The Mavericks cut salary by sending Tim Hardaway Jr. to the Pistons in exchange for Quentin Grimes.
Los Dallas Mavericks traded shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr. and three second-round picks to the Detroit Pistons fear him Quentin Grimessources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
A Hardaway32, is owed $16.2 million next season in the final year of a four-year, $75 million contract. GrimesThe 24-year-old is owed $4.3 million in the third season of his rookie contract.
Tim Hardaway Jr. averaged 15.2 points per game during his time with the Mavs. Glenn James/NBAE/Getty Images
The exchange positions the Mavs to be able to use part of the $12.9 million non-filer mid-level exception. Dallas was limited to the median taxpayer level of $5.2 million with Hardaway in his books.
The general manager of the MavsNico Harrison described the renewal of the starting forward Derrick Jones Jr. as the team’s “priority 1A and 1B” in the offseason last week. Jones, the team’s best perimeter defender, played last season on a veteran’s minimum contract.
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Hardaway He averaged 14.4 points per game this season, primarily as the Mavs’ sixth man. However, his role was reduced throughout the regular season and during the playoffs. He did not play due to the coach’s decision in four of the last eight games of the Mavs in the Western Conference Finals and the NBA Finals.
Hardaway spent five and a half seasons on dallaswhere he arrived as part of the exchange of Kristaps Porzingis with the New York Knicks in January 2019. He averaged 15.2 points per game during his stay with the Mavs.
Grimes He has averaged 8.5 points in 168 career games, including 90 starts for the Knicks. Due to a sore right knee, Grimes He played just six games for the Pistons after being acquired at the trade deadline that sent Bojan Bogdanovic y Alec Burks to New York.
2024-06-28 14:42:25
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