Mavs Convert Two-Way Player A.J. Lawson to Standard NBA Contract

The Dallas Mavericks converted two-way player A.J. Lawson to a standard NBA contract on Sunday, making him eligible to join the team in the postseason.

Dalton Trigg | Mar 3, 2024

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Following a disappointing loss to a Joel Embiid-less Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Dallas Mavericks are converting two-way contract player A.J. Lawson to a standard NBA contract, which will make him eligible to be with the team for the postseason.

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“The Dallas Mavericks are converting two-way guard AJ Lawson to a standard NBA contract, Elias Sbiet of [Tandem] tells ESPN,” Wojnarowski wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Lawson — who’s played 28 games with Mavericks — is averaging 20.7 points with Texas Legends of G League.”

In Lawson’s 28 games with the Mavs, he’s averaged 3.8 points in 8.3 minutes while shooting 47.1 percent from the field. Converting the 23 year old to a standard contract was a sensible move, as it could pay dividends for the Mavs later on if he continues to develop while being on a team-friendly deal.

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Details on Lawson’s contract have yet to be revealed, but stay tuned to DallasBaskebtall.com for updates as we find out more.

Published Mar 3, 2024

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.