NBA Trade Odds: Mavs Among Top Betting Favorites to Land Gordon Hayward

With the NBA trade deadline a month and a half away, BetCarolina.com has the Dallas Mavericks as one of the top suitors for Charlotte Hornets’ Gordon Hayward.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 20, 2023

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With the trade deadline a month and a half away, rumors and speculation around the NBA are starting to pick up steam, and the Dallas Mavericks will surely be one of the more frequent names mentioned as the clock ticks down.

The Mavs have done well in the early portion of the season, posting a 16-10 record, good for fifth in the West. Luka Doncic has been able to make the absolute most of his sixth season in the league so far, averaging 32.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game while leading Dallas through a slew of injuries, including co-star Kyrie Irving’s heel contusion.

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All that said, the Mavs need more pieces — ideally, another high-quality wing and backup center — to solidify their spot as a true title contender in the West. When surveying the NBA landscape, could Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward be the Mavs answer for a wing addition?

According to BetCarolina.com, the Mavs are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for having the third-best betting odds (+700) to land Hayward. The Miami Heat are first with +450 odds, and the Golden State Warriors are second with +500 odds.

Although Hayward isn’t known for his defense, he’s a versatile offensive wing, averaging 15.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists while shooting 46.6 percent overall and 36.2 percent from deep in 22 games for the Hornets this season.

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Being that Hayward is 33 years old and is on an expiring $31.5 million contract, it doesn’t make much sense for the struggling Hornets to hold onto him. And if the Mavs could add a player with his talents for essentially what would have to be a salary-dump type of deal, they’d have to at least consider it.

If Charlotte’s asking price is too high, though, Dallas should stay away, as Hayward doesn’t move the needle enough to warrant any kind of overpay.

Published Dec 20, 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.