What Josh Green Contract Extension Means for Dallas Mavs

Josh Green’s three-year, $41 million contract extension gives the Dallas Mavericks a lot of flexibility going forward.

Dalton Trigg | Oct 24, 2023

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Over the last two decades, there have only been four Dallas Mavericks who ended up signing an extension before their rookie contract was up: Josh Howard, Devin Harris, Luka Doncic, and now, Josh Green.

On Monday, before the deadline buzzer, the Mavs announced their agreement with Green, which, according to multiple reports, is a three-year, $41 million contract extension that will go through the 2026-27 season.

This deal appears to good for both sides, as Green gets an annual raise of nearly $9 million, and the Mavs retain flexibility by extending him with a deal that’s essentially the same as the Mid-Level Exception. Given how Green has improved each year since being selected 18th in the 2020 NBA Draft, that price point is good value for a young 3-and-D guard/wing.

Josh Green, Dallas Mavericks — Dallas Mavericks’ Josh Green has improved his play every season since being drafted in 2020 / Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Last season, Green averaged career-highs across the board with 9.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 53.7 percent from the field and 40.2 percent from deep. Green was one of only five players to shoot 40 percent from deep and 60 percent on two-point shots last season among individuals to attempt at least 100 shots of each type (h/t ESPN’s Bobby Marks).

And even if Green doesn’t keep his current trend of improving every season going, the Mavs will still have a good player on a decent contract that could potentially be moved in a trade later down the road. Bottom line, this was a win-win move for the Mavs, and Green should also be relieved that he got his money secured before starting his fourth season in the league.

The Mavs tip-off the 2023-24 season against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, and we should find out soon whether Green will be Dallas' starting small forward or not. Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for loads of pregame and postgame coverage to come.

Published Oct 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.