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Speaker 2: Catcher catchup, puns, sports, sports catchup, catchup pauns all. All right,
Speaker 2: five o'clock hour is the money hour, and that is
Speaker 2: why NBA free agency is happening. It's not as chaotic
Speaker 2: as it's been in the past, they think, because not
Speaker 2: a ton of teams have like boatloads of cap space
Speaker 2: and things like that. But here is what we know
Speaker 2: in terms of the Mavericks. The Mavericks are highly expected
Speaker 2: to be signing D'Angelo Russell today. I don't know when
Speaker 2: it will be official, actually, because it's just kind of
Speaker 2: the period that's opening up. Two at twelve I've seen
Speaker 2: thrown around. Does that sound right to you, Jeff skin Wade.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the right because the first year salary will
Speaker 1: be five point seven million dollars on something that they
Speaker 1: call the mid level exception for tax teams. So that's
Speaker 1: we know that they can't sign them for more than that.
Speaker 1: That's what that number is going to be, and then
Speaker 1: they just go from there. It'll be a two year
Speaker 1: deal and so there's a little bit of a kick
Speaker 1: the next year and that's what gets you to the
Speaker 1: two years at twelve. I don't mind it. It's not
Speaker 1: a huge amount of money and it's a guy who
Speaker 1: definitely can score he can run the offense. It's you know,
Speaker 1: to a degree in tel Kapak and then settle into
Speaker 1: kind of just being a role player when Kai gets back.
Speaker 1: But you know, I would have preferred maybe somebody who was,
Speaker 1: I don't know, better defensively or what have you. But
Speaker 1: there were times where that offense absolutely bogged without Kyrie. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and so having a guy who can straight fill it
Speaker 1: up if needed, I can see why they leaned that way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And you know, last year it was kind of a
Speaker 1: washout for Russell. You know, he was traded to a
Speaker 1: bad team that was tanking, so you don't want to
Speaker 1: put you know, he's a Laker, and then got traded
Speaker 1: and so you look at what he did in Boston.
Speaker 1: All right, So he shot twenty nine percent from three.
Speaker 1: He's not a twenty nine percent three point shooter. He's
Speaker 1: a career thirty six percent three point shooter. And when
Speaker 1: he's on the floor with other really good guy Like
Speaker 1: he's a good offensive player, I don't find him to
Speaker 1: be a particular efficient offensive player. I also think that
Speaker 1: calling him an adequate defender would be more than generous.
Speaker 1: But not everybody on your team is going to have
Speaker 1: all the skills that you need and at the price
Speaker 1: that they're getting him for. You know, last year, let
Speaker 1: me look it up. I bet he made twenty million
Speaker 1: dollars last year. Has anybody seen what his last contract was,
Speaker 1: I've got it right here. Yeah, last year he made
Speaker 1: eighteen point six million dollars. So he's making a third
Speaker 1: of what he was making. So a couple things. One
Speaker 1: that tells you what the market is for him at
Speaker 1: this point in his life. He's twenty nine or thirty
Speaker 1: or however old he is. And two, you know you're
Speaker 1: talking about adding a complimentary player. It's just the Mavericks
Speaker 1: are in such a unique situation that they you know,
Speaker 1: they they need someone until Kyrie gets back. The one
Speaker 1: thing that I would say, we'll see how it goes
Speaker 1: and we'll see how he adapts. But remember, I mean,
Speaker 1: Jason Kidd chose to just not play Spencer Dinwoodie in
Speaker 1: a quote unquote playoff game.
Speaker 2: And I would say that.
Speaker 1: They're very similar players in terms of how they approach basketball.
Speaker 1: I would say D'Angelo Russell's a more consistent offensive player
Speaker 1: than Dinwoody. Dinwoody, He's a bigger player and can do
Speaker 1: more different things than Russell can do. But I guess
Speaker 1: my point is is that if you're not liking what
Speaker 1: if kid's not liking what's happening, he gonna sit your ass.
Speaker 1: Why do you think they went this direction instead of
Speaker 1: forty year old Chris Paul. I don't think Chris Paul
Speaker 1: wanted to come here.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Everything I've read about Chris Paul is that so his
Speaker 1: kids are teenagers, they live in LA I bet he's
Speaker 1: gonna end up being a Phoenix Sun or a Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Clipper, and so all things being equal, I mean, dude,
Speaker 1: he knows there ain't no guarantees. He got to the
Speaker 1: finals and they had it won before they GotY honest.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna go down in the category of
Speaker 1: Karl Malone, John Stockton, and Charles Barkley. Is one of
Speaker 1: the greatest all time players to never get a ring,
Speaker 1: and it happens Patrick Ewing, happens to those guys. But
Speaker 1: I think he probably just looked as man, there's no
Speaker 1: guarantees of anything. I'd rather just go hang out with
Speaker 1: my kids. Do you see them doing anything trade wise
Speaker 1: or could you see them? Is it likely there's a
Speaker 1: rumor going around that they're gonna move Omas to clear
Speaker 1: up the space and the roster spot to keep Dante
Speaker 1: XHM and I like that Dante. I would have zero
Speaker 1: problems with Dante exam starting. The problem is that he
Speaker 1: plays thirty games a year because he's hurt, right. I
Speaker 1: heard there was talking of him just going and playing
Speaker 1: full time in Europe. Yeah, because I think he could
Speaker 1: have made more money there, and so I had written
Speaker 1: him off. But if Stein's reporting it, it's a well
Speaker 1: placed source. And then I also think, you know, let's
Speaker 1: see how things shake out. But they have you know what,
Speaker 1: if you start looking at quote unquote aggregating contracts, you
Speaker 1: know the name that everybody throws up there is Kaylee Martin.
Speaker 1: Caleb Martin's got three years left on his deal. That's
Speaker 1: a difficult player to move. But they can aggregate some contracts.
Speaker 1: But the point they're at once they sign d'angela Russell,
Speaker 1: they have to take back way less money than they
Speaker 1: send out. So it just becomes increasingly difficult. But I
Speaker 1: think they look at it as Cooper Flag will be
Speaker 1: a playmaker, D'angela Russell will be a playmaker. Maybe we
Speaker 1: can keep an xum type until Kyrie Irving gets back
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