Jet Says Mavs Are 'A Piece Away'...

“Believe what I’m telling you,’’ Terry says. “I like our team, the way we’ve put this team together. We’re one piece or maybe one-and-half pieces away.’’  Now we’re looking for an inside defender, a guy who is 7-0, or 6-10, who can cover 7-footers,’’ he says. “We’re still maybe one or one-and-a-half or two pieces away …’’

http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=1931

"The Mavs may have gotten a steal in Rodrigue Beaubois."

This is part of a mock ranking of the draft per the summer league.  They ranked Roddy Buckets 9th.

9. Rodrigue Beaubois, point guard, France (Reality is No. 25 by the Oklahoma City Thunder and traded to the Dallas Mavericks): Panel members were wowed by his speed and deep range, collectively bumping him up 16 spots.

"Really makes the Mavericks locking up Jason Kidd for three years, at big money, a master stroke," said one panel member, tongue firmly in cheek. "And don't tell me he's the second coming of Leandro Barbosa ... although there may not be anything wrong with that."

From:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9833162/Summer-league-exposure-hurt-some-lottery-picks