Mavericks Preseason Schedule

The Mavericks today released their seven game preseason schedule today that includes three home games, two road games and two neutral-site contests. Highlights include Tyson Chandler's return to the AAC with the Suns, a playoff rematch with the Rockets and a trip to Cleveland to take on LeBron and the defending East champs.

Mavericks Sign JaVale McGee

The Mavericks today announced the signing of veteran center JaVale McGee to a two-year deal. The deal is for the minimum with a team option for year two.
McGee, 27 has spent seven years in the league with Washington, Denver and Philadelphia with career averages of 8.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 19.9 minutes per game. He has been limited to only 28 games played in the last two seasons due to injuries. The 7 footer was the 18th overall pick in the 2008 draft by the Wizards out of Nevada. McGee joins a Mavericks center core that includes Zaza Pachulia and Samuel Dalembert as well as Salah Mejri who signed a partially-guaranteed deal.

Mavs 15-16 Schedule Released

The Mavericks 2015-16 season will begin with plenty of intrigue featuring a road back-to-back against Tyson Chandler and the Suns on Oct. 29 and DeAndre Jordan and the Clippers on Oct. 31. They will then stay in LA to face the Lakers on Nov. 1 before the home opener against the Raptors on Nov. 3. Jordan and the Clippers make their first stop to Dallas on Nov. 11. The teams will meet again at the AAC on March 7.
The Mavs' schedule includes 16 back-to-back games and only one 4 in 5 nights stretch which the league has cut back on. They will have 16 national TV games: 6 on ESPN, 1 on TNT and 9 on NBATV.
Dallas will close the season with a tough final five games against Houston, Memphis, at the Clippers and Utah and a home finale against the Spurs. Other games of note include LeBron James and the Cavs sole AAC appearance on Jan. 12 and the defending champion Warriors coming to town on Dec. 30 and Mar. 18.

Mavs 2015-16 Schedule

Mavs Bringing Back Dalembert

According to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski the Mavericks have agreed to a one-year deal for the minimum with center Samuel Dalembert. Dalembert was the Mavs starting center in the 13-14 season. He averaged 6.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks that season in 20.2 minutes per game. He was then traded to the Knicks last summer in the Tyson Chandler trade, where he played 32 games last season. He now returns to Dallas to backup Zaza Pachulia. For his 13 year career, the 34 year-old Dalembert has averages of 7.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 24.4 minutes per game.

Mavs Officially Sign Jenkins, Famous

The Mavericks made official today the signings of free agent shooting guard John Jenkins and forward/center Jarrid Famous. Both signed partially guaranteed three year deals for the minimum according to ESPN's Tim MacMahon.
Jenkins, 24 was a 2012 first round pick of the Hawks out of Vanderbilt who is best known for his outside shooting. In his three years in Atlanta, Jenkins averaged 5.6 points in 13.8 minutes per game while shooting 37.5% on threes. He shot 40.4% from deep last season.
Famous, 27 is an alum of South Florida who split time last year between the D-League (where he played 17 games for the Texas Legends) and the Philippines. He is known for his rebounding as he pulled down 14.9 boards per game in the D-League last season. Famous averaged 10.2 and 6.8 rebounds in 20.2 minutes for the Wizards summer league team.

John Jenkins NBA Stats

Mavs Ink Rookie Maurice Ndour

The Mavericks continued to add to their roster on Thursday by signing rookie free agent forward Maurice Ndour to a three year deal. Ndour is a native of Senegal who played for the University of Ohio the last two seasons. He played well for the Knicks summer league team, averaging 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks including a 23 point outing. Last year for Ohio, Ndour averaged 16.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and shot 43.5% on threes. The Mavs were able to outbid the Knicks for his services by offering more guaranteed money than the Knicks according to ESPN's Ian Begley. The first season of the contract is fully guaranteed while the second year is half-guaranteed.

Deron Williams Is Officially A Maverick

Three years after they failed to sign if a free agent, Deron Williams is coming home to sign with the Mavericks. And while though is he not the same player he was then, the Mavs are still happy to have him.
Williams signed a 2 year, $10 million dollar contract on Tuesday that includes a player option for year two. The Dallas native and The Colony High School grad cleared waivers on Monday after being bought out of the final two seasons of his contract with the Nets. Williams signed that contract in 2012 after he chose the Nets over the Mavs in free agency. Now he will look to turn things around in his hometown after three tumultuous and injury-plagued seasons in Brooklyn.
Before that Williams was three time all-star, two time all-NBA selection and two time gold medalist with Team USA. He had his greatest success in his first 6 1/2 seasons in Utah before he was traded to Nets in 2011. For his career Williams has averaged 17.0 points and 8.5 assists per game.