{"id":121920,"date":"2025-02-04T14:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=121920"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:25:25","slug":"dallas-mavericks-trade-philadelphia-76ers-caleb-martin-quentin-grimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/04\/dallas-mavericks-trade-philadelphia-76ers-caleb-martin-quentin-grimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Land Sharpshooter in First Deal After Luka Doncic Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after shocking the basketball world and sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/04\/los-angeles-lakers-clippers-interested-trade-malcolm-brogdon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/02\/what-does-luka-doncic-trade-mean-for-mavericks-and-what-is-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> have made another trade. According to ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania, the Mavericks are trading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grimequ01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quentin Grimes<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/29\/76ers-jared-mccain-injury-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martica02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caleb Martin<\/a>. Charania also reported that the 76ers are getting their own second-round pick back in this deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dallas is sending Quentin Grimes<br \/>\nand Philadelphia&#8217;s 2025 second-round pick back to the 76ers for Martin, sources tell ESPN. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vSqohB03U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/4vSqohB03U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1886838153425699285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NBA Trade Deadline is just over 48 hours away. Despite already making a few moves, the Mavericks will continue to be a team to monitor.<\/p>\n<h2>Dallas Mavericks Land Sharpshooter in First Deal After Luka Doncic Trade<\/h2>\n<h3>What Caleb Martin Brings to Dallas<\/h3>\n<p>Martin signed a four-year, $35 million contract with Philadelphia last offseason. As an elite three-point specialist, this was widely considered a relatively team-friendly deal. Through 31 games (including 24 starts) with the 76ers, Martin averaged 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.1 steals. He also shot 43.5% from the field and 37.9% from the three-point line during that span.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old also has extensive playoff experience and played a crucial role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/31\/why-tyler-herros-all-star-selection-exemplifies-heat-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Miami Heat<\/a>&#8216;s 2023 NBA Finals run.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the Philadelphia 76ers Traded for Quentin Grimes<\/h3>\n<p>Like Martin in Philadelphia, Grimes also had a short stint with his former team before the trade. The Mavericks traded for Grimes from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hardati01,hardati02&amp;search=Tim+Hardaway&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Hardaway<\/a> Jr. last offseason. Through 24-year-old played 47 games for the Mavericks and started 12 of them. With Dallas, Grimes averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists while shooting 46.3% from the field and 39.8% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>While Martin is under contract for a few more years, Grimes is in the midst of a contract year. However, since he is still on his rookie deal, he will most likely hit restricted free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is a solid player, but Grimes has more upside. Additionally, the 76ers (mostly due to injuries) remain arguably the most disappointing team in the league this season. Making a minor trade to shake things up could be a good call for the long haul.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>This trade does not drastically change the trajectory of either team&#8217;s season. However, it could prove to be a good deal for both sides since both players offer a lot on the court. Regardless, both teams are aiming for a push in the second half of the season, and only time will tell how the deal ages.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after shocking the basketball world and sending Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks have made another trade. According to ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania, the Mavericks are trading Quentin Grimes to the Philadelphia 76ers for Caleb Martin. Charania also reported that the 76ers are getting their own second-round pick back in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":121921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,30,2,62,3,13],"tags":[1890,1133,3160],"class_list":["post-121920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","category-76ers","tag-caleb-martin","tag-luka-doncic","tag-quentin-grimes"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121924,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121920\/revisions\/121924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}