Dallas Mavericks 2026-27 Depth Chart Following Free Agency

With NBA free agency largely wrapped up, it’s a great time to take a look at each NBA team’s depth chart as we head closer to the NBA season. Let’s take a look at the Dallas Mavericks’ updated depth chart following free agency, along with some analysis of the team’s incoming and outgoing players as they shape up for the 2026–27 season.

Dallas Mavericks Depth Chart

PG: Kyrie Irving, Marcus Sasser, Sergio de Larrea

SG: Max Christie, Klay Thompson, Caleb Martin, Marcus Sasser

SF: Cooper Flagg, Naji Marshall, Zaccharie Risacher

PF: P.J. Washington, Morez Johnson Jr., Santi Aldama

C: Dereck Lively II, Daniel Gafford, Moussa Cisse

Recap:

The Dallas Mavericks’ offseason was all about getting back to full health and building around their young star Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks’ elite point guard, Kyrie Irving, who tore his ACL during last season, has now had a full summer to get back to full health and should be ready to play on opening night for the Mavericks. This will be a big boost for the Mavericks and will give Cooper Flagg another capable offensive threat who can help alleviate some pressure and hopefully help take his game to the next level.

The Mavericks are entering the 2026-27 season with a complete reset within their front office. After finishing last season with a record of 26-56 and the Luka Dončić trade now being deemed as a failure, Jason Kidd and the Mavericks parted ways in May, and their new front office led by Masai Ujiri handed the reins to new head coach Dusty May, who is coming off a national championship victory with the Michigan Wolverines in April.

The Mavericks didn’t make any huge moves over the summer but brought in a couple of acquisitions who can certainly make a difference. Dallas’ biggest offseason acquisitions were forwards Santi Aldama and Zaccharie Risacher, both brought in through trades, who should round out the frontcourt nicely behind P.J. Washington and Dereck Lively II.

Aldama is coming off career-best numbers in 2025-26, averaging 14.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists on 47.9% shooting and 35.0% from three-point range. He’ll be joined by a former 2024 first-round pick in Risacher, who in his two seasons with Atlanta left much to be desired on the court from a player selected so high in the draft. In 67 games with the Hawks last season, Risacher averaged 9.6 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 36.8% from behind the arc. Although Risacher hasn’t lived up to his first overall pick expectations, he is still only 21 years old and has plenty of talent the Mavericks will try to get out of him.

Besides the frontcourt additions of Aldama and Risacher, the Mavericks also selected forward Morez Johnson Jr. with the ninth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. Johnson Jr. will reunite with his college head coach Dusty May and will add another athletic and talented rim protector to the Mavericks’ frontcourt, which has significantly improved this offseason.

In terms of offseason departures, the Mavericks didn’t lose any crucial pieces but had role players such as Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Ryan Nembhard and Marvin Bagley III depart.

The Mavericks find themselves in a much better position entering the new season than last year and now have a team filled with young talent mixed with established and proven veterans who know how to win. It’s clear the Mavericks upgraded their frontcourt group, and the return of Kyrie Irving will surely give them one of the best guards in the league when healthy, but the large focus entering this season will be seeing how college head coach Dusty May can transition to the NBA and get the most out of his young core.

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