Next on our continued search for the players that will be the next Dallas Mavericks championship team, we will take a look at potential upcoming free agents fro the Small Forward position. This is a list loaded with talent and game changing players, most of the great players have player options for next season but some lucky team may be able to lure one of these All Stars to a new city.
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Mavs Free Agency: Power Forwards
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RFA – Restricted Free Agent
UFA – Unrestricted Free Agent
PO – Player Option
TO – Team Option
Career Earnings – Money earned by NBA salary through the 2018-2019 season, does not include 2019 Option amount.
1.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings | 2019 Option |
| PO | 27 | $23.1 M | $84.5 M | $21.3 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 8 | 34 | 49% | 44% | 90% | 8 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 26 |
| Career | 415 | 30 | 50% | 39% | 85% | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 16.5 |
NBA Champion, Finals MVP, 2x Defensive Player of the Year, Kawhi Leonard stacked up some impressive accolades in his first 6 years with the San Antonio Spurs. Then last season’s injuries and fued with the organization then resulted in Kawhi being shipped off to the Eastern Conference Toronto Raptors.
Everyone was wondering if he would be the same player without Popovich and taking nearly an entire year off of playing in the NBA. Just 8 games in, it is VERY clear that Kawhi has not lost a step He is still the clutch, defensively dominant NBA superstar that the Raptors were hoping for as they are off to a 12-1 start, 1st in the NBA.
2.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings | 2019 Option |
| PO | 30 | $30 M | $190.2 M | $31.5 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 12 | 34.7 | 55% | 39% | 92% | 7.3 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 26.8 |
| Career | 783 | 37.1 | 49% | 38% | 88% | 7.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 27.1 |
Many are surprised to see the back-to-back Finals MVP second on any list. KD is as good of a scorer as any player in NBA history. He is the rarest combination of height, length, athleticism, and skill that renders defenders obsolete. Any team that signs Durant immediately becomes a team that wants to win an NBA Championship immediately.
I am one of the NBA fans that were disappointed in his decision to leave Oklahoma City to go to Golden State after the Warriors had just come back from 3-1 deficit to beat Durant and the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. I was looking for that to be a great rivalry in the Western Conference for years, but Durant deprived fans of that by signing with the Warriors as a free agent in 2016. Will he shock the world again and leave Golden State to blaze a new path?
3.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings | 2019 Option |
| PO | 29 | $20.4 M | $77.8 M | $19.8 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 10 | 36.1 | 47% | 38% | 79% | 5.2 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.4 | 21.3 |
| Career | 468 | 32.9 | 45% | 34% | 83% | 4.9 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
The Butler/Timberwolves drama is finally over, he has been sent to Philadelphia to run with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid on a 1-year rental. Butler will undoubtedly decline his 2019 option and look for a huge max deal this summer. Although Philly is right now seen as a temporary landing spot, it makes a lot of sense for Butler to start building a long-lasting rapport with their 2 young stars. One of the game’s best two-way players and still in his prime, Jimmy should have some choices or which team he would like to join next season.
4.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings | 2019 Option |
| PO | 27 | $13 M | $59.5 M | $13 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 11 | 30.5 | 44% | 46% | 88% | 5.2 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 19.3 |
| Career | 389 | 31.8 | 45% | 40% | 88% | 4.2 | 3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 15.3 |
Khris Middleton is the second-best player on the 3rd best team in the league, the 10-3 Milwaukee Bucks. Elite shooting, ability to create his own shot and shots for other, Middleton is a great offensive player. His 1.5 steals per game shows that his length can also help on the defensive end as well.
This 7 year-vet, second round pick out of Texas A&M, can forget about that $13 M player option this summer, he is about to get paid!
5.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings |
| UFA | 27 | $16 M | $72.1 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 11 | 33.6 | 52% | 42% | 82% | 8.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 20.7 |
| Career | 475 | 29.7 | 47% | 36% | 81% | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 14.8 |
Tobias Harris is off to a great start in his unrestricted free agency season. 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 42% 3-point shooting is great production from the small forward position, especially since his LA Clippers are off to a good 7-5 start and sitting in the 6th seed in the West. If Harris can keep up this production through the rest of the season, still only age 27, he will be looking at some big money coming his way.
6.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings | 2019 Option |
| PO | 26 | 24.1 M | $82 M | $25.1 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 7 | 32.4 | 36% | 32% | 78% | 5.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 15 |
| Career | 470 | 30.4 | 45% | 37% | 79% | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
The last 2 years for the Dallas Mavericks, after signing a max deal (4/$94MM) in 2016, Barnes has led the team in scoring at 19 ppg. Barnes has been a consistent, fairly efficient scorer on some bad Mavericks teams in a time when most fans wanted to see you lose games. Aside from his scoring, Barnes has not yet developed other aspects of his game such as playmaking, rebounding, or defense. Physically gifted at 6’8” and super athletic, Barnes has all of the tools to take his game to the next level. He is also the second youngest player on this list.
