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 Barea averaged 7.5 points, 3.4 assists and 17.7 minutes in 77 games
with the Mavericks last season.
Barea signed a four-year, $16 million deal, a major hike from the
two-year, $5.7 million contract the sides agreed on two weeks ago.
The Mavericks worked toward a new deal with Barea after center
DeAndre Jordan backed out of a deal to rejoin the Los Angeles
Clippers.
A nine-year veteran who joined the Mavericks as an undrafted free
agent in 2006, Barea has averaged 8.2 points, 3.4 assists and 18.8
minutes in 586 games with the Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves.
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The Sacramento Kings signed first-round pick Willie Cauley-Stein and
free-agent guard James Anderson and also voided the recent deal for
forward Luc Mbah a Moute, who failed his physical.
The Kings used the sixth pick in the draft on the 7-foot
Cauley-Stein, who was an All-American and the SEC's top defensive
player as a junior at Kentucky last season.
He is the only player in school history to record 500 rebounds, 200
blocks and 100 steals.
Anderson, a first-round pick by the San Antonio Spurs in 2010, has
averaged 6.3 points in 196 games with San Antonio (2010-11,
2012-13), the Houston Rockets (2012-13) and Philadelphia 76ers
(2013-14).
Mbah a Moute had signed with the team on Tuesday. Mbah a Moute
played nine games with the Kings at the start of the 2013-14 season
and then was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Josh Smith agreed to a one-year deal worth the veteran's minimum
with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Smith, a key reserve for the Houston Rockets after a buyout of his
contract with the Detroit Pistons last season, is expected to
replace Jamal Crawford as the first scorer off the bench for the
Clippers.
Smith, 29, averaged 12.6 points per game with the Pistons and
Rockets last season. He joined Houston in December.
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The San Antonio Spurs announced that they have re-signed forward
Kawhi Leonard.
The Spurs and Leonard agreed to a five-year, $90 million maximum
deal moments into free agency July 1.
Leonard, 24, led the NBA in steals last season and was named
Defensive Player of the Year. He also produced career highs of 16.5
points and 7.2 rebounds.
In 2014, he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player after he
averaged 17.8 points and 6.4 rebounds in a five-game win over the
Miami Heat.
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