Tarik Biberovic is headed to Dallas.
According to Marc Stein of The Stein Line, the former second-round pick has told Fenerbahce he’s leaving the EuroLeague for the NBA and is expected to sign a two-year, $6MM deal with the Mavericks. Stein added that the contract will include a second-year team option.
Biberovic, 25, just finished a strong run with Fenerbahce, helping the club win the EuroLeague title in 2025 while also adding multiple domestic championships in recent years. The 6’7″ wing has built his reputation around his shot-making, and his 2025/26 EuroLeague line backed that up: .524/.419/.952 shooting in 41 games, along with averages of 11.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 24.3 minutes per contest.
Dallas has been targeting him for a while. A report last week said the Mavericks were pushing to bring Biberovic to the NBA and were prepared to make a “significant” contract offer. The reported $6MM over two years is still more than Dallas could have paid using the second-round pick exception, which means the team will need to use either the mid-level or bi-annual exception to get it done.
There’s also the buyout to sort through. Previous reporting said Biberovic’s Fenerbahce contract carries a $2MM buyout, but league rules limit the Mavericks to paying no more than $900K of that amount. Unless Fenerbahce agrees to lower the figure, Biberovic would be on the hook for the remaining $1.1MM.
The timing mattered, too. Stein noted Monday that July 7 was the deadline for Biberovic to opt out of his Fenerbahce deal, making it essential for him to finalize an NBA agreement by then if he wanted to be in Dallas for 2026/27, even though the Aldama trade has not been officially completed yet.
Biberovic entered the league as the 56th overall pick in the 2023 draft and has stayed overseas since then as a draft-and-stash player. The Grizzlies held his rights for the last three years, and those rights are being included in the trade that will send Santi Aldama to Dallas.
International reports had already pointed toward the move. Bugra Uzar of Eurohoops said Biberovic had an agreement with the Mavericks, while Yagiz Sabuncuoglu reported that the deal would be structured as a one-plus-one.
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