Barcelona are aware that Paris Saint-Germain want Philippe Coutinho and will work on including him in a potential deal for Neymar, various sources have told ESPN FC.

The Spanish champions are set to complete the signing of Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann next week but the arrival of the French forward will not rule out a summer move for Neymar.

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President Josep Maria Bartomeu has taken charge of talks regarding bringing Neymar back to Camp Nou and the idea is that Coutinho will move in the other direction.

High-ranking sources at Barcelona have told ESPN FC that if they are able to include Coutinho as part of the deal, the chances of re-signing Neymar during the transfer window are "much bigger."

"PSG want Coutinho and have been weighing up [a move] for a while," sources at the Catalan club told ESPN FC. "We know that they have consulted his people about the situation. He's a player that has interested them for some time."

Sources told ESPN FC last month that PSG are prepared to sell Neymar. They would accept €200 million plus Coutinho, although Barca may have to look to include a second player in the deal to further reduce the price, with €120m set to go on Griezmann and €75m already spent on bringing in midfielder Frenkie de Jong from Ajax.

Barca vice president Jordi Cardoner said last week that Neymar wants to rejoin the club. And while Kylian Mbappe is keen for the Brazil international to remain in Paris with him, the Ligue 1 club's hierarchy have grown fed up with Neymar's poor lifestyle habits.

Barca have been actively looking to move Coutinho on since April. They are asking for €105m for the former Liverpool player and have received a number of inquiries.

Coutinho joined Barca 18 months ago in a club record deal worth a potential €160m. He arrived, along with Ousmane Dembele, with the task of filling the gap left by Neymar, who had joined PSG in the summer of 2017 in a world record €222m transfer.

He has been unable to live up to expectations at Barcelona, but he is impressing at the Copa America with Brazil. He helped the hosts beat Argentina on Tuesday to reach the final.

Barcelona are hopeful that his performances during the tournament have boosted his value again following a disappointing end to the domestic campaign.

There has not yet been direct contact between PSG and Barca. The relationship between the two clubs remains cold, to the point that Barca will wait for PSG to open negotiations regarding any deal for Neymar.

So far, everything has been handled by a number of intermediaries who are working on the futures of both Neymar and Coutinho.

Nelson Semedo, who is also drawing interest from Atletico, has been mentioned as another possible makeweight if Barca were to include a second player to further reduce the cost of signing Neymar.

However, sources at Barcelona say the Portuguese right-back is not for sale. Coach Ernesto Valverde is keen to keep him at the club beyond the end of the transfer window.

Sources have also told ESPN FC neither Samuel Umtiti nor Ivan Rakitic are of interest to PSG, while there would be questions about Dembele's character should he be offered as part of the deal -- although he does know coach Thomas Tuchel well from their time at Borussia Dortmund together.

Information from ESPN FC's PSG correspondent Jonathan Johnson and Barcelona correspondent Sam Marsden was used in this report.

LYON, France -- One day before the Fourth of July, United States women's national team forward Megan Rapinoe offered her thoughts on what it means to be an American.

Rapinoe, who did not play Tuesday because of a hamstring injury as the U.S. advanced to the Women's World Cup final by defeating England 2-1, reiterated that she expects to be available for Sunday's game in Lyon against either the Netherlands or Sweden.

But a player who has been in the spotlight throughout this tournament, on and off the field, had more to say when asked to respond to critics who say her words or actions are anti-American.

"I think that I'm particularly and uniquely and very deeply American," Rapinoe said. "If we want to talk about the ideals that we stand for, all the songs and the anthem and sort of what we were founded on, I think I'm extremely American."

Rapinoe has been an outspoken advocate for a number of social issues, especially related to racial inequality, LGBTQ rights and gender discrimination. She supported Colin Kaepernick's protests regarding racial injustice and police brutality. She knelt during the national anthem before two U.S. games in 2016, as well as with her NWSL team Reign FC.

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She was also active in raising money for victims of last year's wildfires near her hometown in Northern California.

More recently, after months-old video was released of her saying she would not visit the White House if invited after a U.S. title, she was the subject of several critical tweets from President Donald Trump. She said in a subsequent statement she regretted using profanity in the video clip but otherwise stood by her sentiments.

Named one of three U.S. captains before World Cup qualifying last fall, Rapinoe, 34, said Wednesday that little of her public commentary is planned and that she feels increasingly free to speak her mind.

