[外電] Sources: Gooden to sign 1-year deal

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Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4356529

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Sources: Gooden to sign 1-year deal

Updated: July 26, 2009, 2:17 AM ET

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The Dallas Mavericks have struck a deal with unrestricted free agent Drew
Gooden to make use of some of the money they got back when Orlando matched
their offer sheet earlier this month to restricted free agent Marcin Gortat.

Gooden announced via his Twitter feed shortly past midnight Saturday that he
is signing with the Mavericks. "Dallas here I come," he wrote. In response,
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweeted: "Welcome Drew."

Sources with knowledge of the deal told ESPN.com that Gooden is receiving a
one-year contract worth a guaranteed $4.5 million with incentives that will
likely take it beyond $5 million by season's end. A formal announcement of
the signing is expected Monday or Tuesday.

Gooden had previously announced via Twitter on Friday that he would be
"making my decision tomorrow on which team I will be playing for." Sources
said that Gooden had narrowed his final choices to Dallas, Cleveland and
Charlotte.

Despite leg and abdominal injuries that cost him 31 games last season, Gooden
was highly coveted in February after negotiating a buyout with the Sacramento
Kings and wound up signing with the San Antonio Spurs. It's believed that
he'll get a shot at starting at center for the Mavericks ahead of Erick
Dampier, after that spot had been earmarked for Gortat with a five-year, $34
million offer sheet early in free agency.

Although he had a minimal impact in San Antonio's first-round loss to Dallas
-- averaging 7.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 17.8 minutes -- Gooden fared
better in 19 regular-season games with the Spurs, averaging 9.8 points and
4.4 rebounds in just 16.8 minutes per game. He posted a double-double (12
points and 13 rebounds) in his only game with the Kings after arriving with
Andres Nocioni in Sacramento as part of the deal that sent Brad Miller and
John Salmons to the Bulls.

The Mavericks will be Gooden's seventh team in eight seasons of a career that
has been unsettled since his rookie season, when he was dealt from Memphis to
Orlando after being selected by the Grizzlies with the fourth overall pick.

Yet he's just 27 and has the ability -- when his focus is there -- to provide
a low-post scoring option that Dallas has lacked, whether he starts or comes
off the bench. Finishing games is hardly assured, as Dallas is apt to close
with a small-ball lineup of Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Josh Howard, Shawn
Marion and Dirk Nowitzki to maximize its offensive firepower. But Gooden
should have ample opportunity to supplant Dampier, who is entering what is
widely considered to be his final season in Dallas.

Gooden will be asked to fill the void created by the departure of face-up
forward Brandon Bass, who signed a four-year deal with Orlando worth $16
million while the Mavericks' money was tied up in their offer sheet to
Gortat. Taking the full seven days allowed by league rules, Orlando stunned
many league observers by deciding to match on Gortat -- given that Dwight
Howard's backup will essentially be a $12 million player next season when the
luxury-tax costs are factored in -- after signing Bass.

Gooden would be the Mavericks' second prominent newcomer this season
following its recent trade acquisition of Shawn Marion. Dallas awarded a
five-year deal worth nearly $40 million to Marion in a sign-and-trade
arrangement featuring three other teams and also re-signed point guard Jason
Kidd to a three-year deal worth $25 million.

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推 wind91      :喔喔~!簽下Gooden了耶!!!
推 muyang1016  :肯接受一年約在現今是清流了  藉於4.5~5M嗎
推 LilBing     :送啦!!!!!!!!!!!我最愛的球員來了
推 AHsin34     :感覺有點貴.應該是簽5m 保證4.5m..
→ AdrianYu    :好貴......                           不值得
→ jiuan1027   :憑他去年的表現也拿不到好約 一年衝完再進FA才有機會
→ AHsin34     :他才剛要滿28歲...真是amazing...還以為他很老XD
推 hunder31    :貴了點....................
→ popstarkirby:02梯的
→ dmdjjj      :我也以為他31.32了
→ AdrianYu    :我以為他要 40了..............一臉退休樣.......XD
推 hunder31    :它長的好老.....前幾年看他在騎士還以為他已經三十了
→ AHsin34     :剛發現Warrick生日跟我同一天...有可能在簽他來嗎?
→ popstarkirby:我三年前就以為他28了= =...
→ hunder31    :我一直以為他是90年代的球員.......
→ KIDD7576    :他是頭頂中間有禿一塊還是造型?...看轉播好像有XD
推 combo896    :我覺得有Gooden就不要簽Warrick了..反而要弄中鋒來
推 KIDD7576    :可能就簽不到堪用的中鋒~簽Warrick來中鋒車輪戰= =..
推 combo896    :基本上可以用交易的...只剩下到期合約可以吸引別人了