Despite being the subjects of trade rumors for weeks, Mavericks veterans Christian Wood and Tim Hardaway Jr. remained with Dallas beyond this year’s trade deadline. Still, Callie Caplan of The Dallas Morning News notes that their futures with the club are somewhat unclear.
As Caplan writes, Hardaway’s inefficient play has made him and his remaining contract money tough to trade. Including this season, the veteran wing still has three years and $53.7MM left on his current deal.
Wood, meanwhile, is eligible for a four-year contract extension worth up to $77MM through the rest of the season, after which he will become an unrestricted free agent. A source tells Caplan that the Mavericks’ front office has not offered Wood an extension yet, in an effort to maximize the team’s flexibility this summer.
There’s more from around the Southwest:
- The Spurs opted to ship center Jakob Poeltl to the Raptors, rather than have to pay him in free agency this summer, in part because the team reportedly was not comfortable paying the rim-protecting center more than $65MM over four years, per LJ Ellis of Spurs Talk. Ellis says San Antonio believes the bidding price for Poeltl will go well north of that sum.
- New veteran Rockets additions Danny Green, Justin Holiday and Frank Kaminsky could ultimately be retained by Houston, according to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle. The Rockets are set to assess if Green would like to remain on their roster, which has been their general policy with the veterans they’ve traded for in the recent past. Houston likes the possible fit of Holiday even past 2022/23, and Kaminsky has a connection with head coach Stephen Silas, thanks to their shared time on the Hornets.
- The Pelicans made just one trade deadline deal, acquiring swingman Josh Richardson from the Spurs. William Guillory of The Athletic reveals that New Orleans hopes to bring Richardson, an unrestricted free agent this summer, back into the fold next season as well.
Dallas probably should’ve done more
The Kyrie deal was really good but they could’ve doubled down
THJ has been inefficient and Wood is about to be a FA that you haven’t been able to agree a deal with.
I would tried Wood and Ntiliakina for DFS and Patty Mills.
Kyrie Luka Hardaway DFS Powell
Mills Hardy/Green Bullock Kleber McGee
Brooklyn could’ve done with Wood as the sixth man, stretch big.
Dinwiddie Thomas Bridges Simmons Claxton
Curry Harris Johnson ONeale Wood
Why would they trade DFS just to turn around and trade for him a few days later? Why not include Wood in the first place? Doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Yeah I would’ve just used wood instead of DFS
Rockets need something because they aren’t winning games solely on offense. These young kids are one dimensional players. Can score points, but have no ounce of defense mobility
Tate, Jabari, and Tari are no scrubs on defense. KJ Martin is close to that as well.
Sengun, Green, KPJ, Christopher, and a few others lack defense. If they knew how to play two way ball, W/L record would be a heck of a lot better than it is now. This group of young men have no defense to them. Even the great Stave Nash can’t help these young guys with defense. I see a bunch of 6th men coming off the bench to score points and giving the regular 5 guys a rest for 5 minutes. This team is god awful
I would really like to see San Antonio keep Romeo Langford. Even the opportunity to have playing time he can score and he keeps his nose clean and out of trouble