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5 important offseason goals for the Dallas Mavericks

By Holden Walter-Warner

Nov 6, 2021; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) and guard Jalen Brunson (13) celebrate during the second quarter against the Boston Celtics at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 6, 2021; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) and guard Jalen Brunson (13) celebrate during the second quarter against the Boston Celtics at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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5 important offseason goals for the Dallas Mavericks: 5. Try moving a veteran

If the Mavericks don’t want to return a nearly identical roster next season, the team is going to have to work the trade market. Considering the cap situation, there aren’t any other viable ways for the team to add to its personnel in the offseason.

Some of the contracts Dallas may want to move include those of Davis Bertans ($16 million) or Dwight Powell ($11 million). While that would be nice, the reason the Mavs would want to move them is the same reason they would likely struggle to find takers – those players aren’t worth those salaries.

In order to move off of them, the Mavs may need to attach compensation, like future draft picks. Considering Dallas aims to be picking near the end of the first round in the upcoming years, those picks may not be enticing enough to move the needle.

Dallas’ pick this year is slotted 26th in the draft order. Perhaps a team falls in love with a prospect near the back of the first round and decides to take the hit of bringing in Powell to draft them, but if not, Dallas needs to prepare contingencies.

The Mavs have a number of players set to earn more than $10 million next year, but Powell is the only one on an expiring contract. The other players who are on expiring contracts are Maxi Kleber (non-guaranteed), Boban Marjanovic, Trey Burke (if he exercises his player option), Sterling Brown, Marquese Chriss, and Frank Ntilikina (also non-guaranteed).

Throwing in some of those expired contracts may be enough to get a deal done and allow the Mavericks to infuse some talent into the roster, either via trade or free agency.

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