Can Mavs Pull Off Eric Gordon Trade with Rockets?

Eric Gordon could solve one of the Dallas Mavericks’ biggest needs.

Dalton Trigg | Aug 14, 2022

As the Dallas Mavericks continue to monitor potential opportunities to address their roster needs after losing Jalen Brunson, perhaps they should approach their I-35 division rivals for the second time in two months.

In June, the Mavs traded four end-of-the-bench players and the No. 26 pick in the NBA Draft to the Houston Rockets for Christian Wood. On paper, the trade for Wood, and the signing of JaVale McGee in free agency, makes the Mavs slightly better than last season, even without Brunson. However, Dallas still needs another ball-handler to take some pressure off of Luka Doncic and Spencer Dinwiddie.

Could the Mavs and Rockets work out another trade involving veteran shooting guard Eric Gordon this time?

Trying to gauge fair trade value for Gordon is tricky, because as good of an addition he’d be to a title contender, he’s still 33 years old with a lengthy injury history. The Rockets have reportedly looked for a first-round pick in exchange for Gordon. They got that from the Mavs for Wood, but would they get the same for Gordon considering Dallas’ lack of immediate future draft capital?

Bleacher Report apparently thinks so. Here was their recent trade proposal:

Mavs receive: Eric Gordon

Rockets receive: Dwight Powell, Josh Green, Frank Ntilikina, future first-round pick (lottery-protected)

That trade seems fair for both sides … if you swap out the first-round pick for a couple of future second-round picks. Although Gordon has two years left on his contract worth nearly $40 million, his 2023-24 salary isn’t guaranteed, which is something else that would interest the Mavs.

Gordon averaged 13.4 points and 2.7 assists for the Rockets last season while shooting 48 percent from the field and 41 percent from deep. Health permitting, his addition could solidify Dallas’ status as a title contender.

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Published Aug 14, 2022

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.