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Mavs to Cut JaVale McGee, Re-Sign Markieff Morris; Details

As expected, the Dallas Mavericks are planning to waive JaVale McGee before the Aug. 31 deadline. But the subsequent move that will follow that one is a head-scratcher.

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For the entire offseason, the Dallas Mavericks have been widely expected to either trade or waive JaVale McGee before training camp begins. According to multiple reports on Tuesday, the Mavs are expected to stretch-and-waive McGee before the Aug. 31 deadline.

McGee is still owed $11.7 million with two years remaining on his current contract, and the Mavs will be stretching that amount over a five-year period for a salary cap hit of $2.4 million per season.

After initially being named the Mavs’ starting center to start the 2022-23 season, head coach Jason Kidd quickly realized that move wasn’t going to work out. McGee was moved to the bench after the first few weeks and ended up playing in 42 games, averaging 4.4 points and 2.5 rebounds.

Waiving McGee was expected, but the planned move following that one wasn’t. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Mavs are planning to re-sign Markieff Morris after they move on from McGee. Morris was acquired from the Brooklyn Nets in the blockbuster Kyrie Irving trade from February.

Morris only appeared in eight games for the Mavs after the trade. In the final two games of the season, Morris got extended run and averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in those two outings. The veteran forward will turn 34 years old next month.

Update: Marc Stein is now reporting that Morris’ impending deal with the Mavs would a non-guaranteed contract, which essentially means he is receiving a training camp invitation.

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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.

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