{"id":866733,"date":"2026-08-21T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866733\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:22:09","slug":"ap-source-klay-thompson-intends-to-sign-with-heat-after-mavericks-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866733\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Source: Klay Thompson intends to sign with Heat after Mavericks buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> and\u00a0Klay Thompson<\/a>\u00a0have agreed on a contract buyout, ending a two-year tenure that was wrecked by the\u00a0shocking trade of Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n

Thompson intends to sign with the Miami Heat once he clears waivers, according to a person familiar with the five-time all-star\u2019s plans. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because Thompson has yet to reveal that detail publicly. Assuming he is not claimed by another club, Thompson may be able to sign with the Heat as early as Sunday.<\/p>\n

The buyout announcement comes after the Mavericks missed the playoffs in both of Thompson\u2019s seasons, which came after Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals in 2024.<\/p>\n

Thompson joined Dallas\u00a0in a sign-and-trade with Golden State, giving the Mavericks one of the league’s all-time great three-point shooters to complement Doncic and another high-scoring guard in Kyrie Irving.<\/p>\n

But the high hopes for that threesome imploded after the Mavericks sent Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for the oft-injured Anthony Davis in a deal before the trade deadline in 2025. Irving tore the ACL in his left knee a month later and hasn’t played since. Davis was\u00a0traded to the Washington Wizards\u00a0just before the February trade deadline last season.<\/p>\n

The trade ended up derailing the franchise, although Dallas overcame steep odds to win the draft lottery a few months after dealing Doncic. With the No. 1 overall pick, the Mavericks selected Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg, who ended up winning Rookie of the Year and giving the franchise new hope.<\/p>\n

The addition of Flagg helped led to Thompson coming off the bench in most games for the first time since his rookie year with Golden State.<\/p>\n

The buyout of Thompson is the latest in a major retooling of the Dallas roster. His departure leaves just five players from opening day two years ago, along a new front office in president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri and general manager Mike Schmitz and a new coach in Dusty May, who replaced Jason Kidd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thompson won four NBA titles alongside Stephen Curry and Draymond Green with the Warriors. The 36-year-old spent his first 13 seasons with Golden State, although he missed two entire seasons with knee and Achilles injuries.<\/p>\n

The five-time All-Star averaged 12.9 points and shot 39 per cent from three-point range in his two years with the Mavericks. His career marks are 19.6 points per game and 41 per cent shooting from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Thompson passed Damian Lillard for fourth place on the career three-point list in January. He has 2,899 three-pointers, trailing Curry, James Harden and Ray Allen.<\/p>\n

Thompson missed the playoffs just twice in the 11 seasons he played for the Warriors. He matched that number in his only two seasons with Dallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cKlay is one of the great players and competitors of his generation, and we are grateful for everything he brought to the Mavericks organization,\u201d Ujiri said. \u201cWe have tremendous respect for Klay and all that he has accomplished throughout his career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas Mavericks and\u00a0Klay Thompson\u00a0have agreed on a contract buyout, ending a two-year tenure that was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-866733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}