NOVEMBER 29, 4:02pm: The Mavericks have officially signed Walker, the team announced (via Twitter).
Walker’s prorated minimum-salary cap hit will be $1,392,895. He’ll earn $2,204,438 if his salary becomes guaranteed for the season.
NOVEMBER 29, 9:01am: Walker’s one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Mavericks will be non-guaranteed, Stein reports (via Twitter). The veteran point guard isn’t expected to play immediately after having sat out for nine-plus months, Stein adds.
NOVEMBER 28, 12:43pm: The Mavericks have officially waived Campazzo, the team announced (via Twitter).
Dallas’ cap hit for Campazzo will be $464,299, tweets ESPN’s Bobby Marks. That’s 44/174th of his $1,836,090 salary, since he spent 42 regular season days on the Mavs’ roster and will be on waivers for two more.
NOVEMBER 28, 7:12am: The Mavericks are in “advanced talks” with veteran guard Kemba Walker, Marc Stein reports in his latest Substack story. Dallas plans to sign Walker and waive Facundo Campazzo, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The Mavs are hoping that Walker can provide another long-distance shooter and ball-handler off their bench, Stein adds. Dallas, which reached the Western Conference finals last season, has lost four straight games and dropped into 11th place in the West at 9-10.
Walker, 32, has been searching for another team since the summer, when the Knicks agreed to a deal to send him to the Pistons on draft night. Walker was expected to reach a buyout agreement with Detroit right away, but he was unable to find a guaranteed offer from another team. He was ultimately waived on October 17, shortly before the start of the regular season, and is being paid his full $9.17MM salary for this year.
Aa four-time All-Star, Walker was thrilled about the chance to play for his hometown Knicks after signing with New York in free agency last summer. However, lingering knee issues and a drop in production soured the relationship, and Walker wound up playing just 37 games and averaging 11.6 points and 3.5 assists per night.
Stein points out that Dallas planned to pursue Walker as a backcourt partner for Luka Doncic when he became a free agent in 2019. The Mavericks were originally viewed as the top threat to sign Walker away from the Hornets before the Celtics entered the bidding and ultimately landed him.
Walker was an All-Star during his first season in Boston, but the knee problems limited his effectiveness and he was traded to the Thunder in a salary dump in the summer of 2021. He reached a buyout with Oklahoma City two months later.
Campazzo, 31, signed a non-guaranteed deal with Dallas in mid-October after spending his first two seasons with Denver. He got into just eight games and averaged 1.3 points in 6.5 minutes per night.
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This both seems like a desperate move and a good move…
Facu was never going to be outstanding on defence so why not see if Kemba can be the missing extra ball handler Dallas need…
I thought kemba and favors would sign with LA.
Dallas needs to trade Tim hardway Jr. A 3 pt specialist who is shooting like 30% lol
He needs to accept the bench role. As who he is now. Rise did it and is still successful. Kemba can give 20 mins of solid ball. It’s a win win for his career and Mavs.
Randle and Fournier to >>>> Mavs
Bullock, Dinwiddie, Powell to >>>> Knicks
Why would either team do that terrible trade? Mavericks could of got Fournier for a sign and trade for Brunson but didn’t want him. And I’m sure they still don’t want Fournier now, who has been benched…
@KnicksAl
Cmon man, you and we all know no one wants Fournier.
I can’t believe they want Kemba he’s washed.
Knee cartilage don’t come back, it must be price and memories.
You might want to check his stats on shooting. Especially open looks. Shooting takes the pressure off Luka. Balling is about chemistry. Fournier has always been a scorer. You think he forgot that. Thibs is not helping him. He can help Mavs and Luka. I’m not a blind Homer. I respect the game too much. Randle is another who can be an all star there playing in front of his home fans.
From what the Greek Freak just said about Fournier it sounds like the Bucks could definitely have some interest in him. One thing Fournier can do is shoot, excellent option as a 3rd scorer on a championship caliber team, which the Knicks aren’t.
Excatly. He will get good looks on a contender lol.
Fournier as your 3rd option is closer to number one over all pick than a championship. Also Randle has negative trade value and Dinwiddie is having a career year
2019-20 was his career yr. You might want to catch up …..
31.2 mins, 7 ast, 20.6 pts, 3.5 reb
You need to look up Randles career yr. Both Fournier and Randle can have career yrs with Luka. That’s my point. Reading comprehension lol.
