The Golden State Warriors are reportedly finalizing a trade that will send centre Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
In return, the Warriors will receive the Mavericks’ 2020 second-round pick, which Dallas had acquired previously from the Utah Jazz.
By trading Cauley-Stein, who is on a two-year minimum contract with the second year being a player-option, Golden State will lower their team salary to $2.57-million below the hard cap, and save $5.6-million in luxury tax payments.
As part of the trade, the Mavericks will waive Justin Patton, who they acquired earlier Friday from Oklahoma City for forward Isaiah Roby, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
The move to acquire Cauley-Stein comes on the heels of Dallas losing centre Dwight Powell to a season-ending Achilles’ injury.
Cauley-Stein offers a depth-option to help fill that void. The 26-year-old has appeared in 41 games for Golden State this season, averaging 7.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
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