Dallas Moved Down Two First-Round Slots and Added Two Seconds
On June 24, 2009, the Mavericks traded the No. 22 draft position to Portland, receiving No. 24, No. 56 and a future second-rounder. Portland used No. 22 on Spanish forward Victor Claver; Dallas initially took B.J. Mullens at No. 24 and Ahmad Nivins at No. 56. The additional 2010 second-round selection eventually landed at No. 51, where Magnum Rolle was selected after the choice moved again. This was not initially a straight Claver-for-Beaubois deal. The draft ledger shows a sequence of rights and picks that Dallas converted into other assets within the following day.
Dallas Quickly Turned the Mullens Pick Into Beaubois
The day after the Portland swap, Dallas sent Mullens's draft rights to Oklahoma City in exchange for the rights to Rodrigue Beaubois at No. 25 and another future second-rounder. Beaubois ultimately played four NBA seasons for the Mavericks, totaling 182 regular-season appearances, 54 starts and 1,286 points. He wasn't a long-term franchise answer, but he was a genuine NBA contributor acquired through a traceable second transaction involving the pick Portland had sent Dallas. The distinction matters: Beaubois was not part of the original Portland package, but Dallas's ability to redeploy that package made him part of the downstream value.
The Other Selections Were Real Rights, Not Automatic Production
Dallas also secured No. 56 in 2009, used on Ahmad Nivins, whose career did not produce a Mavericks regular-season appearance. The additional 2010 second was traded to Minnesota on June 25, 2009 for the draft rights to Nick Calathes. That later transfer means Dallas never used that specific second-rounder to select Magnum Rolle; it merely owned the pick for part of its chain. Beaubois provided the team's most tangible return from the sequence, while the Nivins and Calathes rights did not provide comparable on-court minutes for the Mavericks. Counting all the eventual draftees as Dallas players would overstate the transaction.
Claver Played in Portland, but Less Than Beaubois in Dallas
Portland kept Claver's rights and brought him to the NBA for the 2012-13 season. Over three Trail Blazers seasons he played 80 regular-season games with 16 starts and scored 258 points. That was a legitimate reserve return from pick No. 22, although his North American role remained smaller than the team's draft investment might have suggested. Dallas had turned the downtrade into Beaubois's 182 games and additional developmental rights. It would be wrong to credit those 182 games solely to Portland because Oklahoma City was essential to the intermediate exchange. Still, tracing the pick's actual movement explains why the Mavericks' original downtrade created more realized on-court value than Portland's selection.
Final Verdict
Mavericks Win. Dallas earns B because the Portland-supplied No. 24 pick helped obtain Rodrigue Beaubois, who played 182 Mavericks games, plus extra draft rights. Portland gets C+ for 80 games from Victor Claver. Dallas needed a separate Oklahoma City trade to reach Beaubois, so the verdict credits the asset chain rather than falsely listing him as a direct Portland acquisition.