The Mavericks have contemplated making an attempt so as to add an impression perimeter defender earlier than the Feb. 6 commerce deadline, front-office sources on rival groups informed The Athletic. The New Orleans Pelicans’ Herb Jones, who last season was the only non-center to make the NBA’s All-Defensive First Team, is one player who fits that description. But there is little belief in NBA circles that the Pelicans will actually move him. If the Mavericks don’t make a commerce, the accountability of slowing down Gilgeous-Alexander in a possible playoff rematch would go to a mixture of Washington, Marshall and Grimes. “I really feel like I can guard anyone,” Washington mentioned. “I really feel like I’m snug guarding smalls, bigs. It doesn’t actually matter.”
Supply: New York Times
Supply: New York Times