"I think for the detractors, I would have them look hard into what I'm actually saying and the actions that I'm doing," Rapinoe said. "Maybe you don't agree with every single way that I do it, and that can be discussed. I know that I'm not perfect.

"But I think I stand for honesty, for truth and for wanting to have the conversation. And for looking at the country honestly and saying, yes, we are a great country and there are many things that are so amazing -- and I feel very fortunate to be in this country. I'd never be able to do this in a lot of other places.

"But also, that doesn't mean that we can't get better. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't always strive to be better. I think that this country was founded on a lot of great ideals, but it was also founded on slavery. And I think we just need to be really honest about that and be really open in talking about that, so we can reconcile that and hopefully move forward and make this country better for everyone."

On the field, Rapinoe, with five goals, remains in the running for the Golden Boot as the World Cup's top scorer. She trails teammate Alex Morgan and England's Ellen White, who will play in the third-place game, by a goal.

Atletico Madrid have won the race to sign highly coveted Benfica forward Joao Felix, with Benfica announcing they had reached an agreement to sell the 19-year-old for a fee of €126 million and Atleti confirming the deal.

Atletico Madrid also put out a tweet featuring Felix in the club's colors walking through the capital city's Prado museum with the caption "pure talent" following the most expensive transfer in club history, surpassing the €72m they paid for Thomas Lemar last summer.

Felix has already passed his medical and signed a seven-year contract with Atleti, the club announced in a subsequent story on their website.

The fee is the fifth highest ever paid for a player after the transfers of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele.

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— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) July 3, 2019

Felix, who has been likened to Cristiano Ronaldo, attracted the attention of top European clubs, including Manchester City and Manchester United, after an impressive debut season with Portuguese champions Benfica.

It was the second big move of the day for Atleti, who earlier announced that Mexico international Hector Herrera was joining the club on a free transfer after his contract expired at Porto.

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Benfica had insisted in recent months that Felix would only leave if his €120m release clause was paid, but ultimately received slightly more from Atleti for the transfer because they requested to pay the fee in installments.

Atletico needed a replacement for French forward Antoine Griezmann, who announced last month he was leaving the Rojiblancos this summer after five seasons at the club.

Felix scored 15 goals and set up nine more in 26 league appearances and had been tied to Benfica until June 2023.

He made his national team debut in a 3-1 win over Switzerland in the UEFA Nations League semifinal on June 6 and started three days later as Portugal beat the Netherlands, 1-0, to lift the trophy.

Felix is Atletico's fifth summer signing following the arrival of Brazilian centre-back Felipe from Porto, the acquisition of Argentine forward Nicolas Ibanez from Mexican side Atletico San Luis, Marcos Llorente from Real Madrid and Herrera.

Ibanez will be loaned to Atletico San Luis for the 2019-20 campaign.

Atletico finished runners-up to Barcelona in La Liga and will play in next season's Champions League.

Middlesex 520 (Malan 199, Simpson 115) drew with Derbyshire 557 for 6 dec (du Plooy 118, Dal 92) and 178 for 6 dec (du Plooy 69*, Hosein 61)

Derbyshire survived a last-day scare to deny Middlesex an improbable victory in their County Championship Division Two match at Derby.

After Dawid Malan's 199 and John Simpson's 115 had taken Middlesex to 520, Derbyshire were wobbling at 39 for 4, only 76 runs in front.

But South African batsman Leus du Plooy followed his first-innings century with an unbeaten 64 and 61 from Harvey Hosein took the home side to 178 for 6, a lead of 215, when the teams shook hands on a draw.

That was the most likely outcome at the start of the day as Malan and Simpson took their stand to 224, one short of the seventh-wicket record by any county against Derbyshire, before the Middlesex skipper pushed a return catch to Matt Critchley. He had batted just over eight-and-a-half hours, passing his career-best 182 not out, and was the 68th batsman in the history of the game to be out 199.

With Fynn Hudson-Prentice falling one short of a hundred for Derbyshire, it was the only time in a first-class game in England that batsmen have scored 99 and 199.

Simpson's century and his stand with Malan was more significant for Middlesex, who had gone from a position where defeat was very much a possibility, to one where they could put Derbyshire under pressure.

Billy Godleman and Luis Reece negotiated four overs before lunch while extending the lead but the position changed dramatically after the interval as four wickets fell for 16 runs. Godleman's tentative push at Tom Helm resulted in an edge to Simpson and Hudson-Prentice was run out in the next over when he was sent back and failed to beat the throw from midwicket.

