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It's $5.5, $5.7, and $6 million per year.  That's what?  $3 million above a vet min?  Even if he plays himself into a bunch of DNPs by year 2 or 3 it's not exactly going to be a boat anchor, and he could easily fit in for salary matching in various trade scenarios.

Edit:  Just to be clear, I'm not a big fan of McGee, in general, but I do think what he does is valuable to the Mavs and the contract is small enough that it's no big deal if he has to be moved later.

The contract is one in a long list of overpays that directly contributes to the Mavs current tax line situation. It´s not going to be any easier to avoid similar situations in the next two years as long as they overpay fringe rotation players.
But even more important as @Killerleft said. They used the only non-trade option to upgrade the roster on McGee.