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Mavs’ Two-Way Players Approaching Active-Game Limits

March 11th, 2025 at 3:10pm CST by Luke Adams

Injuries have decimated the Mavericks‘ roster and have compromised their ability to compete in the second half of this season. The team had just nine healthy players active on Sunday and saw that number drop to eight in the second game of a back-to-back on Monday.

While at least a couple of Dallas’ inactive players – Kyrie Irving and Olivier-Maxence Prosper – have sustained season-ending injuries, there’s still hope that some of the others on the injured list will be able to return in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the club will have to get by with what it has.

The Mavs’ limitations are exacerbated by the fact that they imposed a hard cap on themselves at the first tax apron by completing certain roster moves (including using the non-taxpayer mid-level exception and acquiring a player via sign-and-trade) early in the 2024/25 league year, then spent nearly all the way up to that hard cap in player salaries.

Dallas is currently operating with a team salary of $178,080,852, which is a mere $51,148 below the first apron. Because a veteran-minimum free agent addition would count toward the cap at a rate of $11,997 per day, the Mavs can’t sign a 15th man until April 10, when there are just four days left in the season.

There’s another set of limitations the Mavericks will have to be aware of as they set their active roster for games this month. Players on two-way contracts can’t be active for more than 50 regular season games if they signed before the start of the regular season. That limit becomes a prorated portion of 50 games if a player signed at some point after the season began.

Here’s what that means for Dallas’ trio of two-way players:

Kessler Edwards: Five active games remaining.
Brandon Williams: Eight active games remaining.
Kai Jones: 11 active games remaining.

Edwards’ restriction is the most concerning. The former Pepperdine standout has become Dallas’ de facto starting center due to the team’s litany of frontcourt injuries and has emerged as a crucial contributor. In Monday’s win over San Antonio, he registered his first double-double of the season, with 22 points and 11 rebounds in 35 minutes.

But if the Mavericks keep Edwards active going forward, he’ll reach his 50-game limit on March 21, with 11 games still left in the season. And he can’t be promoted to the 15-man roster at that point due to the Mavs’ aforementioned hard cap — if the team wants to promote him, it would have to wait until April 10 to do so.

The restrictions facing Williams and Jones aren’t quite as critical, especially since both players are currently among Dallas’ walking wounded. Williams missed Monday’s game with left hamstring tightness, while Jones has been out for three games due to a left quad strain.

Of course, while that means Williams and Jones may not eat up their remaining active games in the short term, having them among the many Mavericks on the injury list is a problem in its own right. Jones’ absence is especially unfortunate, given that he was just signed on March 3 so that the team could add some size and take advantage of the 12 games he’d be eligible to play in.

Jones had 21 points and eight rebounds in his Mavs debut, but hasn’t been able to suit up since then. And the club doesn’t have the ability to replace him (or Edwards or Williams) with a new two-way player, since the deadline for signing two-way deals passed on March 4.

When a team is hit particularly hard by injuries, the NBA has the ability to grant hardship exceptions, which allow the team to temporarily exceed its usual 15-man standard roster. But hardship deals still count against the cap and can’t be used to circumvent hard-cap rules, so they’re of little use to the Mavericks, who would have otherwise qualified for more than one of them in recent weeks.

The only way Dallas would have a chance to free up more flexibility below its hard cap would be to reach a buyout agreement with a player that reduces his salary or to cut a player and hope he gets claimed on waivers. The former option probably isn’t realistic; the latter might hurt more than it would help, since it would cost the Mavs a player good enough to warrant a waiver claim.

While it’ll be interesting to see if Dallas can hang onto the 10th spot in the Western Conference and qualify for the play-in, at this point it would be a victory for the team if it can just get through the season’s last few weeks without suffering any more injuries or wearing out any of its remaining healthy players.

Mavs Notes: Edwards, Powell, Williams, Thompson, Durant, Irving

March 9th, 2025 at 8:37pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Mavericks’ injury woes grew to almost laughable proportions on Sunday. During the fourth quarter of their loss to the Suns, coach Jason Kidd literally had no options on the bench, according to Eddie Sefko of Mavs.com.

