NBA Insider Reveals Team-Friendly Contract Details for Mavs’ AJ Lawson

The Dallas Mavericks recently converted 23-year-old AJ Lawson’s two-way contract to a standard NBA contract, and now, we know the team-friendly details of that standard contract.

Dalton Trigg | Mar 6, 2024

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Although the Dallas Mavericks are currently surrounded by negativity due to losing five out of their last six games, there is at least a little positive light that can be shed thanks to an underrated roster move that was made over the weekend.

On Sunday, the Mavs announced that they converted 23-year-old guard AJ Lawson’s two-way contract to a standard NBA contract, and today, we now know the team-friendly details of his new deal.

According to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, the Mavs have signed Lawson to a four-year contract worth a total of $7.9 million, with only the first year of the contract being guaranteed.

“The Dallas Mavericks signed AJ Lawson to a four-year, $7.9 million contract, which is fully guaranteed this season and non-guaranteed the following three seasons, league sources told @hoopshype,” Scotto posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“It’s something I’ve been preparing for my whole life,” Lawson said after earning his new contract. “I have this saying of mine: beat the odds. I’ve been doing that ever since I was in high school – proving myself right and proving the doubters wrong. This is like another milestone in my career and I’m super-blessed to be here as a Dallas Maverick, as a roster player.

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“My next goal is to try to get in the rotation, try to help my team win. I went from a two-way to a roster spot and now the next goal is to keep building, keep grinding and get better and showing the team I’m ready when my time is called.”

Given how badly the Mavs have struggled lately, Lawson might just be a spark the team needs. We’ll see just how willing head coach Jason Kidd is to shakeup his lineups against the Miami Heat on Thursday night.

Published Mar 6, 2024

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.