Dirk willing to take pay cut?

[bobatundi]

So the Mavs' current salary commitments for Summer 2010 are Dirk, Damp, Josh, Terry & Diop, totaling $64.9 MM. Let's say, for argument's sake, that Dirk is willing to opt out and then settle for the veterans' minimum. That would cut our obligations to something like $43MM, which should be somewhere in the neighborhood of $20MM under the cap. That is certainly enough to extend an offer to one of the marquis free agents. I doubt the Mavs will be extending anybody's contracts past the end of the 2009-2010 season any time soon if they think they can be legit players in that market. Now, if they could dump the hideous contract of Diop, that would free another $6.4MM in cap room. Plus, I believe Josh's contract is a team option for that year. So it appears, if the Mavs don't make any moves to improve the team any time soon (and take on longer contracts in so doing), they could be very legit in the 2010 free agent market.

[quietsavant]

Originally Posted by bobatundi

So the Mavs' current salary commitments for Summer 2010 are Dirk, Damp, Josh, Terry & Diop, totaling $64.9 MM. Let's say, for argument's sake, that Dirk is willing to opt out and then settle for the veterans' minimum. That would cut our obligations to something like $43MM, which should be somewhere in the neighborhood of $20MM under the cap. That is certainly enough to extend an offer to one of the marquis free agents. I doubt the Mavs will be extending anybody's contracts past the end of the 2009-2010 season any time soon if they think they can be legit players in that market. Now, if they could dump the hideous contract of Diop, that would free another $6.4MM in cap room. Plus, I believe Josh's contract is a team option for that year. So it appears, if the Mavs don't make any moves to improve the team any time soon (and take on longer contracts in so doing), they could be very legit in the 2010 free agent market.

Isn't damp also conditional that summer? they could also dump his right? and if so how much more below the cap. He's around 7 or 8mil a yr right?

[DubOverdose]

Originally Posted by quietsavant

Isn't damp also conditional that summer? they could also dump his right? and if so how much more below the cap. He's around 7 or 8mil a yr right?

I believe it is a team option for 2010-2011 on Damp. By then, his pay will be ~13mil. However, this site http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs/...n.html#dampier says it is guaranteed. I think that site is incorrect. From what I remember, Damps contract is strongly performance based, like All Star games, games payed, minutes played, points, and championships/team success. I believe he needs some combination of specific stats to have a guaranteed year in 2010-2011.