The Mavericks have added 31-year old center Jake Voskuhl to their training camp roster. Voskuhl played in 38 games (1 start) with the Raptors last season and he averaged 6.3 minutes, 0.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. He has now played in 450 games (93 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 14.3 minutes, 4.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Even if Voskuhl makes the Mavericks’ roster he will be buried on the depth chart.

The Mavericks re-signed 36-year old point guard Jason Kidd over the off-season and it was a smart move for them. No one plays harder at both ends of the court than Kidd does. He’s a good shooter, rebounder, defender and passer. Kidd played in 81 games for the Mavericks last season and he averaged 35.6 minutes, 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Look for the Mavericks to possibly cut his minutes down a little bit this season. That’s because Jose Juan Barea has stepped up behind Kidd. Barea played in 79 games for the Mavericks last season and he averaged 20.3 minutes, 7.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Jason Terry could also get some minutes at the point but he’s more of a shooting guard.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE POINT GUARDS IN 2009-2010: A-

James Singleton was a solid and versatile role player for the Mavericks last season as the forward played in 62 games (started six) and averaged 5.1 PPG, 4 RPG, 0.5 BPG, in only 14 minutes per game.   Singleton was a restricted free-agent and shopped himself around before deciding Dallas is the place where he wants to stay.  The Mavericks also dropped guard Greg Buckner.

The Dallas Mavericks have been one of he busiest teams in the NBA and they have really improved their roster. First off, the Mavericks re-signed point guard Jason Kidd and DeSagana Diop in two sound moves by the Mavericks. The Mavericks then pulled off a huge trade to net them new starting forward Shawn Marion who should fit right in with the Mavericks who want to run more this season. F/C Drew Gooden was signed as a free agent and he might get most of his minutes at center. He will bring toughness and rebounding to the Mavericks. Tim Thomas was signed as a free agent to bring some long range shooting off the bench. SG Quinton Ross and SG/SF Gerald Green were both signed as free agents to help the Mavericks off the bench. SG Greg Bucker, PF Kris Humphries and C Nathan Jawai were brought in through trades and they will all compete for bench spots this season. The draft brought SG Rodrique Beaubois, PG Nick Calathes and PF Ahmad Nivins to the Mavericks but they will all have a hard time getting much playing time as rookies. The players the Mavericks have lost won’t cause them to miss any sleep. PF Brandon Bass signed with the Magic and he’s the only player of this bunch the Mavericks probably wanted to keep. Jerry Stackhouse, Antoine Wright, Devean George and Ryan Hollins all were moved in trades.

OFF-SEASON GRADE FOR THE FRONT OFFICE SO FAR: A