In the 21st century, the have signed shockingly few players whom they drafted (or traded for on draft night) to a rookie extension or second contract. Fourth-year player Josh Green is trying to buck a recent historical trend of Dallas players not getting a second deal.
Of course, Dallas not keeping many of the players they’ve drafted over the years scales that number down some but the list is shorter than one might realize. There’s Dirk Nowitzki, who signed his rookie-scale extension in October of 2001. Then Josh Howard secured a second deal in October of 2006.