Corey Brewer's Contract

The chance to sign the No. 7 overall pick from the 2007 draft, even though they've played Corey Brewer sparingly since acquiring him March 3, was too enticing for a team accustomed to drafting in the mid-to-late 20s every June to pass up. The Mavericks, after all, badly needed a perimeter defender and an injection of youth.

But Dallas might have to spend a little more on Brewer than initially believed.

The three-year guaranteed contract -- worth in excess of $7 million when the sides agreed to the deal after Brewer was traded by Minnesota to New York in the Carmelo Anthony deal and then bought out by the Knicks -- has been officially recorded at nearly $9.2 million because of unspecified bonuses that are deemed as "likely." The year-by-year breakdown as the contract currently appears on the Mavs' books: $2,875,000 this season, $3,059,000 in 2011-12 and $3,243,000 in 2012-13.