Devin Harris might be among the most forgotten veteran players in the NBA. He’s been on the Mavericks for quite a while now, and there are never any trade rumors swirling around him, so he never attracts the attention of other fanbases except when he scores in double-digits against their team. The national NBA discussion just never comes Harris’ way, and even I forget sometimes that the Mavericks essentially have four very playable point guards on their roster (Harris, Ferrell, Smith Jr., Barea). Maybe that’s why nobody nobody cares about Harris; he’s buried in a drift of mediocre-quality point guards, and his own mediocrity does nothing to distinguish itself from the mediocrity surrounding him.
It’s sort of a foregone conclusion now that Harris will ride out his career with the Mavericks like his pal Dirk Nowitzki (I’m just assuming they’re pals because they’ve been teammates so long). Unlike Nowitzki, Harris doesn’t really need to take discounts to stay with the team, since the only contract offers he would get from other teams would likely be vet minimums. If I’m the Mavs, I would give him another three years at two and a half million per year, with a built-in incentive that if he makes an All-Star team, he gets an extra five bucks. Gotta give him that bonus for being so loyal.