The Dallas Mavericks have signed heart Kylor Kelley to a Two-Approach contract and requested waivers on Two-Approach guard Jazian Gortman.
Kelley (7-0, 230) joins Dallas after spending the 2024-25 season with the G League’s South Bay Lakers, the place he appeared in 9 regular-season video games, making seven begins, and averaging 9.2 factors (.635 FG%), 5.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 blocks per recreation. In 14 Tip-off Match video games for South Bay, he averaged 12.1 factors (.692 FG%), 7.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and a couple of.9 blocks in 13 begins.
Kelley was named to the NBA G League All-Defensive Staff in 2023-24 after main the G League in blocks per recreation (2.86) and complete blocks (83) final season.
The Gervais, Oregon, native completed his collegiate profession in Oregon, the place he was named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Staff in every of his two seasons with Oregon State (2019, 2020).
Kelley will put on No. 50 for the Mavericks.
Gortman (6-2, 184) initially signed with Dallas on July 10, and had his contract transformed to a Two-Approach contract on Oct. 18. He appeared in 16 video games for the Mavericks this season, averaging 1.5 factors in 3.6 minutes. Gortman additionally noticed motion in 12 complete video games, all begins, for the Mavericks’ G League workforce, the Texas Legends, in 2024-25. In 5 regular-season video games for the Legends this 12 months, he averaged 21.4 factors, 3.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.6 steals.
