Singleton to stay with Mavericks

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http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/singleton-to-stay-a-maverick.html




Singleton to stay with Mavericks

The Mavericks are set to retain the services of James Singleton, who is expected to accept their qualifying offer and sign his contract today or Tuesday, a pair of NBA sources said.

Singleton averaged 5.1 points and 4 rebounds last season, but improved as the year went along as he recovered from serious knee surgery.

The 6-8 Singleton also played four different positions during the course of the season and showed 3-point shooting range in addition to being a solid rebounder.

Singleton had been weighing his options since receiving the Mavericks' qualifying offer, which is for $1.09 million. The league minimum for a player entering his fourth season is $884,000.

The Mavericks' roster now has 17 guaranteed contracts. A maximum of 15 can be kept on the final roster, meaning management will be busy in the coming weeks trying to shed two or more lower-end contracts for future considerations.

The easiest player to jettison is Greg Buckner, who has a $4-million contract, but can be bought out for $1 million, which owner Mark Cuban has said is a possibility. And trades are always in the Mavericks' discussions.

--Eddie Sefko

[Ghazi]

He's very good! I like him!

[Findog]

Start measuring guys finger sizes for rings.

[Ghazi]

Start measuring guys finger sizes for rings.

:toast

[Darkwaters]

Is this significant?

[z0sa]

mavfan can exhale now

[Findog]

Is this significant?

Yes, goddamnit!!!

[Muser]

:lobt2:

[duncan228]

Mavs add Singleton, drop Buckner (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-mavericks-moves&prov=ap&type=lgns)

The Dallas Mavericks are keeping forward James Singleton and getting rid of guard Greg Buckner.

Singleton, a restricted free agent, looked around but decided to stick with Dallas since he already has a year invested with coach Rick Carlisle and his system. The 6-foot-8 Singleton showed his versatility by playing every position but point guard last season. He also averaged 5.1 points and 4 rebounds per game, with six starts.

“We are excited to bring James back into the fold for next season,” said Donnie Nelson, the team’s president of basketball operations. “His tireless work ethic and locker-room presence were a large part of our success last year.”

Buckner’s departure was no surprise.

A 1998 draftee who already has had two stints with the Mavs, Bucker arrived as part of the four-team trade that brought Shawn Marion to Dallas in July. The Mavericks were hoping to use his buyout-friendly contract (due only $1 million on a $4 million deal) as part of a trade, but let him go Monday so he can have time to get invited to another team’s training camp.

“Given our depth at that position, coupled with the number of guaranteed contracts, there is simply no room on our roster,” Nelson said.

Dallas has 16 guaranteed contracts, one more than is allowed during the season.

[sribb43]

Tim Thomas hurt is knee in a pick up game per DMN.

[dirk4mvp]

James Worthy 2.0

[erikuff]

OMG! whut a relief! i can now sleep safe and sound! I knew my mavs would come around and save the season! :)

[monosylab1k]

So much for "the Buck Shot"

[Ghazi]

Kinda disappointed the BUck shot wasn't utilized... DB.com hyped the shit outta it and well, I bought into the hype :(. Ah well, we'll go to war with what the fuck we've got.

Mavs winning and Singleton getting minutes had a very high correlation last year... he was a double double machine at times... he's a solid bench player!

[DPG21920]

That was cool of the Mavs to let Buck go and not hold onto him until the last second hoping to make a deal.

I thought they would use that, but guess not. Maybe Dampier will be moved? Josh Howard might be another candidate if Marion does well and they can get something for him. He has a team option which acts like an expiring contract.