Former NBA guard Dennis Smith Jr. has signed with the G League and could be back with the Brooklyn Nets organization soon.
NBA veteran free agent guard Dennis Smith Jr. signed into the G League ahead of the NBA G League Winter Showcase starting on Thursday, and he could soon be back with the Nets organization. The Long Island Nets, Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, “are at the top of the waiver order” alongside the Mexico City Capitanes to sign Smith. The 27-year-old went unsigned all summer after spending last season in Brooklyn. He played in 56 games and averaged 6.6 points, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 18.
9 minutes.two-way signing Reece Beekman being the only natural fits in the position. Killian Hayes, Amari Bailey and Mark Armstrong are the point guards on Long Island's roster. Smith, a consensus five-star prospect in high school, was the ninth overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft after a single season at North Carolina State. His first two seasons as a pro with the Dallas Mavericks remain the most productive of his career, featuring a couple of double-doubles. Halfway through his second season with the Mavs, Smith was traded to the New York