Two weeks after Yahoo Sports reported that he will decline his $10.2 million option to remain a Maverick this upcoming season and instead explore free agency, Dwight Powell on Tuesday somewhat clarified his position.
"I did not have any conversation prior to that article coming out with whoever wrote it, so I don't know where their information came from," Powell told The News, after helping to dedicate a new Mavs Tech Center in East Dallas. "I did not have any conversation with anybody about that."
This doesn't mean 27-year-old Powell will, in fact, opt into the final season of the four-year deal he signed in 2016.