<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have recalled guard Maurice Ager from the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League. Ager (6-5, 202) is being recalled for the first time this season after recently being assigned to Tulsa on December 16. He has played in 8 games for the 66ers and averaged 17.4 points and 2.3 assists in 33.4 minutes per game. Ager, who was drafted by Dallas with the 28th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, has played in 7 games for the Mavericks this season and holds averages of 2.1 points and 0.6 rebounds. He is scheduled to meet the team in Minnesota today for the Mavericks' game against the Timberwolves on Sunday, Jan. 6.</div> Source
A long day: Mo Ager was back in uniform for the Mavericks. If he looked a little tired, he had an excuse. The Mavericks informed the Tulsa 66ers on Saturday night that Ager would be called back to Dallas. The problem was the 66ers had a game – in Utah. Ager played in the game, took the one-hour drive back to the hotel and caught a 5:30 a.m. flight out of Salt Lake City. He said the only sleep he got was on the plane, which arrived in Minneapolis a few hours before tip-off. Johnson said he was pleased with how steady Ager played in Tulsa. Ager averaged 16.3 points in his brief stint in the D-League. "Some people look at it as a downfall by going down there, but you have to look at it as an opportunity," Ager said. Ager played just under four minutes in Sunday's blowout and failed to score. What a day for Ager