Kevin Durant's decision to sign with the Warriors turned into a boom for the Mavericks as they were able to acquire two starters from the defending West champs.
First they agreed to a 4 year, 94 million dollar deal with forward Harrison Barnes. Barnes became a unrestricted free agent when the Warriors had to renounce his rights for cap room to sign Durant. Than in a trade that enables Golden State to create more cap room, the Mavs acquired center Andrew Bogut. Bogut has one year left on his contract for 11 million dollars. The deals won't be finalized until the league moratorium is lifted on Thursday. Both deals were first reported by ESPN's Marc Stein.
Barnes, 24 is a 4 year veteran who started on the Warriors 2015 championship team and last year's 73 win squad. He set a career high last year by averaging 11.7 points per game. He is considered a good defender who can play both forward spots and is a career 38% three point shooter. He was recently selected to play for Team USA in the upcoming Olympics. Barnes is a former #1 high school recruit who the Warriors picked 7th overall in the 2012 draft out of North Carolina.
Bogut, 31, has been the Warriors starting center and a key anchor for one of the league's best defenses. He has career averages of 10.3 points and 8.9 rebounds in 11 NBA seasons with the Bucks and Warriors. Bogut was born and raised in Australia and was 2005 College Player of the Year at Utah. The Bucks then selected him #1 overall in that year's draft. He was 3rd team All-NBA in 09-10 for the Bucks and 2nd team All-Defense in 14-15 for the champion Warriors.
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