DALLAS — For a second time in three years, the Mavericks have made a major trade involving Kristaps Porzingis.
Dallas is sending Porzingis to Washington in exchange for a package centered on Wizards guard Spencer Dinwiddie, a source told The Dallas Morning News’ Brad Townsend less than a half-hour before the NBA’s Thursday trade deadline.
ESPN also reported that Wizards forward Davis Bertans will be included in the deal.
Porzingis has missed the Mavericks’ last five games with a right knee bone bruise and had already been ruled out for Thursday night’s contest against the Clippers — what would’ve been his 22nd absence in 56 games this season.
Dinwiddie, while in a shooting slump this season, has averaged 12.6 points, 5.8 assists and 4.7 rebounds through 44 games in his first year with Washington. He’s shooting 37.6% from the field and 31% from 3.
The 28-year-old is playing on a $17.1 million salary this season and is under contract through 2024.
After averaging more than 11 points each of the last two seasons, Bertans has played as a reserve in Washington’s frontcourt log jam this season, averaging 5.7 points in 14.7 minutes per game.
Bertans, making $16 million this season, is under contract through 2025.
Porzingis signed a five-year, $158.3 million max contract with the Mavericks after the 2019 season, just months after Dallas acquired him in a seven-player blockbuster deal with the Knicks while he recovered from February 2018 ACL surgery.
