Report: Kevin Martin Bought Out, Mavs Making the Calls?

Kevin Martin and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the midnight deadline and reached an agreement on a buyout in time for the veteran guard to join a playoff team. Are the Dallas Mavericks interested?

Every skeptical writer had Kevin Martin on their list of players that were projected to bought out before the deadline, but Minnesota and Martin kept teasing over the past week.

Word initially came out they were discussing the buyout numbers, but then Minnesota cut ties with veteran Andre Miller instead. Leaving us all wonder if Martin would ever be bought out.

Then Minnesota made their way to Dallas on Sunday where everyone seen Martin dressed out on the bench, but never made his way to the court as buyout talks were assumedly still going on.

Then ESPN’s Marc Stein breaks the news on Tuesday of the official status of Martin and the interested teams in his service.

Back over a month ago I wrote a whole column on how the Mavs could look to trade for the veteran marksman before the February 18th trade deadline. I talked about the fit and the package that would bring Martin to Dallas (read here).

Now the package isn’t required but the fit would be the same. But questions still remain if he did join Dallas.

Would Carlisle put him in the Raymond Felton role as first man off the bench? Would he just take minutes away from J.J. Barea and Devin Harris? Would he be the primary backup to Matthews or Parsons?

I personally would love to see a bench unit centered around David Lee, Raymond Felton, and Kevin Martin with minutes split between Harris and Barea depending on the matchup. But we all know the allegiance Carlisle shows to his vets and it would be interesting to see if he would bring in a new guy like Martin to take most of the minutes from Harris and/or Barea.

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Keep an eye on the Martin situation as there should be a resolution anytime over the next 24-hours.