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Jeff McDonald: Charles Bassey will be out tonight in Houston due to a left knee injury. He had 30 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks for the Austin Spurs last night in Frisco.

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Tom Orsborn: Spurs have assigned Blake Wesley and Sandro Mamukelashvili to the Austin Spurs. Sandro requested the move to get some game minutes. Austin plays at the Texas Legends tonight in Frisco.

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Brad Townsend: Mavs star @luka7doncic met with 16-year-old Callum of Frisco before tonight’s game. Meeting Doncic was part of Callum’s Mavs VIP request through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Tom Orsborn: Spurs have assigned Josh Primo to Austin. The Austin Spurs' next game is against the Texas Legends at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Frisco.

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“It definitely caught me off guard. I actually learned about it in the parking lot of the Sports Academy in Frisco, TX. I was leaving a session and my phone was going crazy. I’d seen that DeMar DeRozan had gotten traded to Chicago and I was like, ‘Why is my phone going crazy for this?’ Then, I dive a little deeper into it and I see that the trade included me, Al-Farouq Aminu, some picks and stuff like that. “It definitely caught me off guard for the simple fact that I had just talked to my agent and my agent had just talked to everybody in Chicago, and we were being told that I was coming back. And they guaranteed my salary the day before or two days before or something like that and then used it as trade bait. It is what it is; it happens and it’s part of the business. But the only thing I wish is that I had gotten the heads up before I found out from social [media].

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Brad Townsend: As expected Chad Brown waived. Plan all along was for him to start in Frisco with the Legends.

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The Texas Legends arrived in Frisco in 2009 after Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson purchased and relocated the then-Colorado 14ers. Ever since then, open tryouts have been a staple as a form of talent acquisition. “It’s a chance for the players here in the local community to develop an appreciation for the level of talent and the hard work that goes into it,” Texas Legends president and general manager Malcolm Farmer said. “We want to give those local players a chance to show what they can do so (we) don’t overlook anybody here, especially locally.”

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Tom Orsborn: #Spurs have assigned rookie forward Chimezie Metu to Austin for tonight's game with the Texas Legends at 7:30 p.m. at Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco In three games with Austin, Metu is averaging 13.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 32.0 minutes.

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Veteran coach Bob MacKinnon, who has led several NBA Development League teams, will be the new coach of the Frisco-based Texas Legends. MacKinnon confirmed the hiring Monday evening and will be announced Tuesday. He has been helping with the Mavericks' summer-league workouts and will coach the squad that they send to the Orlando summer league later this week. He replaces Nick Van Exel, who took a job as an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Dirk Nowitzki is chilling in the Choctaw Lazy River over the right field wall at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco. He hosts his annual celebrity charity baseball game on Friday.

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Earl K. Sneed: Per @MavsPR, the @Dallas Mavericks have reassigned Justin Anderson and Salah Mejri to the @TexasLegends. They'll play in Frisco tonight vs. Reno.

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Earl K. Sneed: Justin Anderson says he had just driven to Frisco this morning before getting the call from the @dallasmavs to come back with D-Will sick.

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Earl K. Sneed: The @Dallas Mavericks have assigned Justin Anderson, Jeremy Evans and Salah Mejri to the @TexasLegends. All will play tonight in Frisco.

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Dwain Price: A source told me #Mavs rookie PG Gal Mekel of Israel will play for the D-League's Texas Legends on Saturday night in Frisco.

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