So I'm significantly more optimistic that we can keep Mario than i was previously based on:
1. Figuring out we can offer him more than 1 year
2. Seeing Lou Williams extension, i might have completely misjudged the upcoming market
3. Or really 2b. Seeing teams struggle to move mid level contracts this trade deadline. More signs of market issues.
4. "He can make more money overseas". No. No he can't. Alexey Shved is the highest paid player outside of the nba and he's paid 3 years 10.2 million. Andre Blatche is making 2.5 million per year in China. Rudy Fernandez is making around 3 million euros per year. 5.2 million dollars is 4.2ish million euros. Mario would need to be the highest paid European player by quite a bit to get more money than we can offer.