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Originally Posted by Underdog
Don't forget that Noel is a restricted free agent this summer -- the Mavs have the right to match any deal that another team offers... So the biggest motivation anyone has to offer him max is to force us to match, but that puts the other team in cap limbo for a week while all the other FAs are snatched up... Remember how screwed the Mavs would have been if Houston matched on Parsons?
Also, this year's cap was projected to be $108m last summer when teams were throwing big money around, but now it's only $101m -- that eliminates almost 1/3 of the league from even being able to offer max deals this summer.
So basically, any team that offers max to Noel has to view him as their #1 priority... And even then, their chances of landing him are slim-to-none. That might give us a little wiggle room to offer him a couple million less than max.
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This exactly. Teams know we are going to match any deal offered, so do they really want to tie up their cap space knowing he isn't going anywhere? I don't expect Noel to take any less than the max, but knowing what it's like to play for a shit organization (Philly) maybe he realizes how lucky he is to be playing with a winning culture and wants to help for the good of the team.