The Mavericks‘ acquisition of Grant Williams in a three-team sign-and-trade agreement with Boston and San Antonio was initially reported on July 5, but wasn’t officially completed until a week later. According to Tim Cato of The Athletic, that delay was by design, as the three clubs agreed to keep the deal unofficial through Tuesday evening to give everyone a chance to explore expanding it further. No opportunities materialized, so the teams completed the trade as planned on Wednesday.
The Mavs were – and remain – willing to immediately flip the 2025 and 2028 second-rounders they acquired from San Antonio in order to further upgrade their roster, but they’ve been “incredibly cautious” about trading their own 2027 first-round pick, a team source tells Cato.
Because Dallas has already moved its 2029 first-rounder, it would be difficult to put any protections on its 2027 first-rounder due to the Stepien rule, which prohibits a team from leaving itself without a first-round selection in any two consecutive future drafts.
If the Mavs were to trade their 2027 pick, it would have to either be unprotected or turn into a second-rounder (or multiple second-rouders) if it were to fall into its protected range in ’27, since it couldn’t be rolled over to 2028. An unprotected pick would be an extremely valuable trade chip, whereas one that would become a second-rounder if not conveyed in 2027 would have more limited appeal to potential trade partners.
Here’s more on the Mavs:
- Confirming an ESPN report, Cato says that the Mavericks and Pistons recently revisited conversations about a possible Bojan Bogdanovic trade. League sources tell The Athletic that the two teams discussed a framework that would’ve sent Bogdanovic and Killian Hayes to Dallas, with Tim Hardaway Jr. and JaVale McGee going to Detroit. It’s unclear what level of draft compensation the Pistons would’ve been seeking in such a deal or how far discussions advanced, says Cato.
- As previously suggested during Tim MacMahon’s Howdy Partners podcast (YouTube link), the Mavericks are considered likely to trade or waive McGee before the 2023/24 regular season begins, according to Cato.
- Assuming McGee is moved or let go, the Mavericks’ centers would be Richaun Holmes, Dwight Powell, and Dereck Lively. The team could still trade for another big man, but would be content to open the season with that trio, according to Cato. While Powell would be the favorite to start, Mavs staffers are optimistic about Holmes’ bounce-back potential, believing that he’ll be a better fit in the team’s “guard-based schemes” than he was in a Sacramento system centered around Domantas Sabonis, Cato adds.
Cuban is an elitist shill, but as his dumbo ears grow larger by the day, so does his wallet. He’d be the Cohen of basketball w/o the cap holding him down. The cap sucks. Let’s the owners spend and the players bank. The rings should never go to bumpkin flyover country, but should only be given to east and west coast teams, where the real fans and money are.
If this isn’t trolling, it’s just stupid.
Totally agree about Cubans ears.
Okay, that’s fair.
I would be careful how you talk about Dallas
Mavericks get Capela and Bojan.
Pistons get Mcgee thj and a small expiring contract guard from Atlanta
Hawks get killian Hayes, and Christian wood in a sign and trade.
Both pistons and hawks get multiple 2nd round picks from mavs
I think Detroit would rather hold fast and count their cap space next year if they don’t pick up Bojan option and extend QO to Hayes if all they get back is roster fodder and a couple of 2nds. Also why get another center when you have 4 already. Makes zero sense to me
Wood has seen his market be extremely sparse and I don’t think anyone would need to S&T in order to get him. He makes sense for quite a few teams though who is looking for an athletic 5 who can shoot and ply some defense. Lookin at you Pelicans/Hornets/Clippers. Imagine wood as a vet min for the Suns or Lakers
Maybe if ATL gets Powell instead of Woods and DET gets a 1st instead of 2nds?