JULY 23: The Mavericks have officially signed Marjanovic, per NBA.com’s transactions log.
JULY 3: The Mavericks will sign Boban Marjanovic, sources tell Marc Stein of the New York Times (Twitter link). Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets that the deal will be for two years and $7MM.
Marjanovic, who is entering his age-31 season, averaged 7.3 PPG and 4.6 RPG in 58 games (11.7 MPG) last season, with his 7’3″ frame allowing him to dominate certain matchups while struggling in others.
Marjanovic was traded to the Sixers in the Tobias Harris deal at this past season’s trade deadline. Philadelphia owned his Bird rights but needed to renounce his cap hold ($13.3MM) in order to accommodate the Al Horford signing.
Dallas has been active thus far in free agency, reaching a four-year deal with Seth Curry and re-signing many of their own guys. Dallas is also rumored to be in the mix for veteran Danny Green.
The Mavs’ projected cap room (upwards of $23MM) may not be impacted by their deal with Marjanovic, since he could theoretically fit within their room exception, as ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes (via Twitter).
Dallas going for a all euro squad, Dragen Bender is next
Man the all-Euro team is slowly coming together. They should’ve taken Dragic from MIA. I had them signing Rubio way back to form the team. If Kleber and Boban start they got 4 out of 5. Cuban really loves him some Euros.
Ok, Porzingis is for sure not starting over those 2 guys.
Dallas trying to form Euro Voltron.
Or he copied the Spurs format?
I can not imagine Bobi without Tobi.
Bye Bobi. Philly and Tobi will miss you
Maybe getting boban is a lure to get tobias. Tobias can pull a la-deandre jordan. Like qhat jordan did to mavs a few years ago lol
Even with cap room, paying over veteran’s minimum for Boban is a questionable move. Projects to backup recently extended Dwight Powell (another curious move) and Maxi Kleber in a front court rotation with Porzingis. Didn’t fit into Philly’s playoff rotation unless you consider defending last second inbound plays a role.
Market for FA big men moved quickly, one must assume the 2nd yr isn’t fully guaranteed.
S curveball Dwight Powell wasn’t questionable
That was actually a good signing. Market value in that contract. Mavs could trade that for value or keep him in the fold. He has done nothing but get better, even his 3P% last 2 months. Bark up another tree.
Tobias is heartbroken lmao
Or their BAE and Curry in their MLE
True. As long as they’re still in the hunt for guys like Danny Green and Marcus Morris, I’m assuming they’ll use cap room, but they don’t have to.
Yeah I figure if they strike out on top targets they may choose to roll toward the trade deadline with their large trade exception.
That picture looks like Quinn from Homeland turning into a werewolf.
Not surprised coz Horford’s on his way to Philly to play 4 and some back-up 5.
That means that logically this guy goes to Dallas?
I like the signing but npt price tag