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The Dallas Mavericks announced today they have signed free agent guard/forward Doug Christie. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Last Thursday, the Orlando Magic waived Christie (6-6, 205) and designated him as their amnesty player, as allowed in the new collective bargaining agreement. Christie was traded to Orlando from Sacramento in exchange for Cuttino Mobley and Michael Bradley back on Jan. 10.

Christie appeared in a total of 52 games for the Kings and Magic last season, averaging 6.6 points, 3.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.54 steals in 29.3 minutes per game. Orlando placed Christie on the injured list on Mar. 5 due to bone spurs in his left ankle. He missed the final 24 games of the season with that injury after playing and starting all but four of a possible 328 games with Sacramento the previous four seasons (2000-01 through 2003-04).

Originally selected by Seattle with the 17th overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft, Christie has played for the L.A. Lakers, New York, Toronto, Sacramento and Orlando in his 13-year career. He owns career averages of 11.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.90 steals in 31.7 minutes per game. Christie has also appeared in 58 career playoff games with 49 starts.

Christie was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team once (2002-03) and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times (2000-01, 2001-02 and 2003-04). He ranks tied with Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas and Walt Frazier for 20th on the league’s all-time steals per game list and shares the NBA record for most steals in a half with 8 (at Philadelphia on Apr. 2, 1997). Christie is also a career 82.2% shooter from the foul line. He needs 738 more points to reach 10,000 for his career.