Dirk Nowitzki will opt out of his contract to become a free agent.
Nowitzki reiterates, however, he'll remain with the Dallas Mavericks.
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Dirk Nowitzki will opt out of his contract to become a free agent.
Nowitzki reiterates, however, he'll remain with the Dallas Mavericks.
Bentley1225 wrote:Will be interesting to see what type of offer he accepts depending on how much cap room Mavs need. I am guessing he signs a 2 year, $25 million deal to finish career.
Bentley1225 wrote:Will be interesting to see what type of offer he accepts depending on how much cap room Mavs need. I am guessing he signs a 2 year, $25 million deal to finish career.
MegaK wrote:...
Going to the spurs to form the first 3 man 7 foot front line with Alrdige and Duncan. Watch out league.
jlokine wrote:Bentley1225 wrote:Will be interesting to see what type of offer he accepts depending on how much cap room Mavs need. I am guessing he signs a 2 year, $25 million deal to finish career.
he is not opting out and hoping to give dallas flexibility only to sign back for more money. he isnt kobe.. he will probably sign back at the same amt after realizing with the inflated cap, same dollars is already a paycut.. i think he'll sign at $5-8M range.. (if he truly thinks he is giving the mavs flexibility) and probably a guarantee to have a job in the organization after retirement..
arasu wrote:jlokine wrote:Bentley1225 wrote:Will be interesting to see what type of offer he accepts depending on how much cap room Mavs need. I am guessing he signs a 2 year, $25 million deal to finish career.
he is not opting out and hoping to give Dallas flexibility only to sign back for more money. he isn't Kobe.. he will probably sign back at the same amt after realizing with the inflated cap, same dollars is already a pay cut.. i think he'll sign at $5-8M range.. (if he truly thinks he is giving the mavs flexibility) and probably a guarantee to have a job in the organization after retirement..
I think the primary flexibility will come as Dirk's cap hold. $15-$20 million over 2 years sounds about right.
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Nurse is below average at best.
Masai is overrated.
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MegaK wrote:Bentley1225 wrote:Will be interesting to see what type of offer he accepts depending on how much cap room Mavs need. I am guessing he signs a 2 year, $25 million deal to finish career.
Going to the spurs to form the first 3 man 7 foot front line with Alrdige and Duncan. Watch out league.
Brianmas23 wrote:arasu wrote:jlokine wrote:
he is not opting out and hoping to give Dallas flexibility only to sign back for more money. he isn't Kobe.. he will probably sign back at the same amt after realizing with the inflated cap, same dollars is already a pay cut.. i think he'll sign at $5-8M range.. (if he truly thinks he is giving the mavs flexibility) and probably a guarantee to have a job in the organization after retirement..
I think the primary flexibility will come as Dirk's cap hold. $15-$20 million over 2 years sounds about right.
Kobe didn't demand more money, the Lakers offered it. And in all honesty if the Lakers gave Kobe $10 million it wouldn't have changed anything, the Lakers didn't miss out on any FA because of money, they had plenty of cap space. But if Dirk was going to take the same money, then why would he opt out? Dallas isn't getting anyone, except maybe Howard, but he isn't going to make much difference. So Dirk can can keep taking less money to be a 7th or 8th seed and be out for first round again then next couple of years giving Mark Cuban, and the rest of Dallas the pipe dream idea he is going to sign a big name FA and win another title. Really what they should do is sign anyone they can, and sign Dirk last and give him what is left over, which should be NO less than 12 million even though he deserves more like At least 15-18 million.
Pickled Prunes wrote:Already done with Dirk, Raef LaFrentz and Shawn Bradley.
arasu wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:Already done with Dirk, Raef LaFrentz and Shawn Bradley.
That lineup started in only a handful of regular season games, and after using it in the starting unit for 6 games in the first round, Bradley was benched for the deciding game 7, and the lineup was scrapped moving forward. The Spurs all-7-footer lineup however was the main starting front court during the second half of the 97-98 season after Sean Elliot got hurt 36 games in. It was also used in all but two of the Spurs playoff games. That was the first and better all-7-footer lineup. The Mavericks' version was just taller.
Pickled Prunes wrote:The poster wanted Dirk to go to the Spurs so they could form the FIRST all 7-foot front line. My point was that DIRK already did it. Why would I care how many minutes they played or if other people also did it in the past? Add to that that Aldridge is only 6' 11" and the idea falls apart.
arasu wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:The poster wanted Dirk to go to the Spurs so they could form the FIRST all 7-foot front line. My point was that DIRK already did it. Why would I care how many minutes they played or if other people also did it in the past? Add to that that Aldridge is only 6' 11" and the idea falls apart.
Yes, you just highlighted "first", which was my point. The lineup you mentioned wasn't THE FIRST. And whether people did it in the past establishes that point. As for height, both LaFrentz and Duncan are sometimes listed at 6' 11", so in that case we are both wrong. I wasn't stressing minutes, but by emphasizing starts I was demonstrating that it was a true starting lineup and not some kind of one-off lineup. Now that we've killed the fun for someone else, our job is done. Thanks.
Pickled Prunes wrote:arasu wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:The poster wanted Dirk to go to the Spurs so they could form the FIRST all 7-foot front line. My point was that DIRK already did it. Why would I care how many minutes they played or if other people also did it in the past? Add to that that Aldridge is only 6' 11" and the idea falls apart.
Yes, you just highlighted "first", which was my point. The lineup you mentioned wasn't THE FIRST. And whether people did it in the past establishes that point. As for height, both LaFrentz and Duncan are sometimes listed at 6' 11", so in that case we are both wrong. I wasn't stressing minutes, but by emphasizing starts I was demonstrating that it was a true starting lineup and not some kind of one-off lineup. Now that we've killed the fun for someone else, our job is done. Thanks.
How can you miss a point that badly? He said that Dirk could go to San Antonio and be the first... when it wouldn't even be the first time for him. Dirk already did it. Sure, others may have done it and maybe the Spurs did it better, but that isn't anywhere near my point.
Who's not having fun?