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Mavs BREAKING: Matisse Thybulle To Sign Offer Sheet to Move from Blazers to Dallas

With teams able to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets on Thursday, the Mavericks reportedly have a target in mind coming out of Portland. Matisse Thybulle wants in.

Michael Mulford

DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks started off with a bang in NBA free agency by re-signing Kyrie Irving to a three-year, $126 million deal. Now they are trying to make some noise in the restricted free agent market.

Portland forward Matisse Thybulle 'intends to sign an offer sheet' with the Mavs, which could help bolster Dallas' lackluster perimeter defense. The Mavs can utilize their $12.4 Mid-Level Exception on a defensive wing, which seems to be their plan here, as first noted by Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes on Wednesday.

As reported by NBA insider Marc Stein on Sunday, Portland, like Boston and their RFA Grant Williams, have been 'sending signals' to opposing teams that they plan to match 'any offer sheet for Thybulle' ... but you just never know if a team is bluffing - so, it seems like Dallas will attempt to call their bluff on Thursday. 

Last season with both the Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers, Thybulle averaged 4.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game. Though, 22 games in Portland, Thybulle saw his numbers, and role, increase as he averaged 7.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.7 steals while shooting a career-best 38.8 percent from 3-point range on four attempts per game.

Thybulle, though not the trusted knockdown shooter that Dallas would like in a 3-and-D wing, brings a tenacity as a versatile perimeter defender that the Mavericks simply don't currently have on their roster. If Thybulle can replicate his shooting from the end of last season in Portland, if the Trail Blazers don't match, the Mavs may have just found a "get'' in free agency to follow up previous vet moves, which starting with Kyrie also include the acquisition of Seth Curry and Dante Exum and the retention of Dwight Powell.

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MICHAEL MULFORD

Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.

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