stylesofpunk wrote:Texas Chuck wrote:stylesofpunk wrote:But what about Dirk

What about him?
Shouldnt he be a priority free agent to resign or is Dallas going to focus on Conley/Whiteside then try and resign Dirk
That's not even a question for Dallas. Dirk could get a Kobe-contract and few Dallas fans would complain. Growing up in Mckinney (trash town outside of Dallas) going to Mavs games wasn't a thing you wanted to do as a kid, which is really sad. I'm not old enough to tell stories of how mediocre we were in the 80's, but the 90's weren't pretty. Think the stat is getting out of the 1st round of the playoffs three times in franchise history prior to Dirk.
It's not like Kobe or like Wade for their fans. The Mavs were historically bad until Dirk. He is the organization.
Most Mavs fans expect Dirk to play out exactly like last season but even more so, with Dirk letting Dallas spend as much as they can in FA and taking a discount. In the unlikely event that Dallas manages to spend every penny on building a real team, some think he'd play for the room exception. Was a (sketch) report a while ago that he could play for even less than that and get it paid back to him the following season.
I don't know if you actually expected a response, but there it is. Very few Mav fans would
complain about giving Dirk a fair two year big money deal if he wanted that, but it really isn't about money for him from what he has shown in past and said. He just wants to play two (ish) more years and compete. The only way, we feel, Dirk considers leaving is if Cuban tells him Dallas is going to tank. Which is beyond unlikely.
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And for the OP -
And I'll do Cleveland? I don't plan on trading any of the big three or TT though so it won't be fun for the thread or Gilbert's bank, but I will make some roster changes to make it somewhat interesting.