P.J. Washington

In 2025-26, his age-27 season with Dallas, Washington played 56 games and averaged 14.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.1 blocks in 31.0 minutes. He shot 45.0 percent from the field, 32.5 percent from three and 68.7 percent from the foul line, with a true shooting mark of 53.7 percent and a 19.4 usage rate. His plus-minus sat at minus-4.9 for the year. Those numbers put him firmly in the role of a stretch forward who rebounds, defends multiple positions and knocks down threes at a middling clip, not a high-usage scorer.

Washington's four games logged so far this season are mixed. He did not play on October 9 against Houston in a loss. He came back two days later against the same Houston team on October 11 and had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 16.3 minutes in a win. On October 14 against New Orleans, a loss, he managed just 1 point and 7 rebounds in 16.4 minutes. Then on October 16 against Atlanta, also a loss, he scored 8 points with 6 rebounds in 27.1 minutes but finished with a minus-21 plus-minus, Dallas's roughest number of the stretch.

Beyond the season averages, Washington's game log from last season shows the range he can hit on a given night. On March 25 against Denver he put up 19 points and 15 rebounds in 31.2 minutes in a loss. On March 21 against the Clippers he scored 21 points with 6 rebounds in 41.4 minutes, also a loss. On March 18 against Atlanta he had 23 points and 9 rebounds in 29.9 minutes, another loss. Those are his higher-volume nights. He also had quieter ones, like 5 points and 5 rebounds on March 27 against Portland in a win, or 15 points and 6 rebounds on April 5 against the Lakers in a win.

Washington's name has shown up in the rumor circuit this month without any firm news attached. Marc Stein's October 5 roundup, titled "Stein's Latest: Washington, Rookie Scale Extensions, Podziemski, Duren," grouped him with rookie-scale extension chatter and names like Podziemski and Duren. A few days earlier, on October 3, Grant Afseth's Mavs notes column listed Washington alongside Christie, Johnson and Biberovic. Neither report, as flagged, lays out a specific trade, extension or decision regarding Washington himself — they're roundup pieces that mention him by name. Until something more concrete is reported, treat his inclusion as background noise, not a signal of a move.

Washington enters his age-28 season, his seventh in the league, still wearing No. 25 for Dallas, the same team he finished last season with. At 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds, he remains the kind of combo forward who can rebound, switch onto multiple positions and space the floor. Last season's 19.4 usage rate and 53.7 true shooting mark suggest a complementary role rather than a primary scoring option, and his early 2026-27 outings — one strong 10-point game, two quiet ones, and a rough minus-21 night against Atlanta — track with a player still finding his footing after the ankle issue slowed his start.