The Dallas Mavericks are contemporary off their 2024 NBA Finals loss to the Boston Celtics and the group is already planning for subsequent yr.
Dallas’s loss to the Celtics uncovered some weaknesses they hope to keep away from subsequent season.
To that finish, the Mavs need to store small ahead Tim Hardaway Jr., per Marc Stein and NBA Central.
Hardaway has performed for Dallas since 2019.
The Dallas Mavericks are attempting to commerce Tim Hardaway Jr., per @TheSteinLine
“League sources say that the Mavericks will promptly resume their long-running seek for a commerce companion to take Hardaway on, which is extra possible than ever to come back to fruition with the 32-year-old… pic.twitter.com/LJ9Gq9MEv0
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 22, 2024
“League sources say that the Mavericks will promptly resume their long-running search for a trade partner to take Hardaway on, which is more likely than ever to come to fruition with the 32-year-old now entering the final season of his current contract and with his salary declining from $17.9 million in 2023-24 to $16.2 million in 2024-25,” stated Stein.
It’s rumored by a number of within the media {that a} commerce might be a welcome reduction for Hardaway and his father.
Tim Hardaway performed within the League for 5 completely different groups, together with the Mavs, and was a five-time All-Star and is a Naismith Corridor of Famer.
Hardaway senior just lately made clear that he wasn’t pleased with how the group was utilizing his son.
Throughout the 2023-24 common season, Hardaway Jr. was Dallas’s third main scorer.
Nonetheless, he didn’t have a lot of an impression within the playoffs.
Hardaway Jr. entered the NBA because the twenty fourth total choose of the New York Knicks within the 2013 draft.
After a stint with the Knicks and a few years with the Atlanta Hawks, Hardaway performed within the NBA’s G-League.
In 2017, he returned to the Knicks after which was traded together with present Celtic, Kristaps Porzingis, to Dallas in January 2019.
