For the second time this week, the Mavericks have rescinded a player’s qualifying offer shortly after issuing it. According to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link), the club’s QO for Salah Mejri is no longer on the table, putting the big man on track to become an unrestricted free agent.
Mejri, 32, only has three years of NBA experience under his belt. In 2017/18, he posted 3.5 PPG, 4.0 RPG, and 1.1 BPG in 61 games (12.0 MPG) for the Mavericks. He’ll be free to sign with any team once he reaches the open market next week, as will teammate Doug McDermott, who also had his qualifying offer withdrawn by Dallas this week.
Mejri’s qualifying offer was worth a modest $1.84MM, so it’s not entirely clear why the Mavs wanted to remove it from their books. As the team explores acquiring DeAndre Jordan, either via trade or free agency, every bit of cap flexibility could help, so perhaps the club didn’t want to risk having Mejri and/or McDermott accept their QOs once the new league year gets underway.
The Mavs still have one qualifying offer on the table for Yogi Ferrell. It’s worth approximately $2.92MM.
The Mavs, not knowing which direction to go…
they know where they’re going. DAJ and another young FA to build with.
That’s what they are HOPING. But it didn’t work out very well the last time they counted on DAJ, did it?
He probably should have accepted while it was out there. He seems like a “camp deal” type of free agent.
Not DJ please, bring in DMC, he makes the team so much better, DJ is only a complimentary player.