{"id":153417,"date":"2025-09-19T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153417\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:39:09","slug":"report-dennis-smith-jr-signs-training-camp-deal-with-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153417\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Dennis Smith Jr. signs training camp deal with Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1845983\" class=\"wp-image-1845983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dennis-smith-jr-iso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1845983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dennis Smith Jr., who last played in the NBA for the Nets in 2023-24, was drafted by the Mavericks with No. 9 overall pick in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Mavericks are bringing back veteran guard Dennis Smith Jr. on a one-year contract, according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<p>Selected No. 9 overall by Dallas in the 2017 NBA Draft, Smith Jr. earned All-Rookie honors in 2017-2018 but played just a season and a half with the Mavs before he was dealt to the New York Knicks as part of the midseason trade that brought Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guard Dennis Smith Jr. has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks, agent Daniel Hazan of Hazan Sports Management tells ESPN. Smith reunites with the franchise that drafted him No. 9 overall in 2017 and now he&#8217;ll compete in training camp in Dallas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1KseWO0bPM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1KseWO0bPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1968804746048819503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Kyrie Irving recovering from a torn ACL, Smith Jr. will get an opportunity to compete for a roster spot in training camp. The Mavs also added guards D\u2019Angelo Russell and Jaden Hardy in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Smith Jr. spent last season with Real Madrid in the EuroLeague following stints with the Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets and Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n<p>Over seven NBA seasons, Smith has averaged 9.7 points, 4.2 assists and 3.0 rebounds in 326 regular-season games (152 starts).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dennis Smith Jr., who last played in the NBA for the Nets in 2023-24, was drafted by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,102666,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-153417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mavs-sign-dennis-smith-jr","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}