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Originally Posted by purplefrog
If you are going to compete with the Warriors and Clippers, then you have to pay up or be content with just making the playoffs and maybe winning a first round series. Those owners are wiling to take a deep breath and do what is necessary to compete year-in and year-out. The system stinks (I agree with Thespiralgoeson) but its the game being played right now. If the reported salary numbers are accurate, then the take away is the Mavs were outbid, not JB wanted to play for the Knicks. It may be both, but it is most certainly not only the latter.
Why not offer a five year contract worth $125M? That is at least more total money than what the Knicks are offering. And P.S. I don't care about Cuban's money. The Warriors are going through this right now with extensions on the horizon for Wiggins, Looney and Poole. I wager that at least two in that group re-sign and GSW goes deeper into the luxury tax. Clippers are positioning themselves to do the same.
An alternative to my rant, is that Nico has prepared for JB's departure and has a plan that will make us all very happy. I hope that is the case.
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This is hard to accept but the Warriors are a championship team. They've repeated and now have four rings. That is worth paying repeater tax for.
Mavs would be in worse shape financially and we all agree that we're at least 1-2 pieces (even WITH Brunson) from contending. I know it feels bad, but you simply don't mortgage the future for a team that is that far from a championship. That's bush league desperation stuff.
Mavs gotta retool a bit: develop Hardy, draft well in the future, make smart moves with trades, develop guys internally, and if we get to championship level we pay to bring those guys back. Overpaying guys because we have no faith in our ability to constantly improve? That's a bad move.