{"id":861822,"date":"2026-10-18T07:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/861822\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:24:22","slug":"the-dallas-mavericks-have-waived-guard-john-poulakidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/861822\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks have waived guard John Poulakidas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stefan Acevski<\/p>\n

18\/Oct\/26 08:18<\/p>\n

Eurohoops.net<\/p>\n


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\"poulakidasPhoto credit: Photo by Kate Frese\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Poulakidas, who was on a two-way contract, did not manage to secure a spot with the Mavericks<\/p>\n

By Stefan Acevski \/ info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> waived John Poulakidas (23 years old, 1.98m) just a few days before the start of the NBA regular season.<\/p>\n

During the preseason, where he played under a two-way contract, the 23-year-old guard, who has attracted interest from both Olympiacos<\/a> and Panathinaikos<\/a>, averaged 7 points and 1.3 rebounds in 14 minutes per game, with a three-point shooting percentage of 45.5% (80% on free throws and 50% on field goals).<\/p>\n

His standout performance during the preseason was against the Pelicans<\/a>, where he scored 16 points.<\/p>\n

Last season, he made his NBA debut with the Mavericks<\/a>, and during the preseason, he attempted to secure a new contract, but this was not achieved. Now, as a free agent, he is in search of a new team.<\/p>\n

Poulakidis has been on the radar of Greek teams, mainly Olympiacos<\/a>, due to his Greek heritage.<\/p>\n

However, he does not yet have a Greek passport, and for this season he will not be able to play as a local player in the Greek league. There\u2019s no such restriction for the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-10-18T08:18:46+00:00 2026-10-18T08:18:46+00:00 2026-10-18T09:06:39+00:00. Stefan Acevski 18\/Oct\/26 08:18 Eurohoops.net Stefan Acevski Photo credit: Photo by Kate Frese\/NBAE via Getty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,6],"class_list":["post-861822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-mavericks","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117460721328203641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}