Officially completed the signing! He was once a friend of Doncic, but now he returns to Dallas

The NBA news came today: The Dallas Mavericks signed defender Dennis Smith Jr. with a one-year unsecured contract.

According to NBA famous reporter Shams, this contract is indeed unprotected. Smith Jr. needs to participate in the preseason training camp in Dallas and strive to be qualified to stay in the team so that he can talk about returning to the NBA in the new season.

In fact, Smith Jr. was also a star of hope back then. He was selected by the Mavericks with the ninth pick in the first round at the 2017 NBA Draft. Smith Jr. was a super defender who flew to the sky, but suffered a serious injury from a torn ACL, so the draft pick declined.

joined the Mavericks, Smith Jr. was trained in a key position. He was the starting guard at the beginning and performed well, but his shooting percentage was not very high. A year later, Doncic was selected by the Mavericks and he immediately became friends with Smith Jr. Smith Jr. had no intention of competing with Doncic at all, and helped Doncic rent a house in Dallas to help him adapt to life in the United States.

But then, Smith Jr. still competed with Doncic in terms of ball rights, and the Mavericks finally chose Doncic and sent Smith Jr. away. Smith Jr. then began to wander in the NBA, and went to multiple teams, and the more he played, he became worse and worse. Finally, he bid farewell to the NBA in 2024 and went to Europe to play.

But in Europe, Smith Jr. also performed mediocrely. He was given up after playing for Real Madrid men's basketball team for a few games and wanted to return to the NBA. Now that the Mavericks have lost Doncic, the entire team has changed, they are still willing to give Smith a chance, it depends on whether he can grasp it.

The Mavericks are now strong and are just waiting for Irving to return from injury. I hope Smith can stay in the team.