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Many Mavericks fans went to bed before Friday turned into Saturday. The Mavericks front office didn’t.
Shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, the Mavericks entered a three-team deal to receive James Johnson from Thunder and send Delon Wright to the Detroit Pistons and Justin Jackson to Oklahoma City.
As part of the contract, the Thunder will also receive Trevor Ariza and a draft compensation that will be « named later, » reported Marc Stein of the New York Times.
Hours after the Mavericks opened the free agency by signing a three-year, $ 10 million contract with point guard Trey Burke, Dallas added a physical insider in Johnson.
His addition fits in with the Mavericks focus this week: adding defensive players and toughness to deepen the production and versatility of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis as an offensive focus.
Johnson, who Thunder got in a deal from Minnesota earlier this week, averaged 8. 4 points and 3. 7 rebounds in 32 games at Power Forward and Center between the Timberwolves and Miami Heat last season.
Johnson, 33, will play the 2020-21 season in the final year of his contract (for $ 15). 8 million) and becomes Tim Hardaway Jr. . and Boban Marjanovic as the current Mavericks ready to be freelance agents next summer. At this point, Dallas has long had its eye on a run in a deeply open market.
The deal also creates additional roster space for the Mavericks in the NBA’s condensed, chaotic off-season timeline.
Wright, gotten by the Mavericks in a deal with Memphis last summer, was never the best defensive backyard mate Doncic had ever been. He was 6 on average. 9 points in 21. 5 minutes per game last season.
Jackson also saw his role in the rotation decrease as the season progressed, averaging 5. 5 points in approx. 16 minutes per game.
Johnson is the fifth new player without Burke to join the Mavericks in the past three days.
Dallas designed grand piano Josh Green (No.. 18), Guard Tyrell Terry (No.. 31) and further Tyler Bey (No.. 36) Wednesday night and acquired Josh Richardson from the 76ers in exchange for shooter Seth Curry.
Callie Caplan, employee. Callie Caplan covers the Dallas Mavericks, high school soccer, and Olympic sports. She has also written for The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Baltimore Sun, and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2017.
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