The Dallas Mavericks could trade Tim Hardaway Jr. in order to better position themselves to re-sign Derrick Jones Jr. in free agency.
achieved an impressive run to the NBA Finals before experiencing a 4-1 series defeat by the Boston Celtics. One of the team's important contributors along the way wasAccording to league sources, rival teams anticipate the Mavericks trying to trade Tim Hardaway Jr. to unlock the non-taxpayer mid-level exception to re-sign Derrick Jones Jr., who will enter free agency after playing out a one-year contract worth the veteran's minimum.
Currently, the Mavericks are limited to offering Jones a $5.2 million starting salary if they remain in a position where the taxpayer midlevel exception is all they can use. If they free up the mechanism to reach the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, they could offer Jones a first-year salary worth up to $12.9 million.
Hardaway largely fell out of favor with the Mavericks during the postseason after beginning the season heralded as a candidate for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award. Given he's undersized to guard bigger wings next to Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, his fit with the team has proven to be challenging against top teams. He will earn $16.2 million in the final season of his four-year, $75 million contract.
"I don't know how we're going to do it, but he's a priority... He's priority one, 1A and 1B," Harrison said. "I think he fits in with our team. He loves it here and we have to figure out obviously the dynamics to get him to stay. But that's a priority, and we'll do what we have to do to get it done."
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