Dwight Powell and Kessler Edwards banged heads during the third quarter and both required stitches. Edwards was able to return with 6:05 left in the fourth quarter. Point guard Brandon Williams pulled up just before the third-quarter buzzer and did not return due to left hamstring soreness. With Dante Exum on a minutes restriction, Kidd had to go with what he had left.

“Never seen this,” Kidd said. “Never been in a game that we could not take someone out to rest them because we had no one to put in. They were either in clothes or in the back getting stitches. It is what it is. We got to keep pushing forward.”

The Mavs had eight players ruled out prior to the game and they won’t be available on Monday when Dallas faces San Antonio. They’re not in a position to add anyone else due to financial restrictions, so they will be severely shorthanded.

“We’ll try to figure it out as we go. We can’t sign anybody and Duds (assistant coach Jared Dudley) costs too much,” Kidd quipped. “You got to laugh because if you don’t, this will drive you crazy.”

We have more on the Mavericks:

Due to the depleted roster, Klay Thompson is receiving extra attention on the defensive end, Sefko notes. Thompson managed to score 20 points in the nine-point loss to Phoenix and has averaged 23 PPG over the last three games. “They’re going to take away Klay anyway,” Kidd said. “So just for the sake of the team, hopefully they don’t take away Klay and we can get some easy looks for him. But it’s a team game. We got to generate shots. Someone has to be able to touch the paint with the ball . . . and we got to be able to knock down open shots.”
Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving‘s teammate with Brooklyn, expects the high-scoring guard to play at an All-Star level again after he recovers from his season-ending ACL injury. “Any human would be upset, pissed off. Curious as to why this happened. You go through those emotions. Then the faster you get over that, the faster your recovery will be,” Durant said, per Christian Clark of The Athletic (Twitter link). “Kyrie is a hard worker. He’s disciplined every single day — his regimen, his routine. That’s why he’s so great. He’s so great, I’m expecting him to come back and be the same Kyrie. Expecting him to come back and lead Dallas and be the same team they’ve always been. We all can’t wait to see him back on the floor.”
In case you missed it, second-year forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper has a significant right wrist injury and is expected to require season-ending surgery. Get the details here.

Southwest Notes: Morant, Irving, B. Williams, VanVleet

March 8th, 2025 at 9:54pm CST by Arthur Hill

It’s been a frustrating season for Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, but he turned in a vintage performance in Friday’s win over Dallas, writes Tim MacMahon of ESPN. Morant capped off a 31-point night by scoring 11 points in the final 6:15 to help Memphis pull away. It marked a rare high point in a season where Morant said he hasn’t felt like himself “at all.”

“A little bit of Ja, the old Ja,” he said. “Yeah, so it was nice to see some baskets go down. Obviously, it’s kind of what I’m used to.”

Morant is averaging 20.9 points per game, but MacMahon points out that he’s shooting just 43.1% from the field and 28.4% from three-point range while fighting through a series of injuries. He missed eight games in November due to a right hip subluxation and associated pelvic strains after taking contact in mid-air while trying to finish an alley-oop. In December, he ran into a hard screen and suffered an AC joint sprain in his right shoulder, which was surgically repaired last winter.

He has only been available for 39 of Memphis’ 63 games so far.

“Fouls, getting hurt, that plays a lot,” Morant said. “Makes you move different, makes you think different. But I’m out there, so just try to find a way.”

There’s more from the Southwest Division:

Following Friday’s game, Morant expressed get-well wishes to Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving, who suffered a season-ending ACL tear Monday night, per Rashad Miller of Dallas Hoops Journal. Morant revealed that during the lowest points of his career, Irving reached out to him to provide support and advice. “That relationship kind of just hit different,” Morant said. “In a time where pretty much the whole world is talking down on you, and you have somebody to lift you up. He has always been that guy for me.”
Irving is defending Mavericks coach Jason Kidd against complaints that an oversized workload led to the ACL injury, relays Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. On his Instagram account (Twitter link), Irving posted a photo of the play where he got hurt while trying to split two defenders, along with the caption “Too many minutes??? Or did I get knocked off balance?”
Two-way point guard Brandon Williams was outstanding on Friday, scoring 31 points in 34 minutes to help the Mavericks stay close, Curtis adds in a separate story. Kidd indicated that Williams will continue to be given chances to succeed. “He’s fighting to get a job and he’s got a great opportunity to get an NBA contract and not be on a two-way,” Kidd said. “That’s our job is to hopefully put him in a position to do that, here or somewhere else.”
Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has missed 15 of the past 16 games due to right ankle issues, but coach Ime Udoka expects him back soon, according to Sam Warren of The Houston Chronicle. Udoka told reporters that VanVleet should be able to return on Monday against Orlando or Wednesday against Phoenix. He sat out 11 games with an ankle strain, then aggravated it when he stepped on an official’s foot in his first game back. Udoka said VanVleet has been “getting some good work in,” and his return date will depend on his pain tolerance.

