9:29pm: The trade is official, according to a Wizards press release. Dallas also confirmed the deal in a press release, announcing that they’ve waived Brown.
The second-rounder going to Washington is a protected 2022 pick, the teams announced. It’ll have to be the Mavs’ own second-rounder, since they hadn’t previously acquired any others.
“Kristaps is an All-Star player whose unique talents will fit well within our system and allow him to impact the game for us in multiple ways,” Wizards president of basketball operations Tommy Sheppard said in a statement. “He will get a fresh start with our team and provide us with the opportunity to play multiple lineups that feature size, versatility and shooting ability.”
1:38pm: The Mavericks and Wizards have agreed to a major trade, according to reports from Shams Charania of The Athletic and Marc Stein (Twitter links).
Big man Kristaps Porzingis is headed to Washington in the deal, per Stein, while Dallas will receive point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, according to Charania. Tim MacMahon of ESPN reports (via Twitter) that the Mavs are also acquiring sharpshooter Davis Bertans, while Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN says (via Twitter) that the Wizards are getting a second-round pick.
The Mavs will release big man Moses Brown to complete the trade, tweets MacMahon.
According to Stein (via Twitter), the Mavs spent much of the day on Thursday trying to find a home for Porzingis, who was previously linked to the Raptors. Dallas gave up a significant package in 2019 to acquire Porzingis from the Knicks, but he has continued to battle health problems in the years since then and hasn’t developed into the star running mate for Luka Doncic that the Mavs envisioned. He is also owed nearly $70MM for the two years beyond this season.
This season, Porzingis has averaged 19.2 PPG and 7.7 RPG while playing improved defense, but his three-point rate dipped to a career-worst 28.3% and he has only been healthy for 34 of 55 games. Dallas has a 13-8 record in the games he has missed.
The Wizards, who are retooling their roster around Bradley Beal, will roll the dice on Porzingis, hoping he has more success in D.C. than he did in Dallas. They’ll give up Dinwiddie and Bertans, two players who struggled badly this season in the midst of pricey multiyear deals.
Dinwiddie, 28, signed a three-year contract with the Wizards in the offseason, but has shot just 37.6% from the floor in his first season back from ACL surgery. As Josh Robbins of The Athletic tweets, Dinwiddie never seemed comfortable in Washington’s offense without the ball in his hands, which happened a lot when he played alongside Beal.
Bertans, meanwhile, is in the second season of a five-year, $80MM contract, but has seen his three-point shooting fall off a cliff in 2021/22. A career 40.7% three-point shooter entering the season, the 29-year-old forward has made just 31.9% of his attempts from beyond the arc this year.
The Mavericks will be hoping that both players, who have had plenty of success in the past can bounce back in Dallas. Dinwiddie will give the team another ball-handler when Doncic and/or Jalen Brunson aren’t on the court, while Bertans will provide another floor-spacer to give Doncic more room to operate.
As Bobby Marks of ESPN notes (via Twitter), Dinwiddie will give the Mavs’ some insurance in case they’re unable to re-sign Brunson in unrestricted free agency this summer. However, sources tell MacMahon (Twitter link) that Dallas remains confident about its ability to retain Brunson beyond this season.
lmaooooooo
Mavs trade $68 million for $105 million contract remaining?
Bertans is better than Paps
just wasn’t a fit on Wizards stagnant offense ,
but he’ll find the open shots all day on Mavs
Paps can handle the extra defensive attention, so pretty good trade for both teams overall, as he instantly changes the whole offense.
Bertans contract isn’t that bad.. stretch 4s are super useful on contenders..
just not someone to build around, so not exciting for the money on lotto teams
Bertans is terrible. What are you talking about? Lol
Maxi Kleber can shoot the 3-ball just about as well and has a lower contract than Bertans. Trade makes little sense from the Mavs POV other than just to dump Porzingis.
Not to mention that Dinwiddie’s been injured as much as the Unicorn. And, for anybody below touting Bertans? Maxi Kleber can shoot the 3-ball just about as well and has a lower contract.
Smells like the smell of teen desperation.
Will someone please wake up the Knicks now it 3PM
What, did you guys want Porzingis back? Bertans?
Dragic next … Is Beal being pushed out ?
Waiting for Luca to demand a trade to NY. Dragic definitely next that’s obvious
Good players don’t want to play for Dolan’s Knicks. This is common knowledge.
Do players actually want to play for the Knicks? Never heard of that. Carmelo maybe? Knicks signed Allen Houston that one year.
No one will want to play for the Knicks as long as Dolan owns the team.
RJ and every pick will. All we need. Is for all picks to play. Dolan hasn’t even been seen lately. Hope he stays away. Although the NY Post has already started to print stories about Rose Losing it.
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ESPN is indicting that Dragic will be bought out by the Spurs. They list several potential suitors, and state that the Mavs make sense due to his relationship with Luka
Hahaha
? Well good for the Wiz I guess.
great trade for Mavs .. Dinwiddie and Bertans are both quality players
wizards can do whatever .. Kristaps is overrated and injury prone , but can be the main guy on wiz
Dinwiddie is not good and Bertans is horrendous. What are you talking about?
