The Dallas Mavericks have signed center Moses Brown to a 10-day contract.
Brown (7-2, 258) holds career averages of 5.1 points (.566 FG%), 4.8 rebounds and 11.6 minutes per game in 159 games, including 44 starts, with the Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, L.A. Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Indiana Pacers.
The 25-year-old has spent the 2024-25 season split between the G League’s Westchester Knicks and Indiana Pacers. In 17 regular-season games, all starts, for Westchester this year, Brown averaged 15.6 points (.581 FG%), a league-high 15.2 rebounds, 0.9 blocks and 30.5 minutes en route to being selected to the G League Next Up Game. He was also named the NBA G League Player of the Month for games played in January after averaging 16.7 points and 16.4 rebounds during the month.
Brown signed with Indiana on Nov. 20 and saw action in nine games for the Pacers, averaging 3.2 points (.650 FG%) and 1.4 rebounds in 5.1 minutes, before being waived by the Pacers on Dec. 9 and re-joining Westchester.
The sixth-year center returns for his second stint with Dallas after appearing in 26 games, including one start, for the Mavericks in 2021-22. He was acquired by the Mavericks from the Boston Celtics in exchange for guard Josh Richardson on July 31, 2021. He averaged 3.1 points and 2.3 rebounds in those 26 contests.
After going undrafted in 2019, Brown signed a Two-Way contract with Portland on Oct. 17, 2019. He appeared in nine games for the Trail Blazers as a rookie in 2019-20 while also seeing action in 30 games for the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, the Texas Legends, that year. The following season, Brown garnered 2020-21 All-NBA G League First Team and NBA G League All-Defensive Team honors for the Oklahoma City Blue.
A native of New York City, Brown played one collegiate season at UCLA and earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors for the Bruins in 2018-19.
Brown will wear No. 9 for the Mavericks, the same number he wore in his previous stint with the franchise.
