Matisse Thybulle Signs Full-MLE Offer with Mavericks / Blazers match

Can a sign and trade work?

 

The cap will be:
136 mil
142 mil
149 mil
156 mil

Over the next four seasons. At less than 10% of that each year, even at 4 yrs 55, this is such a slam dunk match for me. We are in no place to let talent walk.

 

For me it really depends on the years that we're talking about. If it's three years or more then I don't really love it. At the same time we do get a 12.4M contract that we can trade. We keep our MLE options open so we could add another player or two with that money. I'm torn because we need good contracts to trade and I think Matisse is worth around this much to a lot of contending teams. At the same time I just don't know what we're getting back for Dame and if I want Matisse taking enough PT from our young guys to keep his value high enough to make matching pay off.

Tough call.

 

Ah, but what if he just has a good agent, getting another offer, so as to get the most for his client and it has as zero to do with where he wants to play? A negotiating ploy.

 

The dude has value. He’s an asset. We need assets. He’s also not 19 and we need a few vets. Match.

 

Is he going to help us get into the playoffs? If not, let him walk

 

Pulled this off realgn board FWIW"

"Dallas board is saying they can only offer $36 million/4 for they don't have all of their full MLE."

 

I'd match, so we probably won't.

 

His agent is also Dame's agent.

 

You make a valid point. I just worry that we would have to find PT for him in order to keep his value up so we could cash it in but I'm often conflicted about things that others find to be easy. So you're probably right.

Also it leaves us free to use our MLE to pick up even more talent and future tradeable assets.

 

Lmao even better. Thanks Dallas for a great deal.

 

That's worth an LOL

 

It’s not gonna be hard to find minutes for him. A lot of our young guys aren’t ready to really contribute.

 

I don't think we're going to be trying for the playoffs (I could definitely be wrong) but at the trade deadline a team that is trying to get into the playoffs might like a guy off the bench that has the valuable skill set Matisse brings. I'm not fully sure either way but I can see why we don't want to let a good player walk without getting compensation for him.

 

Yeah we can’t have a team full of 18-22 year old guys. Thybulle seems like a great guy and has a skill set on D I’d like all of our players to strive for. We are all in agreement that Grant will be traded for an asset why not do the same with a better defender making 1/3 the money?

 

If DAL doesn't have the full MLE to offer, then it seems a no-brainer to keep him. That isn't that much more than he was making last year.

 

As an aside:

It is funny that Chris Haynes now has his own breaking news graphic. Jesus.

 

Contribute to winning for sure but how do you get them ready to contribute on a team like the one I'm assuming we'll have. You get them reps in games. It's a tough call for me but I think the most logical move is to hold onto an asset that has value... especially when it allows us to add similar value with our own TPE.

It's interesting that Goodwin is his agent because in an ideal world we would know more about the roster we would be adding Matisse to before matching. I think that's pretty crafty on Goodwin's part or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

 

This is an easy match.