Reading comprehension? Throwing rocks at glass houses. Your grammar is atrocious.
Where do I sign?
Facundo must have really been stinking up the place if Kemba Walker is needed. Seems like Trey Burke could have been pretty useful had they kept him around.
Why would they keep a nobody who can’t shoot to save his life and barely plays . Getting walker can’t be worse than what the other guy did
Not sure if a “healthy” Kemba Walker helps Dallas. He hasn’t been “good” for a lot of years.
My thoughts exactly. This looks like a desperation move. Walker is washed last time I saw him play. Detroit cut him in favor of Corey Joseph.
What? He isn’t Klay Thompson (who has come back 100%) but he’s played significant PT every season. He played 82 games in 18-19.
As for what you think “good” is, no one is expecting him to be elite, except you?? Kemba is a fine depth piece at this stage. I wish GSW had him instead of Lamb and Jerome.
There are 20 guys out of the league better then those two
I can’t believe they want Kemba he’s washed.
Knee cartilage don’t come back, it must be price and memories.
He’s never gonna be healthy his knee is congenital, if he continues to play he will break down and end up with replacement. He must need the money.
When I say not “good” in regards to Kemba, it means he is no longer capable of even being a “rotation” player.
Let’s not rewrite history with Kemba. He was never more than a player who could get 20+ points per night on awful Charlotte teams on all the shots he could handle.
He was bad with the Knicks. He’s been hurt for years now. Pistons tried to trade him. No takers. Contract was the so-called excuse. Waived. League minimum salary. No takers until now.
Kemba can no longer make shots on those knee’s, let alone guard anybody.
It will be vet min. Walker is as good as Westbrook.
@sillivan – Let’s hope you are kidding.
All kemba needs to do is dribble the ball up here and there, make good passes and hit open 3s. He doesn’t need to be the all star guy he once was. I wouldn’t be surprised that once kemba gets accumulated and if he is hitting 3s, they trade THJ.
He’s never gonna be healthy his knee is congenital, if he continues to play he will break down and end up with replacement. He must need the money.
He wasn’t quite able to do those things effectively a couple of years ago as a Knick. You know he is from there right. They wanted and needed him to be something. He gave them nothing.
While I think he’ll be better than he was with the Knicks—so, probably worth this transaction—it’s a little naïve to assume a simple role reduction will be enough to make such a move feasible. He’s abhorrent defensively, likely won’t be a good enough shooter/playmaker, and the Mavs aren’t exactly flush with offensive options.
More importantly, if they move THJ they aren’t getting anything positive in return so what is the incentive to do it? If they move him, it would have little to do with Kemba and more to do with biting the bullet and hoping to free up cap space however they can.
Good signing for both sides. Based on his stint with the NYK, Kemba hasn’t lost much offensively. He can score a lot, with the jumper and going to the basket, and is pretty much automatic from the FT line in big spots. Never the most efficient guy, but that can be dealt with by usage. Defense is a problem. He’s never been a good defender, but with the NYK he fell off the table on that end. Interested to see how Kidd uses him.
Man the Kemba slander in here is crazy.
Yes he had a bad injury and a less than spectacular spell with the knicks but it’s the Knick’s.
With the knicks he averaged 11.5-3.5-3 shooting pretty decent from the free throw line and pretty decent from outside the arc.
Season before that he was with the Celtics and averaged 19-5-4.
Although he won’t ever be himself again cause of the injuries I have no doubt he can still hoop at a really good level. The efficiency will be there the ball handling will be there and the basketball IQ never fades. Defensively he won’t be good but he never really was and obviously he’s not going to be as explosive or athletic. But it’s the Mavs. Doncic isn’t explosive or good defensively and he manages pretty well
Guy is signing for the minimum. And the haters are calling him washed. He had a 40 pt gm with Knicks. Who on Mavs has done that in last 10 yrs. I’m sure Mavs know his injury limits. And they think it’s worth a chance. Why look for failure. Let the guy fail on his own.
Luka has done it at least twice this year I believe and other times in his five year career. I’m sure there have been other Mavs (Nowitzki, THJ) who have scored 40 within the last 10 years. Dude if a player on the Knicks does someone well, always assume the other 29 teams have players who has done that think more times than the Knicks.
You’re making me point . Unfortunately you just can’t see it.
Didn’t your Momma ever tell you it isn’t nice to point?
Facu is Luka’s Friend … Stupid move Kemba will play 9mn max