Truth be told all 3 have been playing bad this year but even though there’s not much I still Porzingas has more upside.
On paper, I agree that Porzingas has more upside. I like getting to a Mavs games early. My wife and I always enjoy watching shoot arounds. One thing that is apparent about KP, is that he’s not liked by the team. You can watch Boban high five and joke around with every Mavs player – with the exception of KP. When KP is able to do shoot arounds (when he’s healthy), he’s all but ignored by the other players. No bantering, no laughing, hardly anyone engages with him. Not sure if it’s because he thinks he’s a prima Donna, or because the team is frustrated with his injuries, or late night strip club escapades during the playoffs, or because he’s a jerk. But it’s apparent he doesn’t gel with the team. His stats, when healthy, are typically good. But his sour approach to being part of the team might make this an addition by subtraction scenario
One thing to toss out there: what if that’s at KP’s request? I have no idea what type of competitive mentality he has, but some athletes need to be in a certain head space.
Thanks for those details. Basically fits with how I’ve always perceived Porzingis in the past. Still a shame about all the injuries, of course.
Bertans cost 16m and score like 5 points a game and no shot blocking
I agree only with the Injury prone part
Guess Mavs were sick of that side of KP that comes along with him…
Maxi Kleber shoots the 3-ball as well as Bertrans for 65 percent of his salary, and does other things better.
Dinwiddie over the past 3-4 years? Has missed as many games as Porzingis.
This is semi-desperation by the Mavs to shove the Unicorn out the door, dood.
wow! did not see this coming. Dallas have another move coming? Bertans and KP in same deal. My head just exploded lol
Head scratcher. Doesn’t he overlap with Brunson? While depleting front court. Trade for Brunson coming up?
Yup. Porzingis isn’t a very good fit with Donnie, but this was the worst thing they could have done. Dinwiddie isn’t going to help the cause at all.
Woj said it’s backup in part, in case they don’t resign Brunson … which sounds sad enough.
Wizards got rid of a big man earlier just to reacquire another big man? It’s a big man logjam in Washington.
Wizards got to dump Bertans and his horrendous contract as well as get rid of Dinwiddie, who is an inefficient volume scorer. Even with Porzingas’s issues, this feels like a win for Washington.
bertans is actually pretty good
will be a great fit on competive team..
likewise , Kristaps can be the main guy on a losing team
Bertans has been terrible this year by almost every metric available. He’s been steadily getting worse and has several expensive years left on his deal. How are you concluding that he’s ‘actually pretty good’? If his salary wasn’t so high that he was needed to match salaries for this deal, he’d stay in Washington and continue to ride the bench while putting up a TS% of 52%.
@jkoms
what about Bertans makes him a “pretty good” player THIS year? His 35% FG% or his 31% 3pt%?
That’s the best the Mavs could get? Yikes.
Dood, you keep saying stuff that is totally wrong, and I’m going to keep snuffing your weak ass s**t in the lane!
Kleber is better than Bertans for less money.
Porzingis will play limited minutes this season to avoid getting injured again?
Can’t trade KP for SD straight up money doesn’t work. Was has to add Bertans to make the money work.
Wiz GM is like a kid playing NBA 2K right now, just trade after trade. Get rid of KCP next!
Sharpshooter??
31% from 3 this year. He’s been about as sharp as a butter knife.
he was nasty last year
He was nasty two years ago. Last year he was good, but nothing special when you consider that he doesn’t do anything good aside from shooting. And this year, even his shot has abandoned him. Are you Bertans’s agent?
he’s not going to be a focal point on Dallas
definitely a great shooter to add for playoffs
He’s shooting 31% from 3! He’s not a great shooter lmao.
Absolute steal for the Wizards.
Sucks Beal is out for the rest of the season.
They should try go get Kemba and Noel.
Kemba Beal Kuzma KP Noel
KP is rarely on the court. Great talent, just never present.
Oof seriously? Bertans might have the worst non max contract in the league.
he’s gonna be a savage on Dallas
no longer a focal point to defend
Dallas did amazing in this deal. Dinwiddie is also a good pickup
Never on his career has Bertans been a focal point for defenses. Beal was the focal point and he still didn’t do anything this year but sit in the corner and miss 3s. Change of scenery should be good for Dinwiddie though as Luka is the entire offense in Dallas. Porzingas shot seems to have left him this season but he was still hitting from the midrange at a decent clip, getting a few rebounds and blocking some shots.
Pretty sure this dude is either Bertans’s agent or his mom.
Dood, that’s a grade-school playground shot that I just swatted. Bertains a “savage”? Can I have whatever you’re smoking?
Oh, Dinwiddie’s been injured more than Porzingis. Do you actually follow the NBA???? #AskingForAFriend
Dallas needs another big…
Randle for Brunson make it happen
Bertans is considered one of the 5 worst contracts in the league. Why does Dallas want another PG with Luka and Brunson? The deal doesn’t free up cap space, it doesn’t add any picks or even breakdown Porzingis’ value into more tradeable players . . . I don’t understand this trade for the Mavs.
