The Dallas Mavericks have had an eventful 2025 over the past few months to say the absolute least.
We all remember what happened to begin the month of February, no need to reopen that wound for Mavericks fans.
Barely a month after that fiasco, Mavs star guard Kyrie Irving suffered a torn ACL against the Sacramento Kings, and the Mavericks will likely have to go through at least half of the 2025-26 season without the former number one pick.
However, losing one number one pick from Duke allowed them to gain another as they won the draft lottery and were able to draft Blue Devils superstar Cooper Flagg with the top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
And now, according to Noah Weber of The Smoking Cuban, the next move for the team should be pretty easy for the team, a no-brainer as a matter of fact, and that move should be signing Kai Jones to an Exhibit 10 contract.
The former Texas Longhorn played 12 games for the Mavs in the 2024-25 season, starting six of them and averaging 11.4 points per game, including a 21-point piece in March.
“Dallas signed Jones to a two-way deal in the middle of the season, and he was everything they needed and more. He was immediately thrown into the fire thanks to the Mavs’ crazy injury luck, and he even started in six games. He became a fan favorite in Dallas due to his energy and dunks, and he was one of the few bright spots during a rough stretch after the Doncic trade,” Weber wrote.
Even if they don’t have room for him on the professional roster, a two-way contract that would allow him to flip back and forth between the Mavericks and their G-League team, the Texas Legends.
