The Mavericks have decided to pass on D-League center Dwayne Jones after bringing him in for a job...

The Mavericks have decided to pass on D-League center Dwayne Jones after bringing him in for a job audition Tuesday, according to NBA front-office sources.

Dallas is looking for an extra big man to fill the sudden vacancy created by Erick Dampier's finger injury but decided against signing Jones to a 10-day deal after flying him in from Austin for an afternoon workout.

-From Marc Stein. I'll delve into this more tomorrow.
If you want to know what Mavs fans think, it's because the D-League sucks. Thanx, Mavs fans.

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by Jake N' Kyle on Feb 23, 2025 10:15 PM EST reply actions

Who's that?

Oh, is that that blogger guy?

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 23, 2025 10:58 PM EST up reply actions

I thought that was Mike Gansey.

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by Jon L on Feb 23, 2025 11:15 PM EST up reply actions

I thought that was Richard Hendrix.

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by Aisander D on Feb 23, 2025 11:19 PM EST up reply actions

I thought Mike Gansey was Bob Sura

And Richard Hendrix, the guitar player, amirite?

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 23, 2025 11:54 PM EST up reply actions

Use your dipstick, Jimi

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by The Dark on Feb 24, 2025 10:58 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, this sucks.

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by Aisander D on Feb 23, 2025 10:35 PM EST reply actions

dallas fan*, singular

i’m sure jones could be the guy who fills-in for ten or so minutes while haywood gets rest, but apparently mavs management doesn’t agree. it’s unfortunate, but it looks as though they’re holding out hope for a center who is bought out or, even worse, they believe najera is adequate until dampier comes back. ugh, if a retread like jake voskuhl gets time over a guy like this, then it’s a shame, and that’s all i’ll say on the matter.

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by buckets on Feb 24, 2025 1:19 AM EST reply actions

Two, but point taken

And if they believe they can get by without Jones, fine by me. It doesn’t really pay to bring in a guy for 10-day’s if you’re not going to necessarily need him. It’s not as if they were going to pick him up and develop him into being the next great Mav’s center ( Random sidenote: who’s the last great Mav’s center? Shawn Bradley? Roy Tarpley?)
If they opt to go with Voskuhl, however, it is a shame.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 24, 2025 1:32 AM EST up reply actions

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