[外電] Singleton stays with Dallas Mavericks, Buckner waived

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 A busy Monday for the Mavericks started with retaining James Singleton,
jettisoning Greg Buckner, finding out one of their new players has a knee
injury and learning that there's now a familiar name on the waiting list to
join the squad.

Singleton signed the qualifying offer that the Mavericks had on the table
since early this summer. It will pay him just over $1 million for the 2009-10
season, $175,000 more than the league minimum that other teams were offering.

However, the roster did not expand to 17 guaranteed contracts because in a
separate transaction the Mavericks waived Greg Buckner, a move that was not a
surprise. Buckner, a 6-4 swingman, has a $4 million expiring contract, only
$1 million of which is guaranteed.

Meanwhile, the Mavericks learned that 6-10 forward Tim Thomas suffered a knee
injury of undetermined severity during a pick-up game.

Apparently, the injury is at least a sprain, but could include some cartilage
damage. A sprain would mean he probably would be able to participate in part
of training camp, which starts Sept. 28, if not all.

Cartilage damage would require perhaps four to eight weeks of recovery time.
The Mavericks hope to know more when their doctors examine Thomas.

Even though the roster is at 16, one more than the maximum that can be
carried in the regular season, the Mavericks have another player who has his
sights on joining them.

Duncanville native and former Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag said Monday that
he would love to make an NBA comeback after three seasons in retirement and
Dallas is his dream destination.

The Mavericks' obvious hole on the roster? A backup center to Erick Dampier.

"Everyone knows how bad I've wanted to play in Dallas," Ostertag said. "I
grew up there. They were my favorite team growing up. I'd play there in a
second. ... That would be the ultimate way to end my career."

President of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said the 7-2, 36-year-old
Ostertag is on the Mavericks' radar, but with the roster situation, some
things would have to happen for them to make a serious run at him. The team
is always open to trading and could pursue some two-for-one or even
three-for-one deals that might open a roster spot.

Singleton's signing ends weeks of waiting for the Mavericks. He averaged 5.1
points and 4 rebounds last season, but improved as the year went along as he
recovered from serious knee surgery.




Singleton簽下了QO

然後Buckner被waive了~

Buckner的合約只有1M是保證的

T___T在某場比賽中傷到了膝蓋

可能會缺席9/28的訓練營

大家都知道小牛C位置缺很大

目前在尋求交易

大白歐表示他非常想來小牛打球

小尼表示目前大白歐是目標名單中的對象

但還不確定會交易/簽誰

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推 JYHong      :waive掉是不意外 但原本以為會拿來交易
推 tmkk        :可以問一下大白歐是哪位嗎
→ popstarkirby:Greg Ostertag
→ tmkk        :感謝
→ popstarkirby:http://tinyurl.com/l9rzk6
→ hunder31    :我也原本以為會拿來交易的...
推 jay7667     :大白鷗的加入對小牛禁區增進不少~
推 kevinkeynes :原來他是想要為家鄉球隊打球啊....
→ KIDD7576    :大白柱@..@~不知苦工和防守能力還有幾成??...
→ markcup     :犯規功力應該會依舊存在=-=不過也算一隻蠻高的塔...
推 jazz123457  :現在的大白歐和大三零有啥差嗎....
→ popstarkirby:長度有差@@
推 LilBing     :大三0..他其實不錯,他有些動作很扎實!
→ LilBing     :寧願要他也不要歐斯格泰....雖然他已經去別隊了
推 Roosevelt   :所以先發C會是誰呢