Moses Brown turned heads with his play during his short second stint with the Dallas Mavericks. Signed to a 10-day deal by the Mavs, Brown appeared in four games while wearing Dallas’ colors, and in those contests, he averaged 11.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 0.8 blocks while shooting at an efficient rate of 72.3% from the field.

The Mavericks inked Brown to that deal because of their thin frontcourt rotation, which has been ravaged by injuries. While it would have been ideal for Dallas to get Brown another contract after his 10-day deal, the team needed to let him go because of salary cap reasons, according to NBA insider Marc Stein.

“The Mavericks were forced to let Moses Brown go after just one 10-day contract because they cannot stay beneath the NBA’s first luxury-tax apron unless they keep the roster spot that belonged to Brown open from now until April 10,” Stein wrote in a recent “The Stein Line” piece.

It is also worth noting that the Mavericks could not ink Brown to another 10-day deal because he “has too much NBA service time to be eligible to sign one,” per Stein.