Former Pitt Basketball F Mouhamadou Gueye Signs Training Camp Deal With Mavericks

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PITTSBURGH -- The labor of Mouhamadou Gueye's outstanding graduate season with the Pitt Panthers is finally bearing fruit, as the rangy forward signed a training camp deal with the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, according to The Athletic NBA insider, Shams Charania.
The Dallas Mavericks are signing guard McKinley Wright IV and undrafted Pittsburgh forward Mouhamadou Gueye on training camp deals to compete for a roster spot, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 14, 2022
Gueye, a former America East Defensive Player of the Year at Stony Brook, transferred to Pitt prior to the start of the 2021-22 season. In 32 games with the Panthers - 28 of which were starts - Gueye averaged 9.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. He finished third in the ACC in rejections per contest and shot 37% from 3-point distance.
In addition to training camp contracts in the NBA are non-guaranteed but can be converted to a two-way contract, which allows a player to swing between the G-League and the NBA during the season.
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Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:
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