After shooting just 32% from 3-point range during their five-game NBA Finals loss to the Boston Celtics, the Mavericks have taken bold steps this offseason to ensure that won't happen again.
He's just starting a three-year, $41 million extension signed ahead of possible restricted free agency next summer. That pays him less than the non-taxpayer midlevel exception over that span and takes him through age 26.
Although this is undoubtedly a sad day and the end of an era, once the Warriors decided to move on from Thompson, a sign-and-trade deal was a win-win for both parties.
The Hawks had to trade one of their guards after finding last season that Murray and Trae Young were far less effective together than on their own running a team.
The structure of the new NBA collective bargaining agreement gives the Hornets multiple options for how to make this trade, none of them possible until the moratorium period ends July 6.
This trade is the costly result of the Nuggets giving Jackson a 2024-25 player option as part of the contract when he re-signed last summer.
There's a lot to like about this trade for the Mavericks, who cashed in almost every remaining second-round pick to both shave nearly $12 million off their 2024-25 salary and potentially upgrade the backup wing spot.
Hardaway to the Pistons was a natural fit, given their ample cap space unlikely to be used in free agency and his local ties as a product of the nearby University of Michigan.
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