The Dallas Mavericks acquired two point guards; Rodrigue Beaubois from France (pictured upper left) and Nick Calethes from Florida (pictured right) Thursday night, both by trade, in what was a guard heavy 1st round of the 2009 NBA Draft. 17 guards were taken in the 1st round alone.
Dallas acquired Rodrigue Beaubois through a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder in what was basically a one pick swap in which Dallas took Ohio State Center B.J. Mullins at #24 and OKC picked Beabois at #25 and then both teams swapped players. Dallas received a 2nd round pick in next years draft as part of the deal.
Beaubois is 21 years old, 6'1, and 182 lbs but has a 6'9 wingspan. In the French League last year he averaged 10 points, shot 47.5 % from the field, and had 2.3 assists while committing 1.9 turnovers. Beabois played 22.3 minutes per in 29 games. By all accounts he will not play in the NBA until at least next season. Dallas plans to let the Frenchman develop overseas. Overall a solid if not unspectacular pick as many mock drafts had Beaubois going in the 2nd round. Here is a scouting report from CBSsports.com.
The Mavericks acquired Nick Calathes through a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round. Minnesota had already drafted 4 guards in the first round (PG's: Ricky Rubio, Johnny Flynn, and Ty Lawson; along with SG Wayne Ellington) when they drafted Calathes with their first pick of the 2nd round at #45. Dallas managed to trade for Calathes while only giving up a 2nd round draft pick in next years draft. Ironically, that second round pick is the pick Dallas got from Portland for moving down two spots (from #22 to #24) in the draft. Maybe that extra 2nd rounder wasn't so worthless after all.
Nick Calathes was named SEC co-freshman of the year for 2007-2008. Calathes also broke University of Florida records for assists and assists per game in his first two years. He is 6'5 and 188 lbs. His career averages at Florida are: 16.2 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, and 6.2 assists. Calathes, like Beaubois, figures to spend some time overseas before seeing action in the NBA. Unlike Beabois, Calathes has to spend at least 1 year in Greece after signing a contract with Panathinaikos. This was the biggest reason in which he fell to the 2nd round. CBSSports.com has the full scouting report.
Dallas was also able to keep their pick at #56 which was 6'9, 242 pound power forward Ahmad Nivins. Nivins played 4 years at St. Joseph's and averaged 19.2 points and 11.8 rebounds his senior season. Seems like a pretty decent player.
All-in-all Dallas had a solid draft on paper but it seems as though any type of contribution from their top two picks will have to wait at least 1 year.
This is not it for the Mavericks as the start of free agency is only 6 days away (July 1st). There are more deals to be done and I will try and keep you up to date with all of them.
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