Dante could come back, average 15ppg, take the Jazz to an even higher level, and be a catalyst for a deep playoff run and it still wouldn’t do a ton to impact his free agency.
Yeah, you might have 1 or 2 kooky teams with cap room that are looking to make a splash, but the book on Dante has already been written: A promising young combo guard prospect that already has missed 1 season to an ACL and basically missed another season due to a torn shoulder. Even if he goes off similar to the example I provided above, what team can take the chance of breaking the bank on Dante based on a 14 game sample size while at the same time basically ignoring the injury history? It’s simply not gonna happen. Dante will re-up with the Jazz under terms that we all see as agreeable.