<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Former Hornets forward Brandon Bass gave consistent performances during the four games he played for the Dallas Mavericks' summer league team. After giving that type of effort, there is a chance he could land a contract offer from Dallas, although the Hornets have the right to match it because Bass is a restricted free agent. </p> Bass averaged 14.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and shot 57.6 percent from the field during the Las Vegas Summer League. During two seasons with the Hornets he did not develop at the pace Coach Byron Scott desired.</div></p> http://www.nola.com/hornets/t-p/index.ssf?...hispage=3</p>
Meh...do we really need him? I like him, but not more than Pops, and realistically will we snatch up two people from the summer league?
Barea and Pops are both needing new contracts, so realistically Dallas WILL be signing a minimum of two contracts from the summer league.</p> I doubt Barea and Pops are going anywhere. So the only question is who gets the 3rd: Fazekas or Bass?</p> I am so given up on Dallas in he FA market. </p>
<span class="vitstorybody"><span class="vitstorybody"> The Mavericks and forward Brandon Bass, 22, have agreed in principle on a two-year deal, according to Bass' agent, Derek Lafayette. </p> The details of the contract, which is the Mavericks' first of the free-agent season, could be finalized as early as this week. </p> Bass, a 6-8, 240-pound power forward from LSU drafted 33rd overall in 2005, played two seasons with the New Orleans Hornets. He is playing on the Mavericks' summer-league team and averaged 14.8 points and 6.2 rebounds in four Las Vegas games and 10 points and five rebounds at the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City. </p> "He's a young, athletic guy, and he's strong," Lafayette said. "He can bring a lot of energy to the table and bring some athleticism, along with his size. He's a good guy that can finish around the basket." </p> Bass played in 50 games (seven starts) in his two seasons with the Hornets. His minutes per game dropped from 9.2 in 2005-06 to 7.7 last season. He averaged two points and two rebounds in 21 games last season. </p> "He's works very hard on his game," said Lafayette, who said Bass was excited about playing for owner Mark Cuban and with so many great players. "He's an Avery Johnson type of player." </p> Bass left LSU after his sophomore season. He was named the Southeastern Conference's player of the year that season, averaging 17.3 points and 9.1 rebounds. He led the league, making 56.7 percent of his field goals. </p> The Mavericks aren't expected to use any of their mid-term exception on Bass, who will probably make the minimum, so they should have $5.3 million to spend on other free agents.</p> </p> ------------------------------</p> So does New Orleans have the right to match the offer?</p></span></span>
