Stein: It was rumored that the Mavericks wanted to renew Owen for 120 million in three years, but the situation changed drastically

June 12th News Famous reporter Marc Stein talked about the renewal of the Mavericks and Irving in the show.

Stein said he had never heard anyone predicting that Irving would leave the team, nor had he ever heard any idea about his departure, but he had no accurate prediction of what Irving's final contract would be.

Stein said the previous rumor was that the Mavericks wanted to sign a three-year contract with Irving with an annual salary of $40 million, which means that the total contract is $120 million, but now the situation has undergone two major changes.

"On the one hand, Irving is the only experienced top defender in this team, and Doncic is no longer in the team, which means that Irving's value to the Mavericks has been greatly improved in theory. But on the other hand, everyone knows that Irving suffered an ACL injury in early March, is it January or February? I really wish I was smart enough to predict how everything would develop," Stein said.

👇 Salary experts have listed various possible renewal methods of Irving, which are as follows:

1. Irving rejects the player option and renews the contract with the Mavericks for 5 years of 314 million;

2. Irving refuses the player option and adjusts his contract size according to the contract of Davis (3 years left, about 175 million, and about 62.8 million in the last year);

3. Irving executes the player option and uses it to The Mavericks renewed their contract for 4 years (according to previous reports, the maximum contract for renewal is about 240 million in four years);

4. Irving implemented the player option and chose to reduce his salary, and signed a contract similar to that signed by Paul and the Suns in 2018 (160 million in four years, partial protection in the third year, and non-guarantee in the fourth year);

5. Irving signed a contract with the Mavericks containing injury protection clauses (similar to Zion, Isaac, and Lonzo Ball).