Devin Harris will get the boot off his surgically repaired left toe on Thursday, and that is when the Dallas Mavericks' guard expects to learn of his timetable for a return.

"I feel fine,'' Harris said on Monday. "But everything's on hold until Thursday."

Harris signed a one-year, $1.3 million contract with the Mavericks in July.

Renaldo Balkman has agreed to a training camp deal with the Dallas Mavericks.

Balkman, 29, a defensive-minded 6-foot-8 small forward, has been out of the NBA since 2011-12. He has since played in the Philippines, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

Balkman, the 20th overall pick in the 2006 draft by the New York Knicks, has career NBA averages of 4.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in 13.9 minutes

The Mavericks have 15 guaranteed contracts on the roster and a 20-man training camp.

Devin Ebanks has signed a non-guaranteed, veteran-minimum contract with the Dallas Mavericks.

Ebanks had been in discussions with several NBA teams, and the former Los Angeles Lakers forward recently rejected a deal worth $650,000 from a Chinese club, a league source told RealGM. Ebanks, 23, is willing to commit to the Mavericks' D-League team if he doesn't make the regular season roster out of training camp.

Out of West Virginia, Ebanks was a second round pick of the Lakers in 2010.

The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday that they have signed Fab Melo, D.J. Kennedy and Richard McConnell to expand the current roster to 18 players.

Melo (7-0, 255) is a former Syracuse University standout and Big East Defensive Player of the Year. He was originally the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.

Kennedy (6-6, 215) is a 2013 NBA D-League All-Star who helped the Rio Grande Valley Vipers win the D-League Championship in 2013.

McConnell (6-0, 189) finished as one of the top all-around players in St. Mary’s history (2007-11).

Eduardo Najera has added the general manager role to his current position as head coach of the Texas Legends, according to a source.

Najera became the head coach of the Legends after retiring as a player in 2012.

The Legends are the NBA D-League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks.

Del Harris also was promoted to Vice President of the Legends.

The Dallas Mavericks are planning to bring Fab Melo into training camp.

Melo was recently released by the Memphis Grizzlies and went unclaimed on waivers.

Melo was a first-round pick of the Boston Celtics in 2012.

Even when he's at the age of 36, Dirk Nowitzki might return to national play for Team Germany if the squad is in position to make a run at the 2016 Olympics.

Frank Menz, Nowitzki's German coach, believes the Dallas Mavericks' forward is still leaving open the possibility of representing the country again.

"He said he really wanted to play for the national team," Menz said. "He always enjoyed it. And he wants all the younger players to one day have a chance to play at an Olympic Games. He had that experience. He said, 'But that's 2016. I have three more NBA seasons [until then].'

"And he's not the youngest player. He has a family now. So we'll see. But he's always in touch. He follows what we do. He has a chance and -- if we have a good team -- we might see."

Nowitzki led the German team to a silver medal in the EuroBasket tournament in 2005.

Gal Mekel passed up interest from three other NBA teams to sign a deal with the Dallas Mavericks and is hoping to have a long run with the organization.

"They were very serious from the beginning," Mekel said. "They gave me the feeling that they really believed in me and saw me as part of the team for a long time. I like this place, it's a great organization, people are very warm, really great people, and for me it's very important to feel this from the beginning.

"I'm very happy with my decision. I hope I will get a footprint in this team for a long time."

Mekel played for the Mavericks' summer league team, then elected not to play for the Israeli national team this offseason.

The Dallas Mavericks have hired Mike Wilson in a player personnel position.

Wilson was previously a scout with the Washington Wizards.

The Dallas Mavericks pursued J.J. Barea at the beginning of the summer, and Barea has remained open to a return to the team with which he won the 2011 NBA championship.

"It's a great relationship with Mark Cuban. If they want to bring me back to Dallas, I am very [good] with it," Barea said. "But I'm happy in Minnesota. They're the ones that wanted me there, the ones that signed me for four years, so until they decide to trade me, I'm going to give them all my effort in the games."

Barea is confident that the Timberwolves can have a resurgent season as long as the core stays healthy.

"We have a great team," Barea said, citing Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love. "We also have Kevin Martin and new guys. Our problem is that we haven't been able to maintain ourselves healthy. If we stay healthy, we see ourselves in the playoffs."