As a Mavs fan this is a terrible trade. Dinwiddie and Bertans have been terrible this year. And have horrible contracts. Great job Cuban.
Brunson and others to New York for Randle?
So who does Dallas have for big men now? I’m not sure I can name a single big man on that team.
Maxi Kleber, Dwight Powell (who are both better than Bertans) …
and BOBANNNNNN! :)
I don’t like this deal for anyone but way worse for Mavericks.. Yikes
Bertans gotta be the softest guy in the league. He is awful. Can’t even shoot anymore. Dallas takes an L
The Wizards are doing a solid job revamping their roster.
Watched them live recently in Portland and I actually thought Mavs finally have the right combo to go far this year, really surprised that they broke it up.
Maybe the reasoning was KP is too injury prone and will miss most of the remaining playing time? Still could have gotten more in return?
Dinwiddie, Luca, THJ, Brunson, Bullock That’s a full backcourt not sure Dragic coming to Dallas. I wonder if Knicks could of gotten Dinwiddie for Walker and others.
Great, don’t have to pay KP to sit and nurse his injuries. Congratulations now they have Dinwiddie and Bertans who would be more valuable when they are injured than when they are on the court for the team.
Mavs have lost their minds. Doncic is going to have to play some kind of hero ball to make this roster win.
Boo this trade. For both teams.
So odd, so so so odd
I really wanted Cuban to trade KP (tho I thought it was a longshot) But man this is not the package I presumed coming back (was hoping for less guaranteed money coming back to Dallas)
What in the world does this do to Brunson? They can probably trade Dins before tip next year but this sure complicates the issue quite a bit.
Given what they got back in this deal, I can totally buy the notion that Porzingis was a negative presence in the locker room in addition to being so injury prone. Still a pretty weird though. His market was even more depressed than I originally thought.
I will say, though, that Dinwiddie has looked a little better a times with Beal off the floor and some guys take a bit of time to come back from an ACL tear. Of course it’s not a given he bounces back at his age but crazier things have happened. The fit is odd nonetheless. Maybe this means they expect Brunson to walk in the summer?
B-TTHOLE TRADE GRADES
Washington B-
Maybe Porzingis can actually be good again? But at least you’re off two horrendous contracts if he isn’t. Worst case scenario KP helps Washington tank when the inevitable Beal trade happens.
Dallas F+
Bertans contract runs a year longer than KP and Dinwiddie runs the same. Bertans seems broken in addition to expensive.
Dinwiddie looks terrible coming off an ACL (and he’s pushing 30). Dallas was actually playing well with KP so I don’t see the logic of rolling the die on two guys who seem like they might be even more dead to life than the guy they were trying to move. The only upside here the money is the contracts are smaller to move.
I agree with all of this, B-hole. No idea what the Mavs are thinking here unless there’s some behind the scenes stuff we don’t know about (KP demanding a trade, Luke demanding KP be traded, etc).
I wouldn’t be so mad at this trade if we got back a shot blocker in return. Sure kp gets hurt but at least we had a shot blocker for some nights. NOW WE HAVE 0 SHOT BLOCKERS
I’m sure bumwiddie is also insurance if Brunson if he doesn’t resign… but if he does, than do we trade bumwiddie?
It’s 3 pm. Do you know where the Knicks are??
Wizards did great with this. Unloaded terrible contracts and got a potential star in the process.I have no idea what the Mavs were thinking.
They released Moses Brown… Memphis or somebody should sign him
Mavs couldn’t dump KP’s salary in a trade with Orlando for Gary Harris 20 million expiring plus Terrance Ross 12.5 mil this year and next?
The Mavs now have 5 disastrously overpaid role players (Hardaway, Dinwiddie, Bertans, Powell, Bullock)…if they give Brunson 20 million a year, that’d the sixth. Yuck/Yikes.
Mavs fan don’t know how to play 4D chess…. what nba will take any player if you attach a 1st? Thunder. A lot easier to trade a 16m guy vs a 35m guy. If Brunson resigns than you can bet bumwiddie will also be traded to another team. Maybe Knicks, maybe Atlanta.
Hardaway jr was almost a pacer, maybe you flip him in offseason. Dallas is preparing for the 23 offseason when jokic will be available. KP would of accepted his PO before the 2023 offseason and eliminated in Dallas chance at a big time free agent. Trade makes us worse now but better in long term.
Cheer up mavs fans!!!
The most confusing part about this is how Porzingis has been by far the best he has ever been, and continues to improve every year, and they moved him (which made sense b/c they had so many bigs, and Powell is a great P&R partner for Luka), but didnt get back a wing shooter/defensive wing piece they still need. I just feel like it’s a risky deal, and you dont even really do anything to help you money-wise either
The payroll differences can’t support this deal. Nobody moves contracts of this size for minor and mostly speculative differences in cap and tax impact. You’d have to like the players you’re getting more than those you’re giving up. Are there people here that can really say that they’ve never encountered anyone who likes SD, and hates KP6, that much?
“Stay Woke, Dallas” – KP