Mavs sign former first-round pick Ebi (Ticker) Updated: 2006-08-18 09:59 DALLAS - Ndubi Ebi was a bust
with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He hopes to take advantage of a second chance.
The Dallas Mavericks on Thursday signed Ebi, a first-round pick of the
Timberwolves in 2003.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 6-9 Ebi played in just 19 games in two seasons with Minnesota before
being waived last October. He had career averages of 2.1 points and 1.0 rebound
in 4.5 minutes.
Ebi played with the Fort Worth Flyers of the D-League last season and
averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 16 games.
The Mavericks on Thursday also signed guards Darius Washington and Jose Barea
and forward Pat Carroll.
Washington applied for the NBA draft after his sophomore season at Memphis,
but was not selected. He played for the Mavericks' summer league team and
averaged 10.4 points and 2.4 assists.
Barea also went undrafted in June after playing four years at Northeastern.
He ranked 18th in the nation in scoring (21.0) and second in assists (8.3) last
season. Barea averaged 12.0 points and 6.7 assists for the Mavs' summer league
team.
Carroll played for the Houston Rockets' summer league team and averaged 16.4
points.
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