2017 Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Dallas Mavericks

The Mavericks have been a perennial playoff team for most of the last two decades, but after posting their worst record (33-49) since 1998/99, they finally seem ready to retool — even as Dirk Nowitzki‘s career nears its end. While the Mavs don’t have any players eligible for unrestricted free agency this summer, they have nine players on team options, on non-guaranteed contracts, or eligible for restricted free agency. That should create plenty of opportunity for roster turnover in Dallas in the coming weeks and months.

Here’s where things currently stand for the Mavericks financially, as we continue our Offseason Salary Cap Digest series for 2017:

Guaranteed Salary

• Harrison Barnes ($23,112,004)
• Wesley Matthews ($17,884,176)
• Dwight Powell ($9,003,125)
• J.J. Barea ($3,903,900)
• Seth Curry ($3,028,410)
• Devin Harris ($1,339,662) — Partial guarantee. Non-guaranteed portion noted below.
• A.J. Hammons ($1,312,611)
• Gal Mekel ($315,758) — Waived via stretch provision.
• Total: $59,899,646

Player Options

• None

Team Options

• Dirk Nowitzki ($25,000,000)
• DeAndre Liggins ($1,577,230)¹
• Yogi Ferrell ($1,312,611)
• Total: $27,889,841

Non-Guaranteed Salary

• Devin Harris ($3,062,884) — Partial guarantee. Guaranteed portion noted above.
• Salah Mejri ($1,471,382)²
• Nicolas Brussino ($1,312,611)³
• Dorian Finney-Smith ($1,312,611)⁴
• Jarrod Uthoff ($1,312,611)⁵
• Total: $8,472,099
  

Restricted Free Agents

• Nerlens Noel ($4,187,598 qualifying offer / $10,961,225 cap hold)
• Total: $10,961,225

Cap Holds

• No. 9 overall pick ($2,681,900)
• Total: $2,681,900

Trade Exceptions

• Andrew Bogut TPE ($6,642,537) — Expires 2/23/18
• Justin Anderson TPE ($1,514,160) — Expires 2/23/18

Projected Salary Cap: $101,000,000

Maximum Cap Room: $34,340,379

• The Mavericks have six fully guaranteed contracts on their books. Adding cap charges for their first-round pick and five empty roster spots brings their total team salary to $66,659,621. That would create enough flexibility to pursue a maximum salary player, but it also doesn’t account for players like Noel or Nowitzki, who will almost certainly be back. So, barring cost-cutting trades, Dallas figures to have less cap room than that when July begins.

Footnotes:

1. Merji’s salary becomes fully guaranteed after July 12.
2. Liggins’ salary becomes partially guaranteed ($26,773) after June 24 if team option is exercised.
3. Brussino’s salary becomes fully guaranteed after July 6.
4. Finney-Smith’s salary becomes partially guaranteed ($100,000) after July 6.
5. Uthoff’s salary becomes partially guaranteed ($200,000) after July 30.

Salary information from Basketball Insiders and The Vertical was used in the creation of this post.