Mavericks Notes: Gortman, Morris, C. Marshall, Backcourt

October 9th, 2024 at 8:37pm CST by Alex Kirschenbaum

In the competition for the Mavericks’ open two-way roster spot, point guard Jazian Gortman may have taken the lead, writes Dallas Hoops Journal’s Grant Afseth (Substack link).

Gortman went undrafted out of the Overtime Elite in 2023. He suited up for G League affiliate squads for the Bucks and Trail Blazers last season, but has yet to appear in an NBA game. The 6’2″ pro joined the Mavericks on a training camp deal after impressing in Summer League.

The Mavericks currently have one open two-way slot on their roster. Gortman and fellow camp invitees Emanuel Miller and Jamarion Sharp are on Exhibit 10 deals that could be converted to two-way contracts prior to the start of the regular season.

There’s more out of Dallas:

According to Afseth, power forward Markieff Morris, currently on an Exhibit 9 training camp deal, is expected to earn a standard contract. Dallas’ decision to waive shooting guard A.J. Lawson, who finished last season with the team, clears the way for Morris to make the standard roster as the 15th man.
Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall intends to retire on December 31, reports Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News. Marshall has been in her current role since 2018. “Cynt Marshall is a force of nature,” Dallas co-owner Patrick Dumont said in a team press statement. “I like to say her superpower is bringing people together, but the truth is she has many superpowers… Cynt has always gone above and beyond in everything she has done, and her leadership of the Dallas Mavericks is no exception. She is an indelible fixture in the history of this franchise, and we are eternally grateful.”
Now that Mavericks reserve guard Dante Exum is expected to miss the next three months following a right wrist surgery, there’s an opportunity for major rotation minutes for some of Dallas deeper-bench backcourt players, writes Afseth in another piece. “With Dante sidelined, we’re looking at guys like Brandon Williams and Spencer Dinwiddie to step up and fill those minutes,” head coach Jason Kidd said. “It’s unfortunate, but we have depth, and guys like Jaden Hardy will also have the chance to contribute more.” Afseth notes that, should Exum miss the reported three months, he’ll be sidelined for nearly half of the Mavericks’ regular season.
In case you missed it, newly-acquired young Mavericks guard Quentin Grimes, formerly of the Knicks, is looking to bring his considerable upside to bear for the reigning West champs in 2024/25.

And-Ones: Expansion, EuroLeague, G League Trades, Hawes

September 18th, 2024 at 1:21pm CST by Luke Adams

What would it look like if the NBA awarded expansion teams to a pair of new cities? In an entertaining story for ESPN.com, Bobby Marks broke down the rules governing expansion drafts, then submitted lists of protected players for each team to Tim Bontemps and Kevin Pelton, who conducted a mock expansion draft on behalf of the two hypothetical new franchises.

As Marks details, the rules for expansion drafts aren’t specifically laid out in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, but in the past, each existing NBA team has been permitted to protect up to eight players in the spring, including pending restricted free agents and/or players holding options. In those instances, expansion teams weren’t allowed to select more than one player from any of the NBA’s existing clubs.

Marks also lays out how expansion teams would be incorporated into the annual rookie draft (they’re typically not given the opportunity to land the No. 1 overall pick during their first couple seasons) and how the salary cap would work for them (their cap would be two-thirds of the league-wide cap in year one, 80% in year two, and the full cap in year three).

While expansion is likely still at least two or three years away, ESPN’s exercise is an informative one that helps illustrate with practical examples how new teams would fill out their rosters.

Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:

Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.com (subscription required) takes a look at 10 notable players in the EuroLeague who are on expiring contracts and will reach free agency in 2025. Mathias Lessort, Kevin Punter, and Chima Moneke are among the headliners on Urbonas’ list who figure to be monitored by NBA teams in 2024/25.
The Westchester Knicks – New York’s G League affiliate – completed a pair of trades on Tuesday. Westchester sent Dmytro Skapintsev‘s returning rights to the Maine Celtics in exchange for the rights to Brandon Slater and Joe Wieskamp; in a separate deal, the Knicks’ NBAGL team acquired Brandon Williams‘ returning rights and a 2025 G League international draft pick from the Osceola Magic in exchange for the rights to Charlie Brown Jr. (Twitter links). The NBA’s Celtics signed Skapintsev to an Exhibit 10 contract on Tuesday.
Cyro Asseo de Choch of HoopsHype spoke to former NBA big man Spencer Hawes about the ups and downs of his playing career, which saw him appear in 684 regular season games for six teams from 2007-17. A 7’1″ center who made 35.0% of his career-three pointers, Hawes was asked if he felt like he arrived in the league a few years too early. “I kind of joke about my buddies. I missed the max (contract) by a couple of years,” Hawes said. “Well, I think the game just wasn’t in such a good place and my game as well. I came in kind of as a more traditional old-school post-up player and I realized that pretty quickly that wasn’t working. So, I kind of had to figure out a different way to try and get on the floor and help the team win.”

Mavericks Re-Sign Brandon Williams To Two-Way Contract

July 10th, 2024 at 3:31pm CST by Luke Adams

The Mavericks have re-signed point guard Brandon Williams to a two-way contract, the team announced today in a press release.

Williams, 24, has been playing professionally since going undrafted in 2021, bouncing between the G League and the NBA during the past three seasons. He joined the Mavericks last December on a two-way deal and appeared in 17 regular season games for Dallas the rest of the way, averaging 3.2 points and 1.0 assist in 6.6 minutes per night.

In 19 outings at the G League level for the Osceola Magic and the Texas Legends in 2023/24, Williams averaged an impressive 25.3 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.9 rebounds in 34.9 minutes per game, posting a shooting line of .475/.345/.842.

The Mavericks issued Williams a two-way qualifying offer at the end of June, ensuring they’d have the right to match any offer he received from another team. Instead, he’s back under contract with Dallas on a new two-way deal, possibly having simply accepted that QO.

Dallas now has one available two-way slot, with Alex Fudge and Williams filling two of the three.

Option/QO Notes: Green, Watanabe, Bertans, Barlow, Kings, More

June 30th, 2024 at 6:50am CST by Luke Adams

Saturday represented the deadline for teams and players to exercise 2024/25 contract options and for teams to issue qualifying offers to players eligible for free agency. While there was a flurry of news about those options and QO decisions yesterday, a few players still slipped through the cracks.

We’ll start with Rockets forward Jeff Green. Reporting last week indicated that Houston planned to exercise his $8MM team option for 2024/25 and the team did just that, per RealGM’s transaction log. Green’s salary technically remains non-guaranteed until July 11 even now that his option has been picked up, but the expectation is that he’ll be retained — his expiring deal could be a useful salary-matching piece in a trade, and he also played rotation minutes for Houston last season, averaging 16.8 MPG in 78 appearances.

While there was no official confirmation on Saturday (as far as we could tell), Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe had long been expected to decline his $2.65MM player option for the 2024/25 season, since he’s on track to return to his home country of Japan and play for the Chiba Jets. There’s no indication that those plans have changed or that he picked up his option, so we’re assuming it was declined and that he’ll be off the board for NBA teams this offseason.

Finally, Davis Bertans‘ option with the Hornets was technically an early termination option rather than a player option, meaning that instead of needing to actively exercise it if he wanted to opt in, he needed to do nothing to opt in. He did just that, and will remain under contract with Charlotte for the time being, rather than becoming a free agent. However, his $16MM option salary is only partially guaranteed for $5.25MM, so he’s not assured of having the rest of that salary guaranteed, especially if the Hornets are looking to maximize their cap flexibility this offseason.

