Mavericks' Wesley Matthews exercises player option for 2018-19

Dallas Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews has exercised his $18.6 million player option for 2018-19.

What It Means:

This is no surprise with Matthews being almost 32 years old and coming off a stress fracture in his tibia. There is little chance Matthews would have gotten a big deal in free agency after a couple of years of down play, so he'll at least start the 2018-19 season with Dallas