ESPN's Bobby Marks on the NBA Draft, Mavs offseason plans
Bobby Marks of ESPN joined the GBag Nation to discuss the upcoming NBA Draft, if the Mavs might draft Bronny James if he's available late in the second round, why keeping Derrick Jones Jr. could prove tricky, and more!
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00:00Bobby Marks with us here on 105.3 The Fan.
00:17I think from Mavs perspective going into the offseason, the big question is Derek Jones
00:20Jr.
00:21How likely do you think it is the Mavs are able to keep DJJ?
00:24Yeah, it's just a matter of, I think there's a couple ways you can go about it.
00:28I think, you know, you'd have to create some room to go out and just from the flexibility
00:33standpoint because the most you can offer him is where you are financially is $5.2 million.
00:38And this is a guy that's made $26 million in his career.
00:41So he's, of course, you know, he's looking for probably, you know, a significant pay
00:45and raise, you know, $10 to $12 million in that direction.
00:50So yeah, it's just a matter of kind of who the odd man out is.
00:52And it's not, it's not, you know, Dante or Hardy or, you know, some of the guys, you
00:58know, on the low end.
00:59It's basically like, are you willing to move Tim to basically afford, you know, Derek?
01:04Are you willing to move Maxie, I'm just throwing out contracts that are, you know, that $11,
01:08$12 million range.
01:09Are you willing to move Dwight Powell, for example, I mean, a little bit less.
01:13But that's going to be the big thing.
01:14I think you would love for, and this Bobby Portis did this back in Milwaukee about three
01:19or four years ago.
01:20You would love for Derek to come in and say, you know, we're going to take a two-year deal
01:26at $5.2 million, player option for next year.
01:29And what that does is it accrues early bird rights for next year.
01:32And you can give him a $12 to $13 million contract, and you won't have to, you know,
01:38trade a player there.
01:39But that, you know, that comes with the price.