10 Reasons the Dallas Mavericks aced the 2024 offseason

8. Mavericks upgraded the Josh Green position

As necessary as it was for the Dallas Mavericks to part ways with Josh Green to make the financial components of their six-team sign-and-trade for Klay Thompson workout, it was still an unfortunate happenstance for Mavericks fans to see the 23-year-old guard leave for the Charlotte Hornets, as Green was starting to truly blossom on the biggest stage in the NBA Finals.

However, as far as replacing Green was concerned, the Mavericks did an excellent job by adding 24-year-old guard Quentin Grimes to fulfill Green’s role, as Grimes has similar dimensions to Green and is a stellar perimeter defender.

Grimes is coming to Dallas after playing a limited role for the Detroit Pistons post-trade deadline this past season, as Grimes was developing into a versatile 3-and-D guard during his time with the New York Knicks.

Green had his moments in Dallas where he flashed potential of becoming more consistent as a shot creator, shooter, and defender, but ultimately Grimes has proven to be more consistent in those areas in less NBA seasons played.

As a full-time starter with the Knicks in 2022-23, Grimes averaged 11.3 points and 3.2 rebounds on 46.8/38.6/79.6 shooting splits, so there’s plenty of reason to believe he can bring something similar to the Mavericks in a featured role off the bench.

Grimes is also a great athlete just like Green was, and while he may not be quite the playmaker that Green was, he’s much more decisive and is just as explosive when attacking on drives. 

Grimes is excited to be in Dallas and he should bring the Mavericks the ability to guard one-through-three at an extremely high level whilst being an offensive upgrade over Green, so Dallas’ front office scores an A+ for being able to bring Grimes to Dallas in the Tim Hardaway Jr. trade.