{"id":12044,"date":"2026-08-13T16:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:18:28","slug":"nba-trade-rumor-dallas-mavericks-could-bid-farewell-to-88-76-million-forward-in-a-surprise-deal-with-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12044","title":{"rendered":"NBA trade rumor: Dallas Mavericks could bid farewell to $88.76 million forward in a surprise deal with San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs trade idea. Image via: Mavericks and Spurs<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dallas Mavericks forward PJ Washington has landed in trade rumors as San Antonio looks for a deadline addition to complement its NBA Finals roster. The Spurs are largely running things back after last season’s run, but a fix at power forward is already looking necessary if Tobias Harris keeps struggling to find his footing in the rotation.Washington just started a four-year, $88.7 million deal, and Dallas now has Cooper Flagg on the roster and a fresh extension for Naji Marshall on the books. That combination has created a frontcourt crowd the Mavericks may want to thin out. There is now talk that Washington and Harris could be the centerpiece of a swap that solves a problem on each side.<\/p>\n

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Category<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player<\/td>\nPJ Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current team<\/td>\nDallas Mavericks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rumored team<\/td>\nSan Antonio Spurs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contract status<\/td>\nYear one of a four-year, $88.7 million deal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salary cap hit<\/td>\nRoughly $22.2 million average annual value (based on total contract terms in brief)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trade likelihood<\/td>\nSpeculative, sourced to a single insider report, not confirmed by either team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latest insider update<\/td>\nTyler Watts named Washington as San Antonio’s “ideal target” in a piece on Tobias Harris’s fit issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potential return<\/td>\nTobias Harris plus draft compensation, since a straight one-for-one swap does not work financially<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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P.J. Washington. Image via: Rocky Widner\/ NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Washington has settled into a role as one of Dallas’s most versatile defenders, someone who can guard multiple positions and knock down open looks when the offense finds him. That fit mattered most in 2024, when the Mavericks acquired him at the trade deadline after a Grant Williams signing fell short, then rode his three-and-D game all the way to the NBA Finals.Two years later, the roster around him looks different. Cooper Flagg’s arrival and a new extension for Naji Marshall have stacked Dallas’s forward group, and Washington’s name has started showing up in trade speculation as a result.<\/p>\n

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