Masai Ujiri has a proven eye for wings. The Mavericks' team president has spent his career identifying and developing players 6-foot-6 and above, a skill that has followed him from Toronto to Dallas.
In Toronto, he helped the team find Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Scottie Barnes and Collin Murray-Boyles. He also traded for the likes of Kawhi Leonard, who helped the Raptors win their only championship in franchise history. All those players have similar physical traits that make them the prototypical two-way wing player that NBA franchises covet in a pace-and-space league.
So when the Mavericks announced that Ujiri and the rest of the front office decided to extend wing Naji Marshall, it shouldn't have surprised anyone.
Marshall has signed a three-year, $52.2 million contract extension, sources told DLLS Sports' Marc Stein on Sunday. The deal follows a three-year, $27 million free agent contract the Mavericks gave Marshall in 2024.
The extension will start at $18.2 million in 2027-28 and decline over the following two seasons to $17.3 million in 2028-29 and $16.7 million in 2029-30, sources told Stein.

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