the cap spikes again in 2017... Gotta hit a home run early this summer to even consider this plan.

Like, if we could sign Parsons/Dwight/Conley, then it totally makes sense; Dirk gets fed with next summer's cap spike... But I'm not sure if it really does much good for us if we don't pull something like that off... I could see 2x$8m for Dirk probably working better for both parties if this summer just ends up being another patch job.