3 reasons the Dallas Mavericks aced Josh Green's contract extension

There have been rumors of a contract extension for Josh Green to stay in Dallas dating back to the end of the summer.

Nico Harrison, Mark Cuban, and the rest of the Mavs’ upper brass finally came to terms with Green and his agency yesterday on a reported three-year, $41 million contract extension ahead of the October 23, 5:00 p.m. CT deadline that was set for the Mavericks and Green to get a deal done.

The deal is obviously a massive relief for Mavs fans as they’ve been wondering when the team was finally going to come to terms with Green on a contract extension after botched negotiations on a similar proposed rookie-scale contract extension with Jalen Brunson led to his departure in free agency the following summer.

3 reasons the Dallas Mavericks aced Josh Green's contract extension

The Brunson situation was somewhat of an anomaly given some of the stipulations in his contract that were atypical of a rookie deal, but there was definitely still a little bit of worry amongst some Mavs fans that a deal wouldn’t get done between Green and the organization as the deal was announced just mere hours before the deadline.

Luckily, Dallas capitalized at the last minute and signed Green to an extension, keeping themselves away for the time being from some of their past woes that had to do with the mismanagement of young assets.

Here are three reasons why Dallas aced the Josh Green contract extension.

3. Extremely team-friendly deal

If you scope across the NBA at other rookie-scale contracts that were signed from the 2020 NBA Draft class ahead of the October 23 extension deadline, you'll find that the Dallas Mavericks 100 percent aced the dollar amount on Josh Green's deal. The Mavericks were able to get Green at just a hedge over $13 million per season, though his contract is structured to increase marginally each year in ascending order.

If we can even be critical about anything regarding the negotiations between Green's camp and Dallas, it's that Dallas wasn't able to squeak an extra year out of Green's extension like some other extension candidates who were on the market.

However, Green still has a year left on his current deal, and there's no player option at the end of his deal, so it's extremely nit-picky to even make that argument given Green's potential to make a fool out of this current extension.

Dallas has Josh Green tied up for the next four seasons if they don't trade him, and his extension sets the stage for the Mavericks' long-term plan of building a young core around Luka Doncic whilst simultaneously trying to compete with Kyrie Irving still in his prime.

Green has the opportunity to build up some great continuity with the Mavericks' current young core and Luka Doncic in the coming year, so fans should be excited that Nico Harrison and company were able to get Green on a deal of a very similar figure to other 2020 NBA Draft class players of arguably less caliber than Green. Aaron Nesmith and Deni Avdija both signed for very similar figures compared to Green, and Green is arguably better than both of those players and likely has more potential.

Green's team-friendly deal in Dallas is a huge plus and luxury to have, as Green will soon enter his early prime in the coming years and still doesn't turn 23 for another month. But it could pay dividends in other areas for Dallas if a different direction presents itself.