February 20: Brown’s 10-day contract with the Mavericks is now official, the team confirmed in a press release (Twitter link).
February 19: The Mavericks are planning to sign center Moses Brown to a 10-day contract, his agent Ryan Davis tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
NBA insider Marc Stein, who first reported that Dallas intended to sign a center to a 10-day deal and identified Brown as a candidate, says the big man will audition for the team today and could officially sign as soon as this afternoon if all goes according to plan (Twitter links).
The Mavericks are in desperate need of frontcourt depth, with Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively, and Daniel Gafford all still facing extended injury absences and Dwight Powell having been sidelined for over a month with a hip strain.
However, the Mavs also facing an extremely restrictive hard-cap situation, so their decision to sign Brown to a 10-day contract now is notable.
As we detailed over the weekend, the Mavs only have $171,120 in breathing room below their hard cap; Brown will carry a cap hit of $119,972. Once Brown’s contract expires, Dallas will only have $51,148 in hard-cap room and will have to wait until April 10 to re-add a 15th man.
Brown, 25, has the ability to step in and provide the Mavs with rotation minutes right away. He has appeared in 159 regular season games for seven NBA teams since making his debut in 2019.
Outside of a brief stint with the Pacers in November and December, the former UCLA standout has spent the current season with the Westchester Knicks in the G League. He has appeared in 26 games for New York’s affiliate, averaging 15.9 points, 14.3 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks in 29.2 minutes per contest.
No corresponding roster move will be required for the Mavs, who are currently carrying 14 players on standard contracts.
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I posted this for Warrior fans. Looking for a big, ss they should be. He looks healthy and has played big, well. Knicks G-league team. Someone had to look at him. Take advantage big fella. I doubt he stays since Dallas bigs expected back.
Al, Why would the Warriors want to carry add a 5th center that is a career G-Leaguer?
The Warriors are currently carrying 3 true centers, plus Draymond Green, who will play the 5 about 24 mins per game.
The 3 centers may not be all-world, but they are legit NBA players, all have started games for GSW, and each has a specialty (QPost is stretch C, Looney for team defense/rebounding, Jackson/Davis as a rebounder/rim protector).
Someone keep this guy. He is a rebounding specialist
He’s a terrible player who negatively affects his own team, that’s why he’s played for 7 teams since 2019 and only played 159 games
Why because he isn’t good at switching on defense to a PG or whatever because all 30 teams all do the same thing defensively and he is not good at shooting 3s?
Come on it’s time to give up small ball. No more 6’5 centers out there
I thought the lakers would have brought him in over Alex Len, Brown is really productive in the minutes i’ve seen him play, i’m surprised he didn’t get a contract with the Raptors after his tenure there last year. Hope Dallas works out for him.
Another guy from NY G league is getting a chance instead of with the Knicks. How are players like Ryan and Toppin still on the Knicks. Brown and TJ Warren deserve a chance with New York
I agree lol
He was hurt when first drafted. Then didn’t heal right. Got hurt again. He is productive with his mins. He looks healthy now. Hes a true C.