Reece missed a sweep at Nathan Sowter and Alex Hughes bagged a pair when the leg-spinner found his outside edge to leave Derbyshire in trouble on 39 for 4.

The advantage was only just past 100 when du Plooy edged Toby Roland-Jones but Sam Robson, stationed at a wide first slip, was unable to hold on.

Middlesex employed spin at both ends but the runs began to come more freely and by tea Derbyshire were 163 ahead with overs running out.

Sowter had Hosein lbw pushing forward and Malan beat Critchley's defensive prod but the lead was now over 200 and it was no surprise when the draw was agreed with 20 overs remaining.

Glamorgan 449 and 246 for 5 dec (Labuschagne 100, Selman 58) drew with Worcestershire 370 (D'Oliveira 103) and 143 for 1 (Ferguson 70*, Mitchell 64*)

Marnus Labuschagne soon reached the ten runs he needed for his second century of the match and fifth of the Championship season, but Glamorgan's meeting with Worcestershire crawled to a draw as the visitors made no attempt to chase down their target of 326 in 66 overs at Sophia Gardens.

Worcestershire ended on 143 for 1 in glorious sunshine. Ever since the first morning when Joe Leach inserted Glamorgan, his team were on the back foot and, apart from Brett D'Oiveira's splendid all-round performance, his team lacked confidence and will need to improve if they have any hopes of a return to Division One after this season.

At tea, the visitors needed a further 219 from the remaining 34 overs, and with Glamorgan employing attacking fields and the explosive Rikki Wessels next in, there were hopes that Worcestershire might have a go, but the tactics remained unchanged and the supporters - some from over the border - began to drift away disappointed with what they had seen.

Glamorgan had added 109 runs during the morning session and were 325 runs ahead at lunch when David Lloyd declared.

Labuschagne failed to add to his hundred when he swept D'Oiveira to deep square leg, and after Nick Selman had completed two fifties in the game, and Lloyd went for 12, Dan Douthwaite struck a brisk 40 before departing shortly before lunch.

Worcestershire lost Josh Dell for 1 in Lukas CareGlamorgan Head Coach Matthew Maynard said "I thought it was an excellent cricket wicket although it didn't break up as much as I thought it would. I thought we had a chance, but Worcestershire weren't interested which was a bit surprising as they had some quality batsmen to come.

With five championship games to go we stand a good chance of promotion, but after Middlesex it will be all T20, and after that back to red ball cricket".y's second over, but Daryl Mitchell and Callum Ferguson soon settled into their productive partnership against a Glamorgan attack that had minimal assistance from a placid pitch.

Ferguson reached his fifty from 75 balls, but Mitchell failed to show any attacking intent and faced 24 more balls than his partner to reach a painstaking fifty.

Glamorgan gained 13 points from the game to remain unbeaten and stay in contention at the top of Division Two, while Worcestershire took 10 points ahead of next week's game against Derbyshire at Kidderminster.

Glamorgan head coach Matthew Maynard said: "I thought it was an excellent cricket wicket although it didn't break up as much as I thought it would. I thought we had a chance, but Worcestershire weren't interested, which was a bit surprising as they had some quality batsmen to come. With five Championship games to go we stand a good chance of promotion."

Lancashire 337 and 247 (Vilas 85, Rimmington 4-42) drew with Durham 281 (Bancroft 77, Rimmington 52, Onions 5-93) and 194 for 6 (Bancroft 92*)

This day began with Dane Vilas driving Chris Rushworth through the off side, the ball skimming across the perfect Cumbrian outfield to the spectators at the Powell End; but it also began with swifts swooping and banking in the blue air; and with Rough Fell sheep, motionless on the slope of Winder below Canada Wood.

This day ended with Cameron Bancroft taking a single off Rob Jones to move his score to 92; but it also ended with the players shaking hands on the draw and with Bancroft receiving the warmest of ovations as he returned to the Knowles Pavilion; and with darkly beautiful shadows on Baugh Fell behind him; and with a series of fond partings after four days filled with summer's green perfections.

"Farewell you northern hills, you mountains all goodbye," wrote Ewan MacColl. "Moorlands and stony ridges, crags and peaks, goodbye…Days in the sun and the tempered wind and the air like wine / And you drink and you drink till you're drunk on the joy of living."

