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ESPNDallas.com will estimate the market value for each of the Mavericks' eight free agents and examine their worth to the Mavs in a once-per-day series.

Anthony Morrow

Anthony Morrow’s remarkable shooting range never made a difference for the Mavericks.

Morrow, who was billed by Donnie Nelson as one of the best “stretch shooters” in NBA history after Dallas acquired him in a deadline deal, made a grand total of one 3-pointer during his brief tenure with the Mavs, attempting only five shots from long range.

Morrow played only 82 minutes for the Mavs, getting much of his time in mop-up situations. In fairness, it’d be tough for any role player to crack Rick Carlisle’s rotation after joining the Mavs in the middle of a desperate fight to make the playoffs.

While you’ll often hear around the American Airlines Center that you can never have enough shooters, re-signing Morrow certainly won’t be a summer priority. He’s a one-trick player (42.4 percent from 3-point range for his career) the Mavs might consider for one of their final roster spots after addressing other areas.

2012-13 stats: Averaged 4.0 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 9.3 minutes per game for the Atlanta Hawks and Mavs. Shot 44.1 percent from the floor and 37.2 percent from 3-point range.

Age: 27

Comps:

Roger Mason Jr. – Averaged 5.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 17.7 minutes per game. Shot 43.3 percent from the floor and 41.5 percent from 3-point range. Played for veteran’s minimum this season.

Jodie Meeks – Averaged 7.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 21.3 minutes per game. Shot 38.7 percent from the floor and 35.7 percent from 3-point range. Signed a two-year, $3.05 million deal in 2012, with the second season a team option.

Dorell Wright – Averaged 9.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 22.6 minutes per game. Shot 39.6 percent from the floor and 37.4 percent from 3-point range. Completed rookie contract this season.

Mike Miller – Averaged 4.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 15.3 minutes per game. Shot 43.3 percent from the floor and 41.7 percent from 3-point range. Amnesty clause candidate signed five-year, $29 million deal in 2010.

Estimated contract: Morrow is likely to end up getting the veteran’s minimum.

Keep humming the LeBron James song -- man, it is catchy -- or wish upon a Dwyane Wade or even a Joe Johnson.

But, the odds of landing one of those three, especially the first two, are longer than Roy Williams leading the Cowboys in catches next season.

So, if the Mavs don't land LeBron or D-Wade, who will be available on the free-agent market? Well, first let's narrow the focus to the Mavs' top priorities. Youth and athleticism in a small-forward package, a dynamic player who can get to the rim and create his own shot is at the top of the list (As Dirk said, like LeBron or D-Wade). So is a post player with decent agility and the ability to catch Jason Kidd's passes and finish. Brendan Haywood showed he has potential in that role, but he hits the market on July 1 and he'll have options.

The bad news for the Mavs is that after LeBron and D-Wade, and Johnson to a lesser extent, the pool of small forward-swingman-type talent isn't deep. There's plenty of two guards (and a bunch of undersized ones) coming available, but the Mavs are banking on the development of Roddy Beaubois and unless Caron Butler is swapped for a big name, he and Jason Terry will be back.

And remember this: Because the Mavs are over the salary cap, the maximum they can offer a free agent is the mid-level exception (about $5.5 million). To acquire a higher-priced player the Mavs would have to negotiate a sign-and-trade with another team.

So who's out there? Try to restrain your excitement:

Tracy McGrady (New York), Dorell Wright (Miami), Quentin Richardson (Miami), Matt Barnes (Orlando), Bobby Simmons (New Jersey) Travis Outlaw (L.A. Clippers) and Rasual Butler (L.A. Clippers).

Restricted free agent Rudy Gay (Memphis) is possible in a sign-and-trade. Richard Jefferson could bail out of San Antonio -- could he regain form being reunited with Kidd? How about oldie, but goody, Ray Allen (Boston)? Or the younger Tony Allen (Boston)?

Al Harrington (New York) will hit the market as will 7-foot small forward Jonathan Bender (New York), and Kyle Korver (Utah) and Mike Miller (Washington).

Of course, not all of those guys actually fit the bill.

And no post players in there, you say? Recall that big fish and Dallas native Chris Bosh has said he doesn't want to play in his hometown -- too many unnecessary distractions. So, if you find a big man more suitable than Haywood, add him to the list.

With a knowing nod to a legend, we’re scatterhooping while wondering whatever happened to former Mav brickwall and Miami Heat undrafted rookie find Terry Davis ...

Aside from the San Antonio and Memphis debacles, and to a lesser degree the Cleveland and New Orleans mishaps, there is no doubt the Mavericks bring a completely different energy to road games. Surely they’ll get their act together at the AAC, right?

Miami’s second quarter shot chart indicates they weren’t going to settle for the jumpers they missed in the first quarter. Then they went ahead and resorted back to their first quarter habits and missed a bunch in the second half -- for kicks I suppose ...

I often hear some fans/observers whining about J.J. Barea’s workload. He’s certainly had some off games this year. But even in games where he’s not as productive from a box score perspective as he was tonight, he still gives you the value of offensive pressure. For a team like the Mavs, that is extremely valuable. I feel like a lot of folks just don’t appreciate that. He certainly appreciates getting starts as he’s had back-to-back games of very tangible impact in that starting backcourt ...

Joel Anthony will eat your shot ...

If Erick Dampier made mid-level exception money he’d be very highly regarded in this town. Then again if 20 and 17 were regular occurrences he’d be one of the most revered athletes in DFW history no matter how big the contract was ...

The Heat sure have shown amazing dedication to Dorell Wright. Seems to be the exact same player he was three years ago when they were hoping he’d really turn into something. I realize there are some injuries in his past, but he’s one of those guys that you barely notice is in the game. He’s the basketball equivalent of an extra ...

I’m just ecstatic that Shawn Marion’s ankle tweak ended up being minor enough for him to return. After watching Marion have success checking Joe Johnson, Amare Stoudemire and Dwayne Wade for stretches during the last seven days, I’d have to say having the Matrix in the mix is a big-time positive ...

Udonis Haslem has an absurd level of confidence against the Mavericks ...

JET did an outstanding job distributing the ball tonight. Especially off the dribble, which isn’t one of his strengths ...

I do wish Dirk (38:24) and J Kidd (36:44) could’ve played fewer minutes with Charlotte rolling into town tomorrow night ...

While watching the FSN half-time report, I’m reminded of how Dana Larson is so money. Sometimes working sports gals feel compelled to go out of their way to let you know how much they know about sports. Dana never does that because she knows her stuff and knows she doesn’t have to prove herself. She’s just good. She’s also unflappable during behind-the-scenes chaos. Big up all-area Dana Larsons ...

Looking at the fan voting so far with T-Mac as a starting guard in the West is humorous. Is that part of the Yao-Chinese population impact? I promise you the Rockets would love to showcase McGrady’s enormous expiring at All-Star weekend instead of having him screw up their team chemistry to do it ...

Oh yeah, D-Wade was in the house tonight. 28/11/5 apparently equaled no big deal ...

And then there was the guy who was convinced it was actually Bennett Salvatore who’d been threatened by the Gambino Crime Family ...