Sources: Mavs will explore Monta Ellis - NBA

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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff Writer

The Dallas Mavericks will explore trade scenarios for shooting guard Monta
Ellis if he exercises his player option for next season, sources told
ESPN.com.

Ellis has a Wednesday deadline to determine whether he wants to make $8.7
million in the final season of his three-year, $25 million offer or test the
free-agent market.

Ellis, 29, averaged 18.9 points per game last season to become the first
player other than Dirk Nowitzki to lead the Mavericks in scoring since
1999-2000 and averaged 4.1 assists per game. However, his moodiness has been
cited by several team sources as a significant factor in the Mavs' chemistry
issues last season, which ended with a first-round loss to the Houston
Rockets.


Monta Ellis has a Wednesday deadline to determine whether he wants to make
$8.7 million in the final season of his three-year, $25 million offer or test
the free-agent market. Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports
If Ellis opts in, Dallas would attempt to trade him for a draft pick, a
source said, allowing the Mavs to maximize their cap space entering free
agency.

Dallas intends to pursue All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge and
third-team All-NBA center DeAndre Jordan in free agency, hoping to sign one
of them to a max contract. If Ellis' salary isn't on the books, the Mavs
likely will have enough cap space to re-sign center Tyson Chandler to pair
with Aldridge or a shooting guard who is a better fit with small forward
Chandler Parsons if Jordan comes to Dallas.

The 6-foot-3 Ellis, an undersized shooting guard who is one of the league's
most dynamic off-the-dribble threats, played a key role in the Mavs winning a
total of 99 games and advancing to the playoffs in each of the past two
seasons after Dallas' one-year postseason absence.

But Dallas doesn't intend to give Ellis the raise he'd want if he tests free
agency, sources said. The Mavs, who plan to use Parsons as more of a point
forward in the second season of his three-year, $46 million deal, want to
have a bigger shooting guard who is a better defender and 3-point threat than
Ellis. Potential fits in free agency include Danny Green and Wesley Matthews.

Ellis, a 10-year veteran, has a career scoring average of 19.3 points per
game, the highest in NBA history among players who have never been an
All-Star.

Ellis signed with the Mavs in the summer of 2013 after declining an $11
million player option for the final season of his previous contract and
turning down a three-year, $36 million to remain with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Dallas didn't have the cap space to sign Ellis to the three-year, $25 million
deal until discovering that Devin Harris had a serious toe injury that
required surgery, prompting the Mavs to take the offer to Harris off the
table and significantly increase their offer to Ellis.

短評或心得：

如果Ellis行使下賽季的球員選擇權,小牛將會開始尋找交易的可能性

美國時間禮拜三就是球員決定的最終deadline,(就是美國時間明天!!)

因為小牛還是傾向去追求阿基雞,所以需要留出可以開最大合約的空間

如果Ellis留隊,小牛將會尋找交易選秀簽的機會




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