Seeing that it happened to him twice, coach Avery Johnson said one of the toughest parts of his job is waiving players.

"That's one of the things I struggle with," said Johnson, and he'll have to do it two more times before the Oct. 31 deadline. The Mavs have to cut their roster from 17 to 15 by then.

Tariq Abdul-Wahad will be waived, and free agent Kaniel Dickens probably would be as well.

Johnson said he likes to talk to the player being waived beforehand and let him know the Mavs are there to help.

"You don't want to just let a guy go and leave him out there," Johnson said. "We're here to service the player. If we cut a guy, it's not like he can't call us and ask us to send film of some preseason game he played in. Whatever we can do to help."

Via Dallas Star-Telegram

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