Jerry Stackhouse is coming back to the Mavericks to get answers.

The three-year contract he is scheduled to sign this morning will pay him handsomely, roughly $21 million over the life of the deal.

But as Stackhouse took part in a Mavericks' Summer Hoop Camp at Country Day School on Thursday, he took time to make sure everybody understands why he wanted to come back to the Mavericks after three productive seasons in the sixth-man role. More than cash, he wants to find out what the real Mavericks are capable of.

"These last two years, one of them was a fluke," Stackhouse said. "It remains to be seen which one. Let's line up and see if [this season] was a fluke or if it was for real. We feel it was a fluke and, hopefully, we can come back and bounce back strong."