Yes, we have been spoilt; yes, we have been absurdly lucky. It is not only the farmers who have made hay when the sun shone these last four days. The cricketers have been fortunate, too, and perhaps it was fitting that both sets of players were content when they left Sedbergh this rich evening. Both Rushworth and Nathan Rimmington paid the ground and the occasion warm compliments. "It's like a postcard wherever you look," added Bancroft.

Rimmington had a particular reason to be content. He collected career-best match figures of 8 for 116 when he took two of the last three Lancashire wickets to fall this morning, but by then Durham needed 304 to win in a minimum of 79 overs. Few folk fancied their chances of doing it. Then fewer still were bullish when Alex Lees was bowled playing no shot to Saqib Mahmood and Gareth Harte lost his off and middle stumps when beaten for pace and lowish bounce by the same bowler. Bancroft then cover-drove Keaton Jennings for an exquisite boundary and we had lunch, an interval enlivened by bizarre rural conversations.

"How's that lad, Anderson?" asked a spectator. "Not good," we replied. "He's struggling with a tight calf." "Oh, I know what that's like," "Really, are you an athlete of some sort?" "No, I'm a vet."

We drifted into our afternoon's cricket and it began badly for Durham when Jack Burnham played no shot to the sixth ball after the resumption and lost his middle stump to Graham Onions. But the next 90 minutes belonged to the visitors as Bancroft grimly risked the possibility of injury by getting forward whenever he could, thus negating movement and at least limiting the impact of low bounce. Graham Clark was similarly obdurate and even some Lancashire supporters found fruition in the prospect of a full day's cricket. Sedbergh has offered an infinitude of peace these midsummer days.

Some watched from the Evans End, where, on the public footpath beyond the ground's perimeter, folk could sit on benches and watch cricket without paying a penny. It has been christened the Yorkshire End. On the field Lancashire needed a wicket and an attack lacking both James Anderson (calf) and Liam Livingstone (side) was flagging. Then a ball from Bohannon bounced low and took out Clark's off stick. Five overs later, Onions, bowling round the wicket to encourage uncertainty about line, had the left-handed Liam Trevaskis caught by Jones at slip. Durham were 122 for 5 at tea and we looked forward to a full evening session.

Yes, we have been privileged. Yes, Sedbergh is a privileged environment but they have shared their wonderful facilities with the cricket community this week. And they have done so with glorious generosity. Cricket has mattered here for nearly two centuries. Take the school's late 19th century "Cricket Song".

If you've England in your veins,

And can take a little pains,

In the sunny summer weather, when to stay indoors is sin,

If you've got a bit of muscle,

And enjoy a manly tussle,

Then go and put your flannels on and let the fun begin!

Sedbergh School Songs, in which those lines appear, was published in 1896 and looks forward to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee the following year. The subtext - maybe main text - is that of the cultivation of an imperial ethos. The illustration opposite "Cricket Song" shows Sedbergh boys playing cricket in the shadow of Winder and then men playing the game in some unnamed foreign clime with the Union flag flying prominently.

These days the school is more concerned to provide the counties with players. Harry Brook, Jordan Clark, George Hill all learned their cricket on the square where Bancroft's resilience reached new heights this final evening. After Ned Eckersley played on to Mahmood he was joined by Ben Raine and the pair saw Durham through the final 22 overs.

Lancashire's bowlers became provoked into experimentation, at one stage placing four short extra covers for Raine. But nothing budged him and nothing shifted Bancroft either. The West Australian batted for 288 minutes and faced 191 balls today. He has now scored 332 runs in his last four innings and though his form may be too late to get him in the Ashes squad, he looks like a Test opener.

The rest of us must soon shift ourselves this perfect evening. The shadows are now on Winder and their patterns change with every passing moment. There is brass band music playing in the hospitality tent: hymns and tunes of glory. The players are long gone and in half an hour or so the rest of cricket's caravan must join them.

But we are changed. No one who has spent the last four days at Sedbergh could be otherwise. This little world and its perfect cricket ground will stay with us. There are children playing cricket on the outfield; there is drinking in the tent; there is new light on Baugh Fell. And enfolding it all is the joy of living.

