Mavs Release Summer League Roster

The Mavericks released their summer league roster today led by draft picks Justin Anderson and Satnam Singh. Dwight Powell will also be on the team. NBA veterans Jordan Crawford, Jeremy Tyler and Darius Miller highlight the rest of the roster. Crawford a veteran of the Hawks, Wizards, Celtics and Warriors has a career scoring average of 12.2 points per game. Assistant Coach Kaleb Canales will coach the team.

• 4 Kevin Pangos G 6-2 180 Gonzaga/Canada 1/26/93 R
• 8 Dwight Powell F/C 6-11 240 Stanford/Canada 7/20/91 1
• 9 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. G 6-4 205 Hapee Fresh Fighters/Philippines 2/19/93 R
• 10 Okaro White F 6-9 204 Florida State/USA 8/13/92 R
• 13 Pablo Aguilar F 6-8 235 Valencia Basket/Spain 2/9/89 R
• 18 Maalik Wayns G 6-1 195 Villanova/USA 5/2/91 2
• 20 Darius Miller F 6-8 225 Kentucky/USA 3/21/90 3
• 23 Justin Anderson G 6-6 228 Virginia/USA 11/19/93 R
• 27 Jordan Crawford G 6-4 195 Xavier (Ohio)/USA 10/23/88 4
• 30 Jeremy Tyler C/F 6-10 250 San Diego HS (CA)/USA 6/21/91 3
• 33 Alex Stepheson C/F 6-10 270 USC/USA 8/7/87 R
• 52 Satnam Singh C 7-2 290 IMG Academy (FL)/India 12/10/95 R

• Head Coach: Kaleb Canales, Texas-Arlington
• Assistant Coach: Jamahl Mosley, Colorado
• Assistant Coach: Mike Shedd, Purdue
• Assistant Coach: Mike Weinar, Florida

Jeremy Evans Agrees With Mavs

The Mavericks continued to fill out their roster today when they agreed to a two year deal for the minimum with former Utah forward Jeremy Evans. Evans, 27 is best known for winning the 2012 dunk contest. In five season with the Jazz, Evans never really saw consistent playing time but played well in the minutes he got. His best season came in 2014 when he averaged 6.1 and 4.7 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per game. The Mavs hope Evans can turn into another Brandan Wright or Al-Farouq Aminu: Players who were both tremendous athletes with potential like Evans, whose careers really blossomed with the Mavs.

Jefferson Back, Maybe Barea Too

While it pales in comparison to the DeAndre Jordan signing, the Mavericks have agreed to a one year deal for the minimum with Richard Jefferson according to multiple reports. Jefferson averaged 5.8 points and shot 42.6% on threes in 74 games with the Mavs last year. He played especially well in the 18 games he started when Chandler Parsons was injured.
Also according to TNT's David Aldridge, the Mavs are working out details on a possible three year contract with J.J. Barea to bring back the diminutive point guard. Barea averaged 7.5 points and 3.4 assists in his second stint with the Mavs last year. His numbers jumped up to 11.8 points and 7.4 assists in the playoffs. 

Jordan Agrees With Mavs

The Mavericks are on the verge of making the biggest free agent signing in franchise history. DeAndre Jordan and the Mavs are near an agreement on a 4 year, $80 million max contract according to Marc Stein and other reports. The big man, who has played his entire seven year career for the Clippers, was one of the top two available free agents along with LaMarcus Aldridge.
Jordan has been recruited hard by the Mavs, especially by Chandler Parsons with whom he shares an agent. Jordan wants to be a bigger offensive option, something that couldn't happen in LA with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. He has also has had problems getting along with Paul including to numerous reports.
Now in two off-seasons the Mavericks have acquired a new young core of Jordan and Parsons both 26 andWesley Matthews, 28 who agreed to a 4 year deal yesterday. All of this made possible by Dirk taking a tremendous discount last summer.
Jordan, a Houston native who played one season at Texas A&M, led the league last season in both rebounding (15.0) and field goal percentage (.710). He was named both 3rd team All-NBA and 1st team All-Defense.

Wesley Matthews To Be a Mav

The Mavericks got their first good news of free agency when they agreed in principle on a four year deal with free agent shooting guard Wesley Matthews, formerly of the Blazers. The news was broken by both David Aldridge and Marc Stein. Matthews turned down a lucrative 4 year, $64 million dollar offer from Sacramento to sign with the Mavs for less money. The exact dollar amount of the contract won't be worked out until the Mavericks other major free agent business (DeAndre Jordan) is attended to.
Matthews, 28 is  coming a torn achilles injury in March in a game against the Mavs. His rehab is ahead of schedule and he hopes to be ready to play early in the season. Matthews has developed into one the top two way shooting guards in the league in his time with Portland. He has also been consistently one of the league leaders in made three pointers. His addition is key in a lot of areas, especially in the recruitment of Jordan who he is friends with.

Wesley Matthews Career Stats

Monta To Sign With Pacers

The Mavericks have lost another one of their free agents but this one was totally expected. Monta Ellis has agreed to a 4 year, 44 million dollar deal with the Indiana Pacers according to ESPN. The contract has a player option after year three. Ellis opted out of the final year of his contract with the Mavs to become a free agent. Monta averaged 19.0 points and 4.9 assists in his two years in Dallas and last year became the first Mav besides Dirk to lead the team in scoring since Michael Finley in 1999-2000. A sign and trade of Monta for Roy Hibbert could become a possibilty if the Mavericks strike out on DeAndre Jordan.

Chandler To Sign With Suns

The Mavericks fallback plan at center won't be falling back to them.Tyson Chandler has agreed to a 4 year, $52 million deal with the Phoenix Suns. This is the second time Chandler has left the Mavs in free agency after one year. He signed a 4 year deal with the Knicks in 2011, but was reacquired in a trade last summer. Chandler averaged 10.3 points and 11.5 rebounds in 75 games last year. It has now become even more imperative that the Mavs sign DeAndre Jordan, who met with the team officials both last night and this morning.