J.J. Barea heads to Orlando having played 26 games this season, averaging 7.5 points and 3.8 assists on 41 percent shooting (though 38 percent from distance) in 15 minutes a game. The 14 year veteran entered the season after suffering a career-threatening Achilles injury in January of 2019.
At one point in the season, the Dallas Mavericks Instagram account shared this quote from Jalen Brunson:
J.J. Barea is all that’s left of a group of players from nearly a decade prior who won the franchise’s first championship.