Showboating

Summer stars hit the court

By Joe Boikess | June 30th, 2008

Two young members of the Dallas Mavericks’ young summer league team worked out at American Airlines Center today: Shan Foster, the Mavs’ lone draft pick from last week, and Renaldas Seibutis, the 50th pick of the 2007 draft. Art Garcia spoke with them after the two hour shootaround.

Seibutis spent the past year in Greece as a member of the Olympiacos but played in only three games before undergoing back surgery. He’s 6′5″, can supposedly play both guard positions, and he’s only 22 and has been playing professionally in Greece and Lithuania since he was 18. “Ronnie,” as he prefers to be called, is currently property of the Olympiacos and would require a buyout in order to join the Mavericks in the Fall, but a good showing in the summer league may net him a roster spot if the Mavs are as inactive in free agency as some predict.

Foster, the former Vanderbilt standout, will have to adjust to the speed of the NBA game, and he already admitted that he is working on modifying his shot in order to “minimize all excess motion.” I’m usually not in favor of messing with someone’s shot, especially if the guy has had a lot of success with it in the past, but who knows how much or little tweaking the coaches are trying to make. I assume they know what they’re doing. The Mavs are looking for shooters, so Foster will need every edge he can get in order to make the team.

Stay tuned for more on the Mavericks and the Vegas Summer League, which begins on July 11.

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