Here are a few more updates left over from a busy Saturday:

Dominick Barlow, a 21-year-old forward who has spent the past two seasons with the Spurs, didn’t receive a qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). San Antonio isn’t necessarily planning to part ways with Barlow, according to Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News, who tweets that the Spurs still have interest in discussing a new deal. However, he’ll have interest from other teams as well, says Wojnarowski.
The Kings didn’t tender qualifying offers to their three players eligible for restricted free agency (Kessler Edwards, Jordan Ford, or Jalen Slawson), confirms Sean Cunningham of FOX 40 Sacramento (Twitter link). All three players will be unrestricted free agents.
According to RealGM, players who did receive qualifying offers that weren’t previously reported (that we saw) include no-brainers like Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey and Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley, as well as Mavericks two-way player Brandon Williams.
We’ve previously published trackers for this year’s team option decisions and player option decisions, which are now fully up to date. We’ll be posting a full qualifying offer recap later this morning.

Several Two-Way Players Nearing Active Game Limit

February 20th, 2024 at 10:35am CST by Luke Adams

A player who signs a two-way contract with an NBA team is permitted to be active for up to 50 regular season games. That limit is prorated if the player signed his two-way deal after the regular season got underway — for instance, a player who finalized a two-way contract halfway through the season would be permitted to be active for up to 25 contests at the NBA level.

Several two-way players have been promoted to standard contracts recently, eliminating those games-played limits. GG Jackson (Grizzlies), Keon Ellis (Kings), Lindy Waters III (Thunder), Craig Porter Jr. (Cavaliers), Duop Reath (Trail Blazers), and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (Pelicans) have all signed new deals since the trade deadline.

However, there are still a number of players on two-way contracts around the league who are at or near their active-game limit for the season. Keith Smith of Spotrac (Twitter link) identifies Celtics big man Neemias Queta, Mavericks guard Brandon Williams, Grizzlies guard Jacob Gilyard, and Hornets teammates Leaky Black and Nathan Mensah as two-way players who have 10 or fewer active games left, while Hawks guard Trent Forrest has already reached his 50-game limit.

In some cases, promotions to the standard roster may be forthcoming. Queta, for instance, has been a semi-regular contributor off the bench for the Celtics, who have an open spot on their 15-man roster, so if Boston wants to make him playoff-eligible and ensure he’s able to be active for the rest of the regular season, a contract conversion would be pretty straightforward.

Other cases could be trickier. While the Hawks would presumably like to have Forrest available for the rest of the season, they have a full 15-man roster, so they’d have to waive someone to make room to promote him.

Atlanta at least has some viable release candidates on its roster — for instance, veterans Patty Mills and Wesley Matthews haven’t played much and aren’t owed guaranteed money beyond this season. But that’s not the case in Memphis, where Gilyard has made a strong case for a promotion from his two-way deal by averaging 4.7 points and 3.5 assists in 37 games (17.7 MPG), with a .425 3PT%.

The Grizzlies have already promoted Jackson and Vince Williams from two-way contracts and may not have any expendable players left on their 15-man roster who could be cut to make room for Gilyard. Luke Kennard ($14.8MM team option for 2024/25) and Lamar Stevens (unrestricted free agent this summer) are the only Grizzlies not owed any guaranteed money after this season, and both are playing rotation roles for the banged-up club.

“We’ll see what happens when the time comes,” Gilyard said of his uncertain situation, according to Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal. “As a basketball player, it’s definitely on your mind. I try not to let it affect me. I think that’s probably the worst part about being a point guard is you start to understand things and start to grasp things like that.”

“It’s kind of a juggling act,” Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said of working within those active-game limits for his two-way players, including Gilyard and Scotty Pippen Jr. “It’s hard to make those decisions, trying to preserve those dates. (Pippen’s) understood it. I was very upfront with him when he came in, (general manager) Zach (Kleiman) and myself. I think when he came in, we were maybe on the 40-game mark, but he didn’t have 40 games available, so it’s very unfortunate.

“Maybe it’s something that we look into as a league because I think he’s earned the opportunity to play every single night. We just have to balance the games he actually has available to him.”

