Dwight Powell will be making a tad over $9 million a year for the next four seasons.
Regardless how the contract’s value looks in the escalated salary cap, that’s a lot of money ... and for a restricted free agent, no less.
Either way, the Dallas Mavericks have cemented their faith in the 25-year-old athletic big man. It’s up to Powell to repay the Mavericks by showing some consistency in his game, primarily with his jump shot and his offensive repertoire.
With big money comes big responsibility, and Powell needs to be the key big man off the bench.