NBA Free Agency Rumor: Rockets Interested in Signing Mavs’ Dwight Powell?

With the Dallas Mavericks having added two new frontcourt pieces in Dereck Lively II and Richaun Holmes, Dwight Powell’s time in Big D may be over … but he could still stay in Texas.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 25, 2023

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With just five days remaining until NBA free agency begins, rumors are starting to heat up around the league as teams finalize their pitches to prospective free agents.

The Dallas Mavericks have been linked to several players in free agency and trade rumors — many in the sign-and-trade category — including Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green, Boston Celtics’ Grant Williams, Washington Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma, Denver Nuggets’ Bruce Brown, Philadelphia 76ers’ Tobias Harris and Phoenix Suns’ Deandre Ayton to name a few.

It’s clear that Mavs GM Nico Harrison wants a lot of changes to his team’s roster before next season begins, and given the frontcourt additions of Dereck Lively II and Richaun Holmes via two NBA Draft Night trades, Dallas might be saying goodbye to its current longest-tenured player — Dwight Powell.

According to a report from the Houston Chronicle’s Johnathan Feigen, the Houston Rockets have interest in signing Powell this summer. Given, Houston is interested in a vast number of free agents that likely rank above Powell, but Powell’s leadership and professionalism could benefit the Rockets’ culture.

Powell has been with the Mavs for nine seasons and has been Luka Doncic’s favorite pick-and-roll partner for the last five years. Although he’s limited, Powell’s effort will always give him a chance of getting minutes, whether it’s in Dallas or another city. If his time in Dallas is truly up, perhaps he can still stay in Texas when the dust settles.

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Published Jun 25, 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.