Christian Wood is earning some interest from rival teams around the league.
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Christian Wood of the Dallas Mavericks.
The Dallas Mavericks have a big decision to make with center Christian Wood. By trading for Wood over the summer, Dallas took a big gamble that Wood wouldn’t walk for a total loss in free agency just a year later.
That leaves two options for Dallas: re-sign him over the summer or trade him to recoup some assets ahead of the February deadline. And according to Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report, teams around the league are preparing for the latter.
“Rival teams have begun monitoring what the Dallas Mavericks intend to do with center Christian Wood. Dallas has yet to show any indication that he has been made available for a trade, but some teams believe that could change soon.”
The news comes during a rough stretch of the season for Dallas. The Mavs have gone 3-5 since December 9, including ugly losses to the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves. Earlier in the month, the team looked to have turned a corner, with nice wins against the Suns and Knicks.
But at 16-16, this season has been a disappointing one for a team that made the conference finals last year. Yet the team has several decent veteran contributors if the team decides to be a seller at the trade deadline.
One of the players Dallas is not interested in moving is third-year upstart Josh Green.
