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Mike Vorkunov: Myles Turner has been elected as a VP on the NBPA Executive Committee. He replaced Garrett Temple, who retired. This is now the full NBPA executive committee: • Fred VanVleet, President • Grant Williams, First Vice President • Mason Plumlee, Secretary-Treasurer • Karl-Anthony Towns, Vice President • Santi Aldama, Vice President • Jaylen Brown, Vice President • Trey Murphy III, Vice President • Myles Turner, Vice President • Gabe Vincent, Vice President
Santi Aldama will not join the senior national team of Spain for the upcoming FIBA window, according to an announcement by the Spanish Basketball Federation on Wednesday. Spain is scheduled to launch the second and final round of the European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIBA World Cup in Qatar with fixtures against Portugal in Zaragoza on August 28 and Greece in Athens on August 31.
Marc Stein: The belief in Dallas, I'm told, is Santi Aldama will be ready for training camp when practices start (Sept. 23-ish). Aldama had mid-March knee surgery. The Mavs and Rockets are able to hold practices before the leaguewide Sept. 29 start because they play preseason games abroad.
Dallas Mavericks forward Santi Aldama will not play for Spain during the upcoming FIBA World Cup 2027 qualifying window. The Spanish Basketball Federation announced that Aldama will miss the national team's training camp and the first window of the second qualifying round, scheduled from August 24 to 31. Aldama had been pushing to return in time after undergoing surgery, but Spain ultimately decided not to rush his recovery ahead of the upcoming NBA season with his new team, the Mavericks. According to the federation, the 25-year-old made a strong effort to be available for head coach Chus Mateo and had been working toward playing in Spain's games against Portugal in Zaragoza and Greece in Athens.
The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed forward Tarik Biberovic (TAH-rick bee-BEHR-oh-vitch). Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dallas acquired the rights to Biberović along with forward Santi Aldama from Memphis as part of a six-team trade that was announced on Wednesday. The Mavericks sent guard AJ Johnson, a top-20 protected 2030 first-round pick (via Golden State) and a 2029 second-round pick (via Houston) to the Grizzlies as part of the deal.
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The Dallas Mavericks announced today their participation in a six-team trade involving the Detroit Pistons, L.A. Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards. Dallas acquired forward Santi Aldama and the rights to forward Tarik Biberović from Memphis along with guard Marcus Sasser from Detroit. Dallas traded guard AJ Johnson, a top-20 protected 2030 first-round pick (via Golden State) and a 2029 second-round pick (via Houston) to Memphis. The Mavericks also sent forward Khris Middleton and a 2033 second-round pick to Washington as part of a sign-and-trade deal.
Marc Stein: By helping Khris Middleton get to Washington via sign-and-trade, Dallas can acquire Santi Aldama and Marcus Sasser without touching its $20.3M TPE from the Anthony Davis trade or its $15M MLE. The Mavs can then formally sign Tarik Biberović after the six-team trade is official.
Memphis also gets to keep its massive $28.9 million traded player exception. The TPE was gained from the Feb. 3 trade that resulted in Jaren Jackson Jr. going to the Utah Jazz. Memphis can take on Stewart's $15 million salary in the bigger deal and part ways with Aldama's $17 million without touching the TPE.
Bobby Marks: A nice job by the Mavericks front office on this deal. Because of the Khris Middleton sign-and-trade, Dallas will preserve the big $20.8M Anthony Davis trade exception. To break it down on a smaller scale: Middleton/AJ Johnson for Santi Aldama
Shams Charania: Dallas is sending Middleton to the Wizards via sign-and-trade as part of a larger six-team deal that includes, in total, the Mavericks, Wizards, Clippers, Pistons, Bucks and Grizzlies. It involves previously agreed upon deals such as John Collins, Gary Harris and Taurean Prince (Detroit), Isaiah Stewart (Memphis), Santi Aldama (Mavericks), Caris LeVert (Bucks), etc.
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Biberović signed a new three-year contract with Fenerbahçe on July 10, 2025, turning down interest from Memphis to stay in Istanbul. That deal carried a $2M buyout clause allowing him to leave for the NBA, and under league rules, Dallas could only contribute up to $900K toward it, leaving Biberović responsible for the rest. Dallas Hoops Journal has learned the two sides have worked through that gap, with Fenerbahçe likely to receive the full buyout amount to complete the move. That process still runs through the Aldama trade, though. Until Dallas and Memphis formally close that deal, the Mavericks do not officially hold Biberović’s draft rights, and any buyout agreement cannot become final on Dallas’ end. Separately, other outlets had reported his contract also included a distinct NBA out clause tied to a July 7 deadline, adding urgency to the timeline.
Todd Whitehead: With Santi Aldama heading to Dallas, it's increasingly unlikely Dwight Powell will return to the Mavs for a 13th season. Powell's departure (and the Giannis trade) will leave just 2 players from the 2014-15 season who have stayed on the same team since then.
The Memphis Grizzlies will be able to take Isaiah Stewart into the trade exception created by Santi Aldama being dealt to Dallas, which will allow a the Grizzlies to maintain their bigger $28 million trade exception from February's Jaren Jackson, Jr. trade. The Grizzlies could not take Stewart into their nontaxpayer midlevel exception even though his base salary of $15 million fits. That's because he also has $1 million in unlikely incentives that count toward that exception.
