Looks like Mavs net lost Nash after they spend the whole MLE on Daniels. Good for us. ************** Daniels Agrees to Stay With Mavs By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer DALLAS - Marquis Daniels agreed to a six-year contract worth roughly $38 million to stay with the Dallas Mavericks (news), helping the team secure the other half of their starting backcourt soon after losing point guard Steve Nash. Daniels, who made the league minimum of $366,931 last season after going undrafted out of Auburn, will receive the midlevel exception of around $5 million this season, then have annual raises of 10 percent. The exact figures will be set by the league before July 14, which is the earliest the contract can be signed. "Once we got what we wanted, from the team we wanted, Marquis said, `Let's get it done,'" agent Glenn Schwartzman said Friday. "This is where his heart is." Daniels spent part of last season as Nash's backup, then thrived once he joined him in the starting lineup as the off guard. His playmaking may be needed more next season now that Nash has agreed to sign with Phoenix, probably turning over point guard duties to rookie Devin Harris. Daniels made Dallas' roster in training camp, then started the season near the end of the bench. He became a starter in March and into the playoffs. By scoring 30 points in three of his 15 regular-season starts, and averaging 15.8 in the playoffs, Daniels turned himself into quite a commodity on the free-agent market. About a dozen teams called his agent when the negotiating period opened late Wednesday. His suitors included Utah, Denver and three other teams that were well under the salary cap, Schwartzman said. The Mavericks could've been outbid if a team under the cap exceeded the midlevel figure. But with free agency just starting, no team was willing to break the bank for Daniels just yet. Not wanting to take any chances, the Mavericks made the maximum offer they could and asked for an immediate answer. "I think they felt they needed a commitment because they didn't want to lose both Steve and Marquis," Schwartzman said.
That could be a very good deal for the Mavs. Daniels is very overrated on defense but he can be a legit 20 and 7 playmaker for them eventually. They were smart to lock him up long-term.
With the Mavs tying up their FULL MLE on Daniels they wont be able to get a bigman now with that money. Looks like they will have to go via the trade route. There was no way they were going to let Daniels go with Nash already leaving.
i just have to think that there's no way shaq ends up in dallas unless nowitzki ends up in la. and if i'm dallas i never, ever, never do that deal.
Right. I think Dallas is out of the Shaq sweepstakes now. Dallas doesnt have the assets to get it done (especially if they want to keep Shaq).
IMO, Cuban is overpaying for Daniels out of desperation. He is paying him based on 1 good month and 8 games.
I like Daniels and he may be worth the money, but I would have been suprised if any other teams would have paid this much for him. On the Shaq front, I do not think Dallas is out of it yet and I do not think it will cost them Dirk. Some people may ask who are they going to give up? I do not know, but I look at a few things. Is Shaq going to play for the Lakers next year? I do not think so. Similar to McGrady, O'Neal has some say in this and he has mentioned Dallas. Who would trade for him? Not many teams can offer enough salary and still keep any resemblance of a team. Plus would be willing to extend O'Neal's contract. It should be interesting. I think Cuban is in the interim steps of something bigger. If he pulls it off, they could be good. If not, they could look bad next year.
Daniels probably is getting overpaid due to desperation. However, there will be a lot players signed to the MLE this year that might not be worth it. Okur, Foyle, Swift, Brent Barry, jamal crawford, and many more who will get similar contracts and really have not done much over the course of their careers.
No other teams would be willing to pay him more than 3 mil/year, let alone 6 years for 38mil. Crazy and stupid Cuban. It is like paying Cato and MoT huge money after one good season or a couple of good games. You know it always backfires.
There were many teams interested in Marquis Daniels. If there was a bidding war, Daniels would have still gotten the full MLE
Daniels did not just do it for a month...he did it IN THE PLAYOFFS. The kid is a legitimate NBA player...... A very GOOD NBA player. IMHO, he could have gotten more on the open market. DD
This is laughable. In the last year, Dallas tried to sign Michael Redd (smartly matched by Milwaukee), drafted Josh Howard (a late 1st round steal) and picked up Marquis Daniels (a no name free agent with great size and skill). Seriously. Dallas has some of the best scouting in the NBA. Their talent evaluation is superb. We may think they're overpaying but won't really know for a few years. Considering we gave Moochie Norris a huge contract, we should be the last to criticize. I'm inclined to give Dallas the benefit of the doubt.
well, their scouting skill also led them to give ridiculous contracts to Finley, Bradly, LaFrentz, etc. Spurs have better scouts, in my opinion.
No. Because Cuban was willing to take bad contracts, they were able to accumulate talent. They have continuously made good trades without giving up their core people. How else can you explain Dallas getting Antwain Jamison for almost nothing then shipping him to Washington for the #5 overall pick. The Rockets have fared far worse. They were extremely lucky to get Yao. And only because they got Yao, were they able to force Orlando to trade McGrady to Houston. Dallas has gotten all their players through shrewd trades and good drafting. How many good Rockets role players are under 30 years old?
Shrewd? $38M for Bradly, $69M for Lafrenze, and god knows how much for Finley. Yeah, they got Jamison by trading the huge contract on NVE. (one of the big four is "almost nothing" in your words) They got rid of Lafrenze by taking the bad contract of Walker. They got rid of Jamison by taking bad contracts of Stack and Leatherman. Basically they just sign bad contracts and shuffle it with other bad contracts from other teams. That is not skill. Sooner or later, they are going to stop squandering money and accept the consequences of all these bad contracts. They already let Nash walk, didn't they? I guess even Cuban has a limit. What about "accumulating" talents?
I think that is way too much for Daniels. He was promising and all, but he did only put up 8 & 2 in the regular season and despite his "great playoff series" he shot 43% from the field, 15% from 3 land and had a 1/1 A/TO ratio in the Mavs 1st round exit. I doubt he could have got a 6 year 38 million dollar deal from anyone else--Daniels has just not shown enough yet. I think Nash leaving surprised them and they paniced. Got to hand it to Dallas though, they could have waited until Daniels got the best deal and then matched (probably dealing with a contract half that if not less). They spent more than they probably had to, but you know if you are a player there they will take care of you. In a funny way the best thing to happen to Marquis was not getting drafted. He may never had been able to get that kind of contract except after last year.
