{"id":139329,"date":"2025-09-12T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139329\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:46:07","slug":"mavericks-re-sign-75-center-to-bolster-front-court-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139329\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks re-sign 7&#8217;5&#8221; center to bolster front-court depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Mavericks are re-signing center Jamarion Sharp,\u00a0Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Mavericks and Jamarion Sharp have agreed to a deal, sources told\u00a0<br \/>@hoopshype.\u00a0The 7-foot-5 center averaged 3.1 blocks, 7.1 rebounds, and 5.8 points on 60.1% shooting for the Texas Legends. He was selected for the NBA G League United Team in the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1965853379323961569\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote<\/a> Scotto in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old figures to play for Dallas&#8217; G League team, the Texas Legends, throughout the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks Continue to Add Depth<\/p>\n<p>Sharp, the Western Kentucky and Ole Miss product, is a tantalizing seven-foot-five, which would make him the tallest player in the NBA. Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey is listed at seven-foot-four, along with San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>While Sharp hasn&#8217;t been able to put it all together yet, you can&#8217;t teach that type of height and could become a valuable weapon in the Mavericks&#8217; front-court rotation.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-26 Mavs feature a strong group of big men already, with Anthony Davis, Daniel Gafford,\u00a0Dereck Lively II, and Dwight Powell. They clearly won&#8217;t be rushing Sharp to the big leagues anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Davis and Lively seem to regularly miss time with injuries, so we could potentially see Sharp get some time if needed this upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Training camp begins in early October for teams, and the Mavericks&#8217; front office and coaching staff will have a chance to see if they&#8217;re going to need Sharp&#8217;s length and size for the upcoming NBA season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks are re-signing center Jamarion Sharp,\u00a0Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports. &#8220;The Mavericks and Jamarion Sharp have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-139329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}