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Report: Wesley Matthews Out for the Year

By Isaac Harris

SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 3: Wesley Matthews #23 of the Dallas Mavericks looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings on February 3, 2018 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 3: Wesley Matthews #23 of the Dallas Mavericks looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings on February 3, 2018 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The horrendous season continues in Dallas as Wesley Matthews is out for the remainder of the year due to a leg injury.

After a loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday, the Dallas Mavericks fell to 21-46 on the regular season.

With 15 games left on the season, Rick Carlisle is continuing to roll out the youngsters in a hope of finding exactly what he has moving forward.

On Monday, Yahoo’s Shams Charania reported that one of the core veterans for the Mavs will be out for the remainder of the season due to an injury.

Matthews signed with he Dallas Mavericks three summers ago with a four-year, $70 million contract. The fourth year of that deal has a player option worth $18.6 million that Matthews will have to decide on this coming summer.

If there was ever any doubt in that, he should pick that up after suffering an injury like this late in the season.

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One of the most remarkable accomplishments in Matthews’ tenure in Dallas has been his health and games played despite tearing his Achilles in the spring, prior to signing with the Mavericks a few months later.

Matthews would appear in 78 games that very next season and 73 games the season after that.

This season, Matthews will finish with 63 games played, but will be arguably his best season in Dallas statistically.

Matthews was shooting 38% from three and averaging 12.7 points per game. Despite talk of him being on the trade market at the trade deadline, Dallas elected to hold on to him at the deadline as he is one of the more vocal leaders on the team.

He has particularly grown close with Dennis Smith Jr. this season and served as a big brother, mentor type role for the rookie.

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It is unsure the recovery time of the injury at this time as the team finishes out one of the worst seasons in franchise history.

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