England 305 for 8 (Bairstow 106, Roy 60) beat New Zealand 186 (Latham 57, Wood 3-34) by 119 runs
As it happened

This was not quite how England had dreamed of making the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1992. Falling away after a fast start with the bat and then defending 305 rather than 355 or more, their method to rumble New Zealand in Durham was less the hyperactive, we'll-chase-anything way of Eoin Morgan and Trevor Bayliss than that of Australia's table toppers. But after 44 years of hurt dating back to the very first global tournament in 1975, one suspects that Morgan's men could not have cared less. They are now two wins away from lifting the cup, and the outpouring of relief at reaching the pointy end of the competition was palpable, even if it was momentarily delayed by a streaker who ran almost as many rings around ground security staff as Morgan's men did around Kane Williamson's.

The result all but knocked Pakistan out of contention for the semi-finals. For them to make the final four, they need to bat first against Bangladesh, score at least 308 and then dismiss Mashrafe Mortaza's side for 0. And if Pakistan pile up 350, they need to beat Bangladesh by 312 runs in order to qualify at the expense of New Zealand. However, Pakistan will be knocked out immediately if Bangladesh bat first on Friday.

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On Wednesday, England owed much to Jonny Bairstow, after another strong-armed century at the top in the reassuring company of Jason Roy and Joe Root. Others also contributed, whether Morgan in an innings that looked more important the longer the day went on, pivotal late runs from Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett, then a collective bowling and fielding display that showed precision, discipline and a little too much class for a New Zealand side all too reliant upon Williamson's runs.

It was Williamson's exit, run out by a deflection when backing up, that more or less put the crowd at Chester-le-Street into celebratory mode. New Zealand will now have some time to think about their cricket, and they will be given plenty of pause by how their batting has gradually broken down under the sustained spotlight of the round robin cup format.

New Zealand will be frustrated, too, by how they never challenged a target that was reduced in size by at least 50 runs in the final 20 overs of England's innings. The Durham surface slowed up more rapidly than most predicted at toss time, but was still good enough for Tom Latham to stroke his way to an attractive 57 - with a little more support at the other end, the target would not have been so far out of reach. For the most part, though, this was England's day to breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate a little. They are where they need to be, albeit not quite by the means they expected to get there.

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A sunny summer's day, a fresh but dry pitch and the tournament's trend towards rewarding target defenders all pointed strongly to Morgan to bat first, and he did so gladly against opponents lacking the hamstrung Lockie Ferguson. Williamson offered up an opening gambit - Mitchell Santner to take the first over - that was very nearly rewarded by a skidding arm ball that beat Roy and narrowly missed leg stump before scuttling away for four byes.

But that was about all that could excite New Zealand for the first 30 overs, as England gave the appearance of setting a platform for a huge score. What they were in fact doing, through Roy, Bairstow and Root, was something rather more vital - they were using the best of the batting conditions to win the match in its first couple of hours. Boundaries flowed against New Zealand bowling that dropped short or drifted wide, Bairstow particularly savage, and had final score predictions lurching well beyond 350 as England marched to 194 for 1 after 30 overs.

WATCH on Hotstar (US only) - Highlights of England's 119-run win

Bairstow's innings was his second century in as many World Cup innings, and third in three against New Zealand: he had clearly roused himself to a peak of performance via the tight corner England had found themselves in after losses to Sri Lanka and Australia. His cover driving and pulling verged at times on the brutal, making the very most of pace on the newish ball and allowing Roy to play something more of a supporting role until he miscued to cover - a sign of things to come.

Roy was angry with himself, his bat thudding into the ground as he bellowed "No!" to everyone and no-one at Chester-le-Street. But there was no immediate loss of momentum as Root rotated the strike in typically proactive fashion and ushered Bairstow to three figures. The loss of Root, to the faintest touch on a hook at Trent Boult, was a surprise, but signalled the start of a markedly different phase in the game.

Undoubtedly the pitch became more challenging, denying the batsmen consistent pace to work with. But equally New Zealand used its vagaries effectively, mixing up their paces and seam positions to coax a succession of miscues. Bairstow, having given his hundred a David Warner-esque celebration leap, dragged Matt Henry on. Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Woakes all picked out fielders they tried to drive over and beyond, and Morgan, having played an innings both slightly skittish and ultimately effective, was unable to evade Santner at cover.

At 272 for 7 with Morgan's exit, New Zealand had a glimpse of a chase for just 280 or so, but Rashid and Plunkett played vital cameos to breach the 300 barrier. If New Zealand went to the innings break hopeful of challenging England, they were quickly to be set back - partly by their own misjudgment.

