Mavs Notes: Evans Traded, Roddy B Returning?

• The Mavericks are trading forward Jeremy Evans and cash to the Pacers which will help free up the cap space they need for Dirk's new deal. Evans, who is due to make 1.2 million this year, averaged 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 30 games last year for the Mavs.
• According to ESPN's Tim McMahon the Mavs are giving consideration to bringing  back Rodrigue Beaubois for one of the remaining spots on the roster. Beaubois played four years with the Mavs from 2009-2013 and has played in France since then. His NBA career began with much promise that included a memorable 40 point game as a rookie at Golden State, but he was ultimately derailed by numerous injuries.

Dirk To Sign For 2 Years, 40 Million

The Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki have agreed to a new contract that will earn the legendary German 40 million dollars over the next two years. The new deal was first reported by ESPN's Marc Stein. There is expected to be a player option for the second year of the deal. The new contract will expire soon after Dirk turns 40. He will have also played 20 years with the Mavs at the end of the deal. Kobe Bryant is the only player in history to play 20 years with the same franchise. Dirk just opted out of the final year of a 3 year, 25 million dollar contract he signed in 2014.

Mavericks Signing Seth Curry

The Mavericks concluded a busy day tonight by signing free agent guard Seth Curry to a 2 year, 6 million dollar contract, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski. Curry is the younger brother of reigning back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry and the son of Dell Curry. He saw his first sustained action in the NBA last season for the Kings, averaging 6.8 points in 15.7 minutes while shooting 45% on threes. In April he averaged 16.4 and 5.3 assists and shot 49% on threes. Curry, 25 played his college ball at Duke and spent the first two years of his pro career predominately in the D-League although he did play in 4 NBA games in those seasons with Memphis, Cleveland and Phoenix.

Mavs Bringing Barnes, Bogut Aboard

Kevin Durant's decision to sign with the Warriors turned into a boom for the Mavericks as they were able to acquire two starters from the defending West champs.
First they agreed to a 4 year, 94 million dollar deal with forward Harrison Barnes. Barnes became a unrestricted free agent when the Warriors had to renounce his rights for cap room to sign Durant. Than in a trade that enables Golden State to create more cap room, the Mavs acquired center Andrew Bogut. Bogut has one year left on his contract for 11 million dollars. The deals won't be finalized until the league moratorium is lifted on Thursday. Both deals were first reported by ESPN's Marc Stein.
Barnes, 24 is a 4 year veteran who started on the Warriors 2015 championship team and last year's 73 win squad. He set a career high last year by averaging 11.7 points per game. He is considered a good defender who can play both forward spots and is a career 38% three point shooter. He was recently selected to play for Team USA in the upcoming Olympics. Barnes is a former #1 high school recruit who the Warriors picked 7th overall in the 2012 draft out of North Carolina.
Bogut, 31, has been the Warriors starting center and a key anchor for one of the league's best defenses. He has career averages of 10.3 points and 8.9 rebounds in 11 NBA seasons with the Bucks and Warriors. Bogut was born and raised in Australia and was 2005 College Player of the Year at Utah. The Bucks then selected him #1 overall in that year's draft. He was 3rd team All-NBA in 09-10 for the Bucks and 2nd team All-Defense in 14-15 for the champion Warriors.

Mavs Bringing Back Williams, Powell

After missing out on their top free agent targets, Mike Conley and Hassan Whiteside, the Mavs finally made some free agent moves late tonight by re-signing Deron Williams and Dwight Powell.
Williams, will be back as the Mavs starting point guard after agreeing to a 1 year, 10 million dollar deal according to ESPN's Marc Stein. Williams was acquired by the Mavs last summer after he was bought of his previous deal by the Nets. The Colony Product averaged 14.1 points and 5.8 assists in 65 games last season.
Powell who was a restricted free agent will be back on a 4 year, 37 million dollar contract according to the Vertical's Shams Charania. The deal also has a player option  for the fourth year. Powell was a acquired from Boston in the Rondo deal in Dec. 2014. Last season he averaged 5.8 points and 4.0 rebounds in 14.4 minutes per game.