The Dallas Mavericks have signed guard Keith McLeod and forward James Singleton.

McLeod (6-2, 190) was a member of Montepaschi Siena, the winner of the Italian National Championship in 2007-08. In four games, he averaged 4.5 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 14.4 minutes in Euroleague play. The four-year pro has played with four NBA teams (Minnesota, Utah, Golden State and Indiana) and holds career averages of 5.5 points, 2.7 assists and 1.3 rebounds in 200 games with 88 starts.

An Ohio native, McLeod played four years of college basketball at Bowling Green State University and finished as the school's second-leading scorer (1,895 points). He went undrafted in the 2002 NBA Draft.

Singleton (6-8, 230) spent the 2007-08 season with the Spanish National Champion TAU Cerámica. In eight games, he averaged 3.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists. In Euroleague action, he averaged 3.7 points and 3.1 rebounds in seven games. Prior to that, the two-year pro spent two seasons (2005-06, 2006-07) with the Los Angeles Clippers. In 112 career games with 10 starts, he has career averages of 2.6 points and 2.7 rebounds in 10.1 minutes a game.

After going undrafted in the 2003 NBA Draft, Singleton signed with Sicc Cucine Jesi and was named All-Italian Lega2 Player of the Year.

Earlier in the day the Mavs re-signed former Texas A&M standout Antoine Wright. Read more on Wright.

Per team policy, terms of the deals were undisclosed.

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