The Dallas Mavericks have signed free agent center JaVale McGee.
McGee (7-0, 270) holds career averages of 8.0 points (.576 FG%), 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 17.0 minutes per game in 821 games (336 starts) with Washington, Denver, Philadelphia, Dallas, Golden State, the L.A. Lakers, Cleveland and Phoenix.
The 15-year veteran spent the 2021-22 campaign with Phoenix and averaged 9.2 points (.629 FG%), 6.7 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 15.8 minutes in 74 games (17 starts) for a Suns team that won an NBA-best 64 games during the regular season.
McGee returns for his second stint with Dallas after he appeared in 34 games (2 starts) for the Mavericks in 2015-16 and averaged 5.1 points and 3.9 rebounds in 10.9 minutes.
The three-time NBA champion (2017, 2018, 2020) won his most recent title as a member of the Lakers, whose squad featured Mavericks Head Coach Jason Kidd as its lead assistant and Mavericks Assistant Coach Jared Dudley as a player. McGee was also a member of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team that won gold in Tokyo last summer.
A native of Flint, Michigan, McGee was selected by Washington with the 18th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft after two seasons at the University of Nevada. As a sophomore, he was a Second Team All-WAC honoree and WAC All-Defensive Team selection.
JaVale is the son of former USC standout Pamela McGee, who won two national championships for the Trojans (1983, 1984) and a gold medal representing the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team. Pamela and JaVale became the first American mother-son duo to win Olympic gold medals.
McGee will wear No. 00 for the Mavericks, joining Eric Montross (1996-97) as the only players to don No. 00 for the franchise.
