MAVS NEWS:

[DanSchwartzgan]

Any prediction? 

The easiest path is waiving Williams and trying to get him back on the last 2-way.

"The contract includes a base salary of $2,270,735 for the 2025-26 season. A portion of the contract, $200,000, became guaranteed on July 7th, and another portion, $850,000, will be guaranteed on opening night. The contract becomes fully guaranteed if he is still on the roster on January 10th."

So, Williams can make the $200,000 that he gets guaranteed today. Then, the Mavs can guarantee all of the $636,435 2-way deal. That gives him $836,435 completely guaranteed right now, vs the non-guaranteed $850,000 opening night and $1,220,735, 10 January.

It limits him to only 50 games again and he wouldn't be playoff eligible. I think Williams is an NBA player and deserves a real roster spot. Do you see this as being any realistic path? If Williams would even agree, is it something you'd do? Or do you prefer sending a player like Omax or Hardy for air, even if the cost is a second-round pick or two?

I believe he met the condition for the $200,000 already, so if he was the guy who wasn't going to stick, they would have done it yesterday.  In a tight apron world, that $200k matters and it doesn't necessarily buy any kind of tie to Dallas if they immediately cut him.

I think the fallback is either the trade of OMax or Powell as has been talked about or a S/W of one of them.  There are two rules at play here.  Carrying 16 guaranteed guys isn't the issue this time of year.  But, we are so close to Apron 2 with 15 guys that adding another guaranteed minimum contract would put us over by $873,000.  So, that is the thing that keeps Exum from being official right now.  If I'm his agent and given his injury history, I don't let this be an open question for long.  Dude could get hurt getting out of the shower.

Hoops Prospects has a depth chart that does a pretty good job of keeping up with the news flow.  That's probably the easiest place to search for teams with openings at either PF or C.