Report: Mavericks to Target Deron Williams Next Summer

The Dallas Mavericks will reportedly be one of the teams pushing hard to acquire Deron Williams once he becomes a free agent next summer. Per CBS Sports: “Tyson Chandler’s hunch that he’ll be wearing a new uniform soon could prove to be true. And it may have nothing to do with Chandler and everything to do with Deron Williams. With serious interest registered from the Nets, Golden State, Houston and Sacramento, four teams with cap space and flexibility, the man who served as the glue for the Mavericks’ 2011 NBA title could be slipping away — but for reasons that go well beyond the uncertain free-agent market for Chandler himself. The Mavs are in no rush to pony up a max offer to retain Chandler, largely because they want to maintain flexibility for next summer’s free-agent class — which just happens to include Dallas’ own Williams, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. While much of the speculation in this five-day run-up to the start of free agency Friday has centered around 2012 free agents Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, Williams’ situation is in many ways more intriguing. ‘Everything is sort of stuck because of Chris and Dwight,’ one agent said Monday. Add Deron to that list.”