NBA Free Agency Rumor: Mavs Interested in Jaylen Nowell?

The Dallas Mavericks have had a quiet week since NBA Summer League ended, but now, trade and free-agency rumors could be heating up again.

Dalton Trigg | Jul 24, 2023

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The Dallas Mavericks have done a great job of reshaping their roster this summer after failing to make the playoffs last season. An influx of young talent, including Dereck Lively II, OMax Prosper and Grant Williams, paired with some veteran additions as well, like Seth Curry, Dante Exum and Richaun Holmes, insures that Dallas will at least be more competitive than it was a year ago.

With that being said, the Mavs’ front office doesn’t appear to be finished making moves, as many believe Tim Hardaway Jr. and JaVale McGee could be on their way out of Dallas before the offseason dust settles. In the meantime, the latest free-agency rumor out there is linking the Mavs to Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Jaylen Nowell.

“No, he’s not coming back to the Wolves,” Timberwolves insider Darren Wolfson said on The Scoop podcast. “There’s a mutual understanding that, ‘Hey, time for Jaylen to move on.’ But here’s a new team in on Jaylen Nowell: the Dallas Mavericks. They need to create some roster flexibility, they are looking into doing some stuff is the word and it may not come to fruition. But Jaylen Nowell is on Dallas’ radar. The Nowell camp is still also awaiting finality on the Damian Lillard situation.”

Nowell, who is 24 years old, is an unrestricted free agent, and he’s coming off a four-year, $6.6 million deal with Minnesota. Last season, Nowell averaged a career-high 10.8 points while shooting 44.8 percent from the field.

Given that the Mavs currently have Hardaway, Curry and Jaden Hardy on the roster, it would make sense for a trade of some kind to happen before Dallas potentially makes a play for Nowell. The NBA offseason has been quiet for the last week, but that can change in the blink of an eye, especially if there’s a breakthrough in Damian Lillard or James Harden’s trade-request situations.

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Published Jul 24, 2023

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.