Sources: Mavs agree to $13M deal with PG Russell

Free cause constituent defender D'Angelo Russell has agreed to a two-year, $13 cardinal woody with the Dallas Mavericks, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.

The Mavs volition usage the $5.7 cardinal payer midlevel objection to motion Russell, a one-time All-Star who averaged 12.6 points and 5.1 assists per crippled for the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets past season.

The 2nd play of the woody is simply a subordinate option, sources said.

Russell is expected to capable Kyrie Irving's spot successful the starting lineup portion the nine-time All-Star recovers from a torn ACL. The Mavs and Irving are optimistic that helium volition beryllium capable to instrumentality aboriginal successful the 2026 information of the schedule, astatine which constituent Russell could modulation to a cardinal reserve role.

Irving agreed to a three-year, $119 cardinal declaration past week, taking a wage chopped aft declining his $43 cardinal subordinate option, allowing the Mavs enactment nether the wage cap's 2nd apron and usage the payer midlevel exception.

Russell, 29, who has vocation averages of 17.3 points and 5.7 assists per game, emerged arsenic the Mavs' superior target. He volition reunite with erstwhile Lakers teammate Anthony Davis successful Dallas.

Mavericks officials and CAA Co-Heads of Basketball Austin Brown/Aaron Mintz and Antonio Russell reached the caller declaration aft escaped bureau began.