Wood’s arrival in Dallas last June from the Rockets cost the Mavericks their No. 26 overall first-round pick in 2022 and four end-of-the-bench reserves.
Just after Dallas traded for him, they prioritized signing free-agent center JaVale McGee with their taxpayer mid-level exception and promised him the starting center job over Wood. Though McGee’s poor performance cost him the job eight games into the season, coach Jason Kidd turned to Dwight Powell, not Wood, to join the opening five instead.Advertisement
The Mavericks unleashed a seven-game winning streak during that run, though six of the seven victories came against teams that failed to finish better than play-in tournament seeding. But the Mavericks never came close to offering a new deal during the season as the coaching staff’s patience waned. The front office worked to find a trade partner to inherit Wood before the early February trade deadline to recoup some compensation for his departure, but lack of interest around the league foreshadowed the open-market end to his Dallas tenure.Wood’s final stats ranked among the Mavericks’ leaders last season: third in scoring , second in rebounding and first in blocks .
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