Marquis Daniels and the Mavs

[myhousekey]

This kid has been on absolute fire lately. But I heard that since the Mavs signed him to a one year deal as an undrafted rookie we're most likely not going to be able to resign him next year.

 

What are the exact details/reasons/rules on this?

 

So far all I can get out of it is for some reason the Mavs won't be able to pay him the amount other teams will be willing to pay him. Is that for cap reasons or is that a rule that has something to do with signing undrafted rookies?

[LegFuJohnson]

There is a limit on what percentage of a raise you can offer someone. So someone cheap like that, you only can give them a % of a raise, when another team doesn't have that restriction.

[myhousekey]

What was the idea behind that rule? What are they hoping to prevent?

[LegFuJohnson]

I think it was to prevent a team from saying to a player... look, come here, sign this contract for one year for this low amount (it's all we can afford). But then next year, we'll give you this maximum contract, since you can go over the cap to re-sign your own free agents.

[Dragon]

LegFuJohnson:

I think it was to prevent a team from saying to a player... look, come here, sign this contract for one year for this low amount (it's all we can afford).  But then next year, we'll give you this maximum contract, since you can go over the cap to re-sign your own free agents.

The Timberwolves / Joe Smith rule.