The New Jersey Nets have signed free agent guard Mario West to a 10-day contract, Nets General Manager Billy King announced on Thursday. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not released.
West is a fourth-year NBA veteran with career averages of 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds in 156 games with Atlanta. The Georgia Tech product went undrafted in 2007 and signed with Atlanta as a free agent on October 1, 2007.
April 2011 Basketball Wiretap
Utah General Manager announced Wednesday that the Jazz plan to sign wing Kyle Weaver to a 10-day contract, calling the 6-foot-6, 200-pound player up from the NBA Development League's Austin Toros.
"We like his experience," O'Connor said. "We like the fact that he can play a couple different positions."
Weaver was drafted by Oklahoma City in 2008.
Weaver, a Washington State product, played with the Toros on Tuesday night and will travel to Utah today. He should sign his contract and then practice with the team Thursday.
The Charlotte Bobcats signed point guard Garrett Temple to a contract for the remainder of the season.
His second 10-day contract had expired.
Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced on Sunday that the team has signed swingman Othyus Jeffers to a second 10-day contract.
Jeffers has appeared in five games for the Wizards, averaging 1.4 points and 2.0 rebounds. He was originally called up by the Wizards from the NBA Development League’s Iowa Energy on March 17.
The Spurs announced the signing of forward Da’Sean Butler to a free agent contract.
Having rehabilitated his left knee, Butler will be ticketed for a few games with the Spurs’ Austin Toros D-League team with the hope being he can be evaluated for the future.
Playing for West Virginia, Butler suffered a gruesome knee injury in a semifinal loss to Duke in last year's NCAA Tournament, tearing his ACL and doing damage to the MCL, as well.
Butler had been ticketed as a first-round pick in the 2010 draft, but dropped to the second round after the knee injury, where the Heat selected him 42nd overall. He became a free agent when the Heat waived him on Oct. 25.
The New Orleans Hornets are signing Patrick Ewing Jr. from Sioux Falls Skyforce in the NBA D-League to 10-day contract after losing David West for the season.
Ewing was averaging 19.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game with the Skyforce.
The Chicago Bulls signed John Lucas and Jannero Pargo on Sunday.
The pair are expected to provide injury insurance and depth in practices.
Lucas signed with the Bulls on Nov. 26 after being cut in training camp, then was waived Jan. 4 before his contract became guaranteed for the rest of the season.
Pargo is a Chicago native who played 63 games for the Bulls last season.
The Nets will sign Sundiata Gaines for the remainder of the season. His second 10-day deal expires today.
The Nets decided to keep Gaines before the latest incident with Williams’ wrist.
Gaines played a big role in four Nets’ victories during the five-game winning streak that ended Thursday against the Bulls.
As expected, the Charlotte Bobcats signed Garrett Temple to a second 10-day contract.
When the second 10-day expires, the Bobcats will have to either sign Temple for the rest of the season or release him.
Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed swingman Othyus Jeffers from the NBA Development League’s Iowa Energy to a 10-day contract. Jeffers (6-5, 200), a two-time D-League All-Star (2009, 2011) and the 2009 D-League Rookie of the Year, has averaged 21.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists this season through 38 games (18 double-doubles) with Iowa.
Jeffers has also appeared in 15 NBA games over two seasons after being called up by the Utah Jazz in 2009-10 and the San Antonio Spurs this season. He will wear uniform #12.