You won't see The Rapist do anything like this. http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...tzki-dallas-mavericks-plans-take-huge-pay-cut
Lmao he wasn't gonna to make anywhere near what he makes now in the first place. He's trying to make it seem that he's doing it for the team. Non story.
Oh from the title I thought he was reworking for this year. Is that even allowed in the NBA? I guess go for it Dirk, but who wants to come to Dallas in 2014? Lebron? Wall? If he was going for max I bet someone would have given him ~8 mill, so well see what he gets.
It's more of a selling point to this year's free agents that they won't be cap-strapped next summer. If he goes for something near the vet min or MLE, that would be a huge bargain for a player of his caliber, even at his age.
Dirk this year was a slightly better version of Chandler Parsons. Chandler should continue to improve. Dirk will probably continue to regress. Chandler is young and fun. Dirk is old and boring Dirk will take a paycut. Chandler will still only being paid peantus relative to production. Harden + Chandler + Assets to trade for another all-star should be more attractive than Dirk + cap space ...but who knows....
Dirk is a Legend, following in the footsteps of TD and KG with his paycut. It's a shame he had to play for Dallas instead of a likeable team.
I donno, dirk is 40. he a man. he can make like $30 million, but I am sure he will settle for less than half because he a man remember.
He will be 36 at the start of the 2014 season. He will make his $22.7 million next season, and then re-sign for around $12 million I'm guessing.
you don't know what you are talking about. Dirk took a while to get back from the injury. By the end of the season he was good, better than Parsons by a considerable amount. Dirks game is not built around athleticism whatsoever so he should be good for a few more years.
Dirk proved once he got healthy that he's still an elite offensive player (shot 50/40/90 after the ASB), but he's entering the phase of his career where like Duncan and KG he can probably only go about 30-32 minutes a night in the regular season. A pay cut's probably in order.
