Collin Sexton trade rumors: Mavericks, Cavaliers had discussions about sign-and-trade for guard, per report

About two months have passed since the free agency started, cleveland cavaliers Guard Colin Sexton is not signed. 23 year old security guard 3-year, $40 million offer from Cavaliers He plans to stay in Cleveland, but reports earlier in the summer said he’s looking for a deal that will pay him around $20 million a year. And Sexton was at one point part of a signing and deal discussion with the U.S. Dallas Mavericks.

in a recent episode ofA Tale of Wine and Gold PodcastCavaliers insider Chris Feder reported that Cleveland had been in talks with the Mavericks about a potential sign-and-trade involving Sexton. Didn’t go anywhere.

“The Cavaliers have discussed a Collin Sexton sign-and-trade with Dallas,” Fedor said.But if we’re talking sign-and-trade, the Cavaliers need to give back something of value to them. jazz Also, the Mavericks don’t have a piece the Cavaliers want back in a sign-and-trade with Collin.”

The Jazz were also mentioned as potential suitors for Sexton, but that’s premised on Utah trading All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell. Re-engaged in trade talks with New York Knicks, sounds like things are headed in that direction. As far as the Mavericks go, it sounds like the only way they can get Sexton is if they can bring in a third team that can send valuable assets to Cleveland, but sign more teams. The more you add to the , the more complicated it becomes.

Mavericks Did it If they manage to get Sexton, it would certainly fill the void left by Jalen Brunson, who left Dallas this summer for the Knicks. 4 In his season, Sexton averaged 20 points, 3.3 assists and 3 rebounds while shooting 45.8% from the field and 37.8% from 3-pointers in his territory. He’ll come in well as a secondary playmaker alongside Luka Doncic in the backcourt, allowing the Mavericks to bring Spencer Dinwiddie back to the bench with his sixth-man ability. Sexton’s ability to make his threes in a consistent clip allowed Dallas to get the flooring he needed around Doncic in his starting lineup, giving him the lead in Cleveland as his guard. Experience would take some of the pressure off for Doncic to do everything all the time.

The obvious caveat with Sexton is that he’s coming to the end of a season that saw him play just 11 games after suffering a meniscus injury early in the season. However, the former first-round pick was seen playing in his league as a Pro-Am this summer. looks rather healthy.

While Sexton awaits a more attractive deal in free agency, Fedor says his campaign is waiting to sign a deal until the situation with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Mitchell is resolved. Durant asked for a trade brooklyn nets Over two months ago, Irving los angeles lakers in trade negotiations during the off-season. Neither of these situations have been resolved, and moving one or both players could change the landscape of the league, potentially opening up additional suitors to get the contract Sexton wants. There is a possibility

So while teams like the Mavericks and Jazz may be interested in Sexton, they’re playing the waiting game like any other team in the league to see what happens to Durant, Irving and Mitchell. It looks like