Kyle Kuzma, P.J. Washington Remain Mavs ‘Preferred’ Trade Targets; Andrew Wiggins Interest ‘Overstated’

Here are the latest trade rumblings involving the Dallas Mavericks with the deadline less than 48 hours away.

Dalton Trigg | Feb 6, 2024

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With the NBA trade deadline less than 48 hours away, the Dallas Mavericks are working the phones, trying to make frontcourt upgrades to boost their chances of contending for a title this season.

Dallas has been linked to several forwards, including Washington Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma, Charlotte Hornets’ P.J. Washington and Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins. According to a new report from NBA insider Marc Stein, the Mavs’ interest in Wiggins has been overblown, and their focus remains on Kuzma and Washington.

“There were no active discussions between Dallas and Golden State as of Tuesday lunchtime on an Andrew Wiggins trade, league sources say,” Stein wrote. “Sources tell The Stein Line that the Mavericks’ reported interest in Wiggins has been overstated.

“The Mavericks’ priority continues to be the pursuit of a power forward; Washington’s Kuzma and Charlotte’s P.J. Washington have been their preferred targets for days.”

Mavs Pursuing P.J. Washington & Kyle Kuzma? 3-Way Trade with Hornets & Wizards That Works

Kuzma and Washington would instantly upgrade the Mavs’ frontcourt situation, but if part of their trade price includes Dallas’ 2027 first-round pick, that could complicate things. However, if the Mavs could potentially get both players, plus a decent backup center in a potential three-way trade — as we’ve spitballed about here at DallasBasketball.com — then that might change the Dallas front office’s thinking on parting ways with its most-valuable current draft asset remaining.

Trade talks are always fluid, and things can move quickly as the time ticks down toward the Thursday deadline, so stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for any updates regarding the Mavs’ trade pursuits.

Published Feb 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.