The former Maverick returns to help mitigate the injury bug in Dallas
As announced by MavsPR Thursday morning, the Dallas Mavericks have signed center Moses Brown to a 10-Day contract in an effort to fill the gaping front-court hole left by injuries to Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively and Daniel Gafford. With all three of those players expected to be sidelined for multiple weeks, another able-bodied presence to patrol the paint is certainly a need.
The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed center Moses Brown to a 10-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Brown will wear No. 9 for the Mavericks.
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) February 20, 2025
Brown, who played a short stint with Dallas during the 2021-2022 season, will once again bring height, length and athleticism to a Mavericks roster sorely in need of it. Listed at 7’2 and 245 pounds, he gives Dallas an avenue to work around the dedicated small-ball lineup that has been deployed over the last few weeks.
In his previous stint with Dallas, Brown played in 26 games including one start. During his first run with the Mavericks, Brown’s stats didn’t jump off the page as he saw limited floor time. While he is again not necessarily expected to single-handedly change the dynamic of the team this time around, he has every opportunity to excel given the absolute dearth of competition.
Better still, he has shown some brilliant flashes throughout his career which should give Mavs’ fans some hope he can make an impact. His career night took place in March 2021 when he was with the Oklahoma City Thunder. In a game against the Boston Celtics, he dropped in 21 points and pulled down 23 rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting. Despite his height and length, he has only averaged half-a-block per game for his career, though at least some of that can be attributed to limited playing time. He does hold a career-high seven blocks, so the potential is there.
Make no mistake: Brown isn’t a game-changer, far from it, but it’s very clear coach Jason Kidd does not trust recent two-way signing Kylor Kelley to play at all, even with the Mavericks currently having zero healthy big man on the roster. If Kelley is unplayable, the Mavericks just needed some sort of veteran NBA big to potentially soak up some minutes. Dallas’ recent no-center lineups have been fun, but surely can’t be sustainable. Even if Brown doesn’t start or play a lot, playing five to 10 minutes here and there in spot duty and against certain matchups could help as the Mavericks wait for their big men to return to health.
Whether Brown brings his A-game and becomes a major contributor is yet to be seen, but it will certainly be a welcome sight to have a veteran NBA seven-footer to roll out when the need arises.