Zachary Klement said:

---

M.C. Swag said:

---

Zachary Klement said:

---

After watching this series, I'd be comfortable letting Brunson go if we cannot resign him at the appropriate value…he is borderline worthless in some playoff series…don't want a KP 2.0 situation where we are hamstrung by a massive contract on a dude who is unplayable in some matchups.

---

That's not an option. Whether we pay him $3m/yr or $30m/yr, the Mavs are over the cap. We either sign him (to keep or trade) or lose him for nothing. Either way we can't use that money on anything else.

---

Ahhhh I am still new to following the NBA and learning about some of the cap stuff...curious to see what happens in free agency.

---

It's confusing even if you pay close attention, and it changes often.,

Been awhile since I really did cap stuff, but:

Cliff Notes:
Cap is a hard cap (no signing other team's free agents to exceed the cap, except for the exceptions below) (Brunson would fall under the Bird Rights category)

Luxury cap: There is a secondary cap that works as a penalty for teams the exceed the hard cap by a set percentage. Teams have to pay a penalty to the league for exceeding the luxury cap. The more consecutive years a team spends above the cap the worse the penalty gets.

Early Bird Rights: For a player that has been under contract for 2 years or with the same team for 2 years, the team that they're on when their contract expires can sign them for a set value (105% of league average or 175% of previous salary, whichever is higher). They can go over the hard cap for this.

Bird Rights: For players that have been on a contract for 3+ years, or on the same team for 3 consecutive years, they can sign them for a contract substantially over the hard cap depending on their seniority.

Trades: teams have to send out as much as they bring back in salary. Under cap teams can create a phantom contract called a trade exception to balance trades. Trade exceptions can be traded for only one player.


Exceptions:

Mid-level exceptions: Non-Tax Payer: teams not paying the tax can go over the cap by the league average contract.

Tax Payer: Teams paying the tax get a lesser exception every year to increase their cap figure.

Room exception: teams under the cap get an exception to go over the cap once they hit the cap.

Bi-annual exception: lower level contracts to go over the cap.


If you look up the terms you can understand them better than my summary, and I readily admit things may have changed in the last 5+ years that I haven't been paying relatively close attention to CBA deals.

Good summary. Brunson is what a lot of teams refer to as the "Bird Rights" trap. We can offer him more money than any team but we literally can't offer anyone else lol.

South Platte said:

---

Let's see how this series plays out. The only game vs. Phoenix in Dallas this year we had a decent lead all game and then blew it at the end. I think (hope?) these teams are closer than the first two games have shown.

---

It comes down to how the Mavs can credibly defend the Suns. Online discussions tend to talk about the offense (i.e. should Brunson do more? what happened to Dinwiddie?). In reality, the Mavs have scored enough in the first two games but have their defense has provided zero resistance. It could be a number of things. Maybe the Mavs don't have the personnel to match up with the Suns. Maybe no one has the personnel to match up with the Suns and they will win the championship. Maybe Luka's high usage on offense is killing his defense and trickling down to the team defensive rotations. Or maybe the Suns are on a variance hot streak that will swing the other way in upcoming games. I don't know. I'm hoping the Suns hit a cold streak and the Mavs get back into this, but they might just be an elite team on their way to a championship.

Ah this is very helpful

jeffdjohnson said:

---

South Platte said:

---

Let's see how this series plays out. The only game vs. Phoenix in Dallas this year we had a decent lead all game and then blew it at the end. I think (hope?) these teams are closer than the first two games have shown.

---

It comes down to how the Mavs can credibly defend the Suns. Online discussions tend to talk about the offense (i.e. should Brunson do more? what happened to Dinwiddie?). In reality, the Mavs have scored enough in the first two games but have their defense has provided zero resistance. It could be a number of things. Maybe the Mavs don't have the personnel to match up with the Suns. Maybe no one has the personnel to match up with the Suns and they will win the championship. Maybe Luka's high usage on offense is killing his defense and trickling down to the team defensive rotations. Or maybe the Suns are on a variance hot streak that will swing the other way in upcoming games. I don't know. I'm hoping the Suns hit a cold streak and the Mavs get back into this, but they might just be an elite team on their way to a championship.

---

I think we have proven we can give them problems as well, we just got to play to our top potential to take games off them.
We'll see what happens.

I've wanted to re-sign Brunson, but I would like to avoid greatly overpaying for him as well. So it's possible that can happen, but it will be interesting to see what happens in the offseason

I've wanted to re-sign Brunson, but I would like to avoid greatly overpaying for him as well. So it's possible that can happen, but it will be interesting to see what happens in the offseason

They are letting the suns murder Luka...

PatAg said:

---

They are letting the suns murder Luka...

---

Seriously. Then calling ticky tack **** for everyone else

Booker is such a mouthy bi***. Needs a good clean hard foul

Amazing what happens when the other team doesn't shoot 60%+

Quit shooting fast break 3s. Take it to the damn basket

SPENCER DINWIDDIE WELCOME TO THE SECOND ROUND

Mavs can't shoot. Still playing pretty well overall.

Need to let Jalen run it again like in 1Q

gigem1223 said:

---

Amazing what happens when the other team doesn't shoot 60%+

---

Winning the turnover battle is helping as well.

The crowd sounds like a library on ESPN and sounds like Kyle field on tnt.

ESPN sucks.

Amazing we're up 13 shooting 8-27 from 3

Couple of bs blocks called on Luka.

Really a pretty pathetic supporting cast for him. Can't count on anybody to consistently bring it on offense. Outside shooting is on par with your local LA Fitness.

Playoff Chris Paul engaged

We got this boys

McGee looks like he fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

What a laughable call for Luka's fifth.

Seriously starting to think the refs have some sort of vendetta against Luka. Wtf was that?!

Milk that shot clock and d up Luka damn

Let's go!

I'll feel amazing if we can get it to 2-2

zgolfz85 said:

---

I'll feel amazing if we can get it to 2-2

---

Plan to feel amazing Sunday evening. This is going 7

some people a little too negative on the team, per usual
great win, we didnt even play anywhere near perfectly

We can play with these mfers. I think the Mavs know that for sure now.

Officiating was awful tonight in favor of the suns, but mavs overcame it.

gigem1223 said:

---

Seriously starting to think the refs have some sort of vendetta against Luka. Wtf was that?!

---

Luka complains too much. His Achilles heel, like Shaq with FT shooting.