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Dallas Mavericks: Grading The Offseason

By Gerald Bourguet

Jan 18, 2014; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks point guard Devin Harris (20) guards Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard Wesley Matthews (2) during the second half at the American Airlines Center. The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 127-111. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 18, 2014; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks point guard Devin Harris (20) guards Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard Wesley Matthews (2) during the second half at the American Airlines Center. The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 127-111. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 26, 2014; Dallas, TX, USA; New York Knicks center Samuel Dalembert (11) yells during the second half against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks defeat the Knicks 109-102 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Other Minor Signings

There’s a song by Pat Benatar called “Love Is A Battlefield,” and though there’s not much to love about the Mavericks’ 2015-16 roster, Dallas’ training camp will definitely be a war zone with so many fringe NBA players fighting for a spot on the team.

From the last week of July on, the Mavericks went a little crazy inviting relatively unknown players to training camp. On Jul. 23, they signed NBA Summer League revelation Maurice Ndour, fourth-year shooting guard John Jenkins and another Summer League standout Jarrid Famous to multi-year contracts.

Ndour posted averages of 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 23.4 minutes per game during NBA Summer League for the New York Knicks. Famous averaged 10.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in Summer League play for the Washington Wizards, shooting 53.6 percent from the floor. Jenkins is a career 37.4 three-point shooter after three seasons with the Atlanta Hawks.

There’s also Brandon Ashley, who went undrafted coming out of Arizona this summer. There’s forward Jamil Wilson, who went undrafted out of Marquette last year and can’t be waived because he already played in the D-League last season. There’s Tunisian center Salah Mejri, who played professionally overseas with Real Madrid last year.

To give Dallas options and bolster the frontcourt depth even more, the Mavs also added Samuel Dalembert and Jeremy Evans before re-signing Charlie Villanueva too.

None of these deals will break the bank (in fact, most of them are for the veteran minimum and aren’t even fully guaranteed), but with the Mavs searching for answers pretty much everywhere in the rotation, it’ll be open season come training camp time. Unfortunately, not a single one of those signings figures to be anything more than second or third string fodder.

Grade: C-

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