AUGUST 21: The Mavericks have officially signed Withey, the team announced today in a press release. Dallas now has 19 players under contract, with the final spot on the Mavs’ offseason roster likely reserved for Noel.
AUGUST 18: The Mavericks have agreed to a deal with Jeff Withey, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical (Twitter link). The scribe adds that the pact will be for one season.
Withey spent the last two seasons backing up Rudy Gobert on the Jazz and Utah renounced the rights to the Kansas product last month after agreeing to terms with Jonas Jerebko.
Withey was accused of domestic violence this past spring, though authorities said that despite the presence of physical contact between him and his ex-fiancee, he was innocent of wrongdoing since they determined that he was simply defending himself. It’s possible that Withey is handed some sort of suspension for the incident. However, no word of any punishment has been reported.
Withey was selected with the No. 39 overall pick in the 2013 draft by the Blazers before being dealt to the Pelicans later that offseason. After two years in New Orleans, where he played just 9.9 minutes per game, he became a free agent and signed with the Jazz.
Dallas currently has a void at the center position, though it’s likely that Nerlens Noel fills that void once the RFA comes to terms with the teams. Withey will likely compete with Salah Mejri for the back-up five spot behind Noel.
Nice to see other Dallas teams following the Cowboys tried and true method of filling out their rosters with people accused of major crimes lol
Clearly you didn’t read that he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Clearly you didn’t read that he said accused. Such was Zeke and yet he still got suspended.
I saw that he was legally cleared of wrongdoing, but let’s be honest that doesn’t mean he didn’t do anything wrong. These cases are so hard to prosecute because the person who was allegedly beaten in these instances rarely testifies, which make it hard to even get enough to press charges. I was just making a joke, I get that it’s different on a case by case basis and I’m sure some of the Cowboys players didn’t do anything wrong, I was just making a joke.
He was cleared of wrongdoing because, as it says, he was defending himself.
Len, Bruno, and CariAnn all agree, that Withey needs to get his rear end underneath him better when he does the quickstep.