The Mavericks are eyeing Anfernee Simons, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link), who hears from league sources that Dallas has emerged as a possible landing spot for the free agent guard.

Simons took on a lesser role in Boston last season following several years as a starter in Portland, then appeared in just six games for the Bulls following a trade-deadline deal before being sidelined with a wrist injury. He averaged 14.3 points per game on .440/.385/.896 shooting in 55 total appearances last season, but put up 20.7 PPG over the three years prior to that.

The Warriors and the Heat have also been linked to Simons, Stein notes, but the Mavericks are in position to outbid those teams if they decided to zero in on the 27-year-old. According to Yossi Gozlan’s data at CapSheets.com, Dallas is operating more than $24MM under the tax line – with 13 players tentatively under contract – and still has access to the full non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($15MM).

We have more free agent rumors and notes from around the NBA:

• Although veteran guard Gabe Vincent would be interested in a return to Miami and has some support within the organization, the Heat aren’t pursuing him at this point, according to Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, who hear from a source that the team would like to add a guard with more size. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who is expected to split with Memphis soon, is among the potential targets on the Heat’s radar, per the Herald, along with Simons and Bradley Beal. Zach LaVine would also be an option if he were to be bought out by the Kings, Jackson and Chiang add.
• The Magic‘s Summer League roster for Las Vegas includes a pair of former NBA first-round picks who are now free agents. Forward Cam Reddish, who last played in the league in 2025 for the Lakers, and guard TyTy Washington Jr., who finished this past season on a two-way deal with the Clippers, will suit up for Orlando later this month.
• Mitchell Robinson is leaving New York for Boston, but an Instagram reply to former teammate OG Anunoby suggests that leaving the Knicks wasn’t his first choice (Twitter link). “I tried, brother, I didn’t want this to happen,” Robinson wrote. “Hopeully the truth comes out at some point.” The Knicks were widely known to be avoiding the second tax apron, and signing the free agent center to the same deal he got from the Celtics – worth $47MM+ over three years – would have pushed New York’s salary way beyond that threshold.