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Friday, June 26, 2009
Mavericks acquired guard Rodrigue Beaubois and a future second round pick from the Oklahoma City
Thunder in exchange for the Mavericks' 24th overall selection B.J. Mullens. Beaubois (6-2, 182) was selected with the 25th overall pick.
The Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe native appeared in 29 French Pro A games in 2008-09 and averaged 10.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 22.3 minutes per game. Beaubois showed marked improvement from his 2007-08 campaign when he averaged 5.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists
in 15.1 minutes per contest.
Nivins (6-9, 242) finished his career as the third-leading scorer in the history of Saint Josheph's University with 1,789 points. He was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year following his senior season after averaging 19.2 points and 11.8 rebounds while shooting .612 from the field and starting all 32 games. Nivins was All-America honorable mention and became just the second player in A-10 history to lead the league in field goal percentage for three consecutive seasons.
Labels: Ahmad Nivins, Mavs, Rodrigue Beaubois