frisco.city led with roster age after Friday's Klay Thompson buyout, a clean lens for Anna readers watching how young the Mavericks look under Masai Ujiri.
Dallas and Thompson agreed to a buyout Friday, the Associated Press, ESPN, the Dallas Morning News, and USA TODAY Sports reported. Thompson, 36, was owed $17.5 million for 2026-27, the last year of his three-year contract. ESPN's Shams Charania reported he plans a two-year, nearly $13 million Heat deal with a player option after he clears waivers.
The AP said he intends to join Miami and could sign as early as Sunday if unclaimed.
The thirtysomething count
The Dallas Morning News wrote that after releasing Thompson, only Irving (34) and Caleb Martin (31) remain 30 or older on the roster, with Dallas at 15 standard contracts for September camp. That age skew is the local economic/sportswriter point: the franchise is finishing a youth tilt already associated with Cooper Flagg's Rookie of the Year season while staying inside the league's standard-contract maximum.
Why he left a 26-56 club
ESPN reported that Thompson told the Mavericks — 26-56 last season — he wanted to play for a contender, and that Miami made him a top target after trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo. Ujiri's gratitude statement ran on the AP, ESPN, and the Morning News.
General manager Mike Schmitz, on 1310 The Ticket, told the Morning News he was thankful and declined the "nitty-gritty" of whether Dallas steered his next stop.
frisco.city published the longer age-and-contracts feature. Anna's derivative keeps the verified thirtysomething count, refuses to treat the Heat deal as signed, and lists the frisco.city article URL in Sources.
