Report: Powell to pick up option with Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks power forward Dwight Powell will pick up the player option on his contract and sign an extension with the team, sources told ESPN's Tim MacMahon.

The news comes a few weeks after another report indicated that Powell would decline the option and become an unrestricted free agent.

Powell has been with the Mavs since 2014. The Canadian was a beneficiary of the NBA's free-spending summer of 2016 when he inked a 4-year, $37-million pact with Dallas. He averaged a career-high 10.6 points per game this past season.