Aguirre gets post with Mavs

DALLAS Mark Aguirre on Wednesday was named director of playerdevelopment and a scout for the Dallas Mavericks, the team he leftbitterly in 1989.

Aguirre had been working behind the scenes for the Mavs allsummer, as a favor to the new owners and as an audition for new coachJim Cleamons.

"I'm really happy that over the last three months I've been ableto . . . show what I can bring to the organization," said Aguirre,the former Westinghouse and DePaul star who averaged 24.8 points over7 1/2 seasons after Dallas made him the No. 1 pick in the 1981 draft,over Isiah Thomas. "They gave me an opportunity to work myself inand I'm really excited to be a part of the …