Dallas Mavericks Buy Out Klay Thompson, Sending Sharpshooter to Free Agency

The Dallas Mavericks and Klay Thompson have officially decided to see other people. According to Chris Haynes, Dallas just reached a buyout agreement with the veteran sharpshooter, immediately dumping him onto the unrestricted free agent market.

It feels like just yesterday Klay was putting on a Mavericks jersey, mostly because it basically was. Now, Dallas is looking at his expiring $17.5 million contract and deciding they would rather just pay him to go away.

"Chris Haynes reported the Mavericks reached an agreement making Thompson an unrestricted free agent."

You cannot really blame them when you look at the math. Klay has been averaging 11.7 points per game this season while shooting a rather grim 39.3 percent from the floor. He is still hitting 38 percent of his threes, but the overall production is not exactly screaming untouchable core piece for a team trying to win a title.

The buyout market is where contenders go dumpster diving for gold, and Klay is officially the shiniest object in the trash. The Miami Heat are reportedly already circling like sharks who just smelled blood in the water.

If you are holding Eastern Conference futures tickets, this is the exact kind of weird variance you have to watch out for. Miami loves adding veteran castoffs who can randomly get hot and hit six threes in a playoff quarter.

Now we wait to see where the four-time champion actually lands. Klay gets to handpick his next destination, and whoever signs him is just praying they get the vintage version instead of the guy who has been clanking mid-range jumpers all winter.