SEPTEMBER 11: The agreement is now official, the Mavericks have announced. It’s a one-year, non-guaranteed deal for Morris, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
The deal includes an Exhibit 9 clause for Morris, who gave up his right to veto a trade as part of the agreement, Hoops Rumors has learned.
SEPTEMBER 7: Markieff Morris has reached an agreement to return to the Mavericks, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). The deal was confirmed by Morris’ agent, Yony Noy of LAA Partners, Charania adds (Twitter link).
Even though he didn’t see much playing time, the 35-year-old power forward was a strong veteran leader for Dallas during its run to the NBA Finals. Morris appeared in 26 games during the regular season and averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 8.3 minutes per night. He was only used in one postseason game.
Re-signing Morris was an offseason priority for the Mavs, Charania states. They currently have 14 players with fully guaranteed contracts, along with A.J. Lawson, whose $2.1MM salary for this season is non-guaranteed until the league-wide guarantee date of January 10.
Dallas will be at the limit of 21 players for training camp once Morris’ new deal is finalized.
This will be the 14th NBA season for Morris, who was selected by the Suns with the 13th pick in the 2011 draft. After four and a half seasons in Phoenix and three years in Washington, Morris has become somewhat of a journeyman, spending time with six teams in the past five years.
He came to the Mavericks from Brooklyn at the 2023 deadline as part of the trade that sent Kyrie Irving to Dallas. He was also a free agent last summer and signed a one-year deal in September.
Not a huge fan of bringing him back, but if he really is that big of a presence in the locker room then great. Now trade jaden hardy and a pick to brooklyn to bring doe doe back home and sign dsj to a minimum deal to play the ntilikina role and the defensive effort of this team goes way up.
If we are giving out contracts just to be a locker room vet, then give me back bobi instead. He is a huge fan favorite everywhere he’s been.
You realize ww cant trade hardy for doe right? Thing called the salary cap. And we signed dinwiddie as the backup so the dsj ship has sailed.