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Originally Posted by SMC0007
Not aiming this at you, just responding about this kawhi idea in general.
They can't technically make calls until everyone else can make calls right? No way I would wait on a guy who can go anywhere he wants AND yet is injured and might not even play next season at all. That's just wild, when we have a max guy who could miss time next season as well.
It's better than no move at all but for Fs sake putting our eggs in that basket is desperate beyond reason. There are guys that make us better and we have a habit of missing them for shit like this.
Let's fire the GM, change the coach but use the same approach that has only failed in the past. That's a good way to get the fan base hating you right out the gate before the 1st season even starts.
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There is a slim chance that Klaw wants to be in Dallas with Luka. Slim, but I wouldn't say zero. I am OK with testing the waters with a very short lived, no nonsense offer on the table at the ring of the bell to FA. My suggestion was to simultaneously make offers to other FAs that are more realistic targets. If the planets all align and everyone wants to become a Mav, well then you have a problem with the cap. That is why you need to have some back-up salary dumps ready to go in the unlikely event the Mavs are suddenly flush with FAs ready to sign on the dotted line. Is there a rule that you have to make these offers sequentially to be sure there is no chance you go over the cap? If there is, then I am not aware of it.
I am not real excited about signing another injured player with a huge contract either. But, it seems to me if Klaw wants in on the Mavs future, then you have to consider that as tempting.
I totally agree that waiting for the #1 star theoretically on the FA market is a bad idea, and one that has blown up in the face of the MBT time and time again. In many ways, I would rather see the Mavs make a winning offer to someone like Holmes to help fix one glaring problem rather than ending up empty handed. While Holmes does not solve the most glaring problem for the Mavs, he does help solve
a problem.