The Mavericks are tanking.
Solid veteran shooting guard Wesley Matthews is unlikely to remain an impediment.
Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports:
Sources: Dallas Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews has suffered a stress fracture in his right leg and will likely miss remainder of the season. Matthews underwent further testing today and will rest and rehab the injury.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2018
This probably the pushes the 31-year-old with major injury history even further toward exercising his $18,622,514 player option for next season. Financially, opting in was already clearly the right move, though Matthews could choose to join a better team. But to do so would could require taking an even larger pay cut now.