He has a team option of $25 M next season so this is not yet a do or die season for HB, but hopefully he can show he can continue to expand his game and develops a good relationship with young Luka Doncic and Dennis Smith Jr.
7.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings |
| RFA | 25 | $1.1 M | $3 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 11 | 25.1 | 51% | 42% | 80% | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 8.4 |
| Career | 113 | 20.9 | 39% | 31% | 76% | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5 |
Doe-Doe is quickly becoming a fan favorite for MFFLs. His offensive and defensive versatility, length, athleticism, and teamwork make him an ideal role player. He came into the league as an undrafted 4 year college player out of the University of Florida as a defensive specialist. The Mavs tanking for the last two years did not only bring the franchise Luka and DSJ, it allowed Finney-Smith to gain some great experience and develop into a really productive player. He seems to be taking the next step this season, starting out as one of the Mavericks best 3-point shooters and defenders. Restricted free agency will keep Finney in Dallas next year, and I for one am really excited about that! I vote for an extension to keep him here long-term.
8.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings |
| UFA | 30 | $10.5 M | $31.4 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 13 | 30 | 51% | 51% | 72% | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| Career | 331 | 26.9 | 45% | 38% | 86% | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 12.1 |
Bojan is on this list because of his lights out 3-point shooting. He has good size, knows how to move the ball and move without the ball, but most of all he can just flat out shoot. He has also shown, while playing for the Croatian National team and in the 2018 Playoffs against LeBron and the Cavs, that he thrives in big games.
It was fairly hard to find a Bogdanovic highlight film but his performance in the playoffs last year says a lot.
9.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings |
| UFA | 33 | $10.1 M | $137 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 8 | 28 | 49% | 56% | 64% | 7.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 13.3 |
| Career | 818 | 34.6 | 45% | 35% | 79% | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 17.9 |
Rudy Gay has been getting buckets for a long time and he is still an efficient scorer and rebounder for the San Antonio Spurs in his 13th year in the league. Torching the nets from downtown the start the season, it is hard to see Gay keeping up his early hot play, but if he does, he may get a team to build on that $137 million he has earned in the NBA.
10.
| Type | Age | 2018 Salary | Career Earnings |
| UFA | 34 | $15 M | $91.3 M |
| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PTS | |
| ’18-’19 | 11 | 34 | 38% | 36% | 90% | 5.9 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 10.5 |
| Career | 953 | 29.6 | 42% | 35% | 73% | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
It is not going well in Phoenix so far this season as they are off to a dreadful 2-10 start. If they don’t turn it around, Ariza, the definition of a 3-and-D guy, seems like a prime candidate to be moved to a contending team before the trade deadline. Nothing flashy here, he just knocks down 3s, plays good individual and team defense, and makes winning plays.
Other Free Agent Small Forwards
| Player | Team | Type | Age | Salary |
| Chandler Parsons | MEM | UFA | 30 | $23,609,631 |
| DeMarre Carroll | BKN | UFA | 33 | $14,500,000 |
| Wilson Chandler | PHI | UFA | 32 | $11,625,000 |
| Jared Dudley | BKN | UFA | 34 | $10,000,000 |
| Wesley Johnson | NOP | UFA | 32 | $5,881,260 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | UTH | UFA | 35 | $5,250,000 |
| Michael Beasley | LAL | UFA | 30 | $3,500,000 |
| Stanley Johnson | DET | RFA | 23 | $3,212,511 |
| Jeff Green | WAS | UFA | 33 | $2,393,887 |
| Luol Deng | MIN | UFA | 34 | $2,393,887 |
| Carmelo Anthony | HOU | UFA | 35 | $2,393,887 |
| Kelly Oubre | WAS | RFA | 23 | $2,307,138 |
| Omri Casspi | MEM | UFA | 31 | $2,176,260 |
| Darius Miller | NOP | UFA | 29 | $2,152,500 |
| Sam Dekker | LAC | RFA | 25 | $1,980,414 |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | BKN | RFA | 24 | $1,668,205 |
| James Nunnally | MIN | RFA | 29 | $1,468,807 |
| Malcolm Miller | TOR | RFA | 26 | $1,349,383 |
| Jake Layman | POR | RFA | 25 | $1,152,521 |
| CJ Miles | TOR | PO | 31 | $8,333,333 |
| James Ennis III | HOU | PO | 28 | $1,621,415 |
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Mavs Free Agency: Point Guards
Mavs Free Agency: Shooting Guards
Mavs Free Agency: Power Forwards
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