Here’s Why The Mavs Tried To Trade Kristaps Porzingis To Golden State

Updated: February 24, 2021

Yesterday the Dallas Mavericks held Kristaps Porzingis out of their game with “back spasms.” That is not anything out of the order except when you factor in that Kristaps Porzingis was a very late scratch almost right up to tip off.

Well, we now know what happened. Apparently the team had a deal in place to trade Kristaps Porzingis to the Golden State Warriors and held him out of the game. For some reason, the trade didn’t happen and was leaked to the news, and now Kristaps Porzingis is unfollowing the Mavs on social media.

Here is what we know:

In fact, Dallas has quietly gauged the trade market for Porzingis, according to league sources, as the Mavericks have begun reevaluating whether the 25-year-old center can truly support Doncic as the second option on a contender. “They’ve kicked the tires on everybody on their roster that’s not named Luka,” one person with knowledge of Dallas’ thinking said. “You know [president of basketball operations] Donnie [Nelson]; they’re always tinkering.”

“They’ve definitely sniffed around on him,” an assistant general manager told B/R. “They’re taking the temperature because they know at some point it’s gonna come around.”