League sources say that the Mavericks will promptly resume their long-running search for a trade partner to take Tim Hardaway Jr on, which is more likely than ever to come to fruition with the 32-year-old now entering the final season of his current contract and with his salary declining from $17.9 million in 2023-24 to $16.2 million in 2024-25. Finding a new home for Hardaway is a key element of Dallas’ strategy to re-sign Derrick Jones Jr., whose return next season after excelling on a minimum contract this season was labeled by Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison as “priority 1A and 1B” for Dallas this offseason.
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com
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The Mavericks are shopping Tim Hardaway Jr. in hopes of finding a rotational upgrade.
Hardaway, who will be on a $16.2 million expiring contract, was phased out of Dallas’ rotation in the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/ZwOs0lU9cw – 9:40 AM
The Mavericks are shopping Tim Hardaway Jr. in hopes of finding a rotational upgrade.
Hardaway, who will be on a $16.2 million expiring contract, was phased out of Dallas’ rotation in the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/ZwOs0lU9cw – 9:40 AM
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The Mavericks will only have four free agents this summer, two of whom (Greg Brown and Brandon Williams) are two-way contract players. Of their playing rotation, only Derrick Jones Jr is hitting the market, along with Markieff Morris at the end of the veteran bench. The upshot of all this is that, with so little salary expiring, the incumbent payroll is expensive. Doncic ($43,031,940) and Irving ($41,000,000) take up $84 million between them, or almost 60 percent of the salary cap, and once the five other eight-figure annual salaries owed to Tim Hardaway Jr ($16.193.183), PJ Washington ($15,500,000), Daniel Gafford ($13,394,160), Josh Green ($12,654,321) and Maxi Kleber ($11,000,000) are included, that is all the salary cap gone. -via HoopsHype / June 19, 2024
ClutchPoints: “He looked like Ray [Allen] and Steph [Curry]. So we’re gonna need that here in Game 5… Hopefully, he’s able to knock down those same shots.” Jason Kidd on Tim Hardaway Jr.’s performance in Game 4 🗣️ (via @danield1214) pic.twitter.com/qAP4AEuyS1 -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / June 16, 2024
Rylan Stiles: Jason Kidd announces Luka Doncic and Tim Hardaway Jr are officially IN, O-Max and Maxi are OUT. -via Twitter @Rylan_Stiles / May 7, 2024