Woakes' first over was sharp and accurate, so much so that his first ball to Henry Nicholls hit the back pad in front of the stumps and drew a quick raised finger for LBW. Neither Nicholls nor Martin Guptill seemed eager to review, a call shown to be faulty when ball-tracking had the delivery going comfortably over the stumps. That early breakthrough was exactly what England needed, and it was followed up by some decidedly fast overs from Jofra Archer, who looked far freer in his movements after some struggles with a side problem.

Guptill was dismissed when, trying to glance, touched the ball too finely and so allowed Buttler to capitalise with a superb diving catch, built upon fine balance and anticipation of what was coming. That wicket brought Ross Taylor in to join Williamson, and for a few overs they set about trying to set a platform with all the reserve of two players who know their value to the New Zealand side. At 61 for 2 the Durham crowd was just starting to tense, when a backing up Williamson was run out by a Taylor drive deflected off Mark Wood's fingertips into the stumps.

As if in shock, Taylor chose the following over to take an extremely optimistic second run on Rashid's arm at fine leg and was comfortably run out, despite a dive, and just as Jimmy Neesham and Latham seemed to be forming their own union, the former was squeezed out by Wood's pace and tight line from around the wicket. When Colin de Grandhomme obligingly swivelled Stokes' first ball to Root in the deep, it was virtually party time for England, leaving Latham and the lower order to concentrate on limiting the size of the margin.

Troubled Nottinghamshire batsman Joe Clarke is expected to learn on Thursday what punishment, if any, he will face from the ECB over his role in the infamous WhatsApp messaging group that came to light during the trial of his jailed former Worcestershire team-mate Alex Hepburn.

Clarke is due to appear before the independent Cricket Discipline Commission to answer charges that he brought cricket into disrepute by being part of the group, in which the members discussed sexual conquests. Yorkshire's Tom Kohler-Cadmore has also been charged by the ECB with bringing the game into disrepute.

Hepburn was found guilty of rape in April and jailed for five years.

Neither Clarke nor Kohler-Cadmore were charged with any criminal offence and there is no suggestion of any criminal wrongdoing by the pair, who have already been punished to a degree by their exclusion from the England Lions squad.

Clarke has suffered a slump in form since the Hepburn verdict, scoring just 143 runs in his last 13 Championship innings, with questions asked about whether Nottinghamshire can afford to keep accommodating him in their line-up as they fight to avoid relegation from Division One.

Head coach Peter Moores is pleased that matters may now be coming to a head, hoping that "closure" to the issue might help Clarke regain his focus.

"Joe's situation will come to a close quickly now," he said. "If I have a view, it's that there needs to be closure so everyone can move on with his game. For the matter to reach a conclusion would be good for him."

Moores admitted it had been difficult to quantify the effect that Hepburn's trial and the disrepute charge had had on Clarke's form.

"Assessing the impact something has on a player's game is never an exact science," he said. "You never know exactly what is going on in someone's head.

"But Joe's approach to his cricket has been top notch. He works hard. What happened with him is a tough one he has to work through it."

Free-agent center Boban Marjanovic has agreed to a two-year, $7 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming multiple reports.

The 7-foot-3, 290-pound Marjanovic averaged 7.3 points and 4.6 rebounds in 11.7 minutes per game for the LA Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers last season.

Marjanovic, 30, will provide the Mavericks with depth at center. Dwight Powell, who agreed to a three-year, $33 million contract extension earlier this week, is the probable starting center. Kristaps Porzingis, who agreed to a five-year, $158 million maximum contract in the opening minutes of free agency, will likely start at power forward but see some playing time at center as well.

Marjanovic showed improved offensive skills this past season, averaging 8.2 points while shooting 62.5% from the field in just 13.9 minutes per game after the 76ers acquired him as part of the Tobias Harris deal with the Clippers in February.

His defense, however, has been a problem and was the main reason the backup center played such a limited role during Philadelphia's playoff run (9.5 minutes per game). During a seven-game, second-round series loss to the Raptors, Philly was a plus-90 with starting center Joel Embiid on the floor and a minus-111 without him. 

Marjanovic, a native of Serbia known for his fun-loving personality and who had a role in the movie "John Wick 3," has career averages of 6.2 points and 3.9 rebounds while playing for the San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, Clippers and 76ers.