Besides those players who are approaching their games-played limits, there are a few others on two-way contracts around the league who look like candidates to be promoted to standard rosters before the end of the regular season. Nets forward Jalen Wilson and Warriors guard Lester Quinones are among those who were playing regularly for their respective clubs leading up to the All-Star break.

Promoting a player to a standard contract would open up a two-way slot for his team, allowing that club to reset its active-game counter for that slot — at least to some extent. Due to the prorated nature of those game limits, a player who signs a two-way contract today could only be active for up to 16 games the rest of the way, but that’s 16 more games than, say, Forrest is eligible to play for the Hawks as long as he remains on his current two-way deal.

Teams have until March 4 to sign players to two-way contracts, so I expect to see a good deal of roster activity related to two-way slots within the next couple weeks.

Southwest Notes: K. Johnson, Smart, Mavs, J. Green

December 29th, 2023 at 8:53am CST by Luke Adams

A longtime starter for the Spurs, Keldon Johnson has come off the bench in each of the past three games, and head coach Gregg Popovich expects that to continue for the foreseeable future, writes Jeff McDonald of The San Antonio Express-News (subscription required).

As McDonald explains, the thinking is that Johnson can breathe some life into a second unit that hasn’t been as effective as hoped this season. The move will also give starters Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama an opportunity to establish more chemistry as they continue working on their two-man game.

Although he had started 230 of his previous 233 games prior to last Saturday, Johnson has no problem with the role change, indicating that he doesn’t need to be sold on it if Popovich believes it’s in the team’s best interest.

“If that’s what we need and that’s what we’re going to try, then that’s what we’re going to do,” Johnson said. “I don’t have an ego about it.”

Johnson’s performances in his first three games off the bench have been up and down, but he’s certainly not getting any fewer offensive opportunities in the new role. After averaging 13.5 field goal attempts in 33.0 minutes per game in his 26 starts, he has launched 15.7 attempts in 28.0 MPG this past week.

Here’s more from around the Southwest:

Upon returning this week from a left foot sprain that had sidelined him since November 14, Marcus Smart rejoined the Grizzlies‘ starting lineup and has made an immediate impact, notes Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal. In Smart’s first two games back – a win over New Orleans and loss to Denver – the Grizzlies outscored their opponents by two points in his 52 minutes of action and were outscored by 38 in the 49 minutes he sat.
Explaining the decision to sign Brandon Williams to a two-way contract, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said the team wanted to make sure it still had plenty of point guard depth with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving both banged up (Twitter link via Eddie Sefko of Mavs.com). While Kidd indicated that Williams would have a chance to play on Thursday with the two star guards out, he was a DNP-CD, as Jaden Hardy (31 minutes) and Seth Curry (30 minutes) played increased roles.
After getting a vote of confidence from head coach Ime Udoka earlier in the week, slumping Rockets guard Jalen Green showed signs of progress on Wednesday, scoring 23 points in 26 minutes and making 6-of-12 three-pointers. “He was aggressive, hunting his shots … and getting downhill more aggressively and making the right reads,” Udoka said, per Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle (subscription required). “With their big (Jusuf Nurkic) back, he got some easy ones early on and it snowballed from there. He got aggressive looking for the three. That’s what we want him to do on a nightly basis.”

Brandon Williams Signs Two-Way Deal With Mavericks

December 28th, 2023 at 11:25am CST by Arthur Hill

December 28: The move is official, the Mavericks announced in a press release (via Twitter).

December 27: The Mavericks are planning to sign G League point guard Brandon Williams to a two-way contract, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Williams is currently with the Osceola Magic, where he is averaging 23.9 points and 5.6 assists per game.

Williams, 24, was in training camp with Orlando on an Exhibit 10 contract, but was waived before the start of the season. He reported to Osceola, which is his third G League team in three years.

Williams’ first NBA opportunity came during the 2021/22 season when he signed a 10-day contract with Portland and was able to earn a two-way deal. He averaged 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 24 games with the Trail Blazers, making 16 starts, but was waived before the beginning of the next season.

Dallas currently has a full roster, so another move will have to be made before Williams can be signed. Greg Brown, Dexter Dennis and A.J. Lawson hold the team’s two-way contracts.

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