After spending two seasons with Real Madrid, perhaps the best team in the world outside of the NBA, center Salah Mejri has agreed to a contract with the Mavericks.
The 7′ 1″, 245 pound 29-year-old is the first Tunisian player in the NBA and was the first Arabic player in general to play in the Spanish ACB League, widely considered the second-best basketball league on the planet. He averaged 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds last season with Real Madrid, including 5.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in eight Euroleague games. He and his club won the “triple crown” of European basketball last season, winning the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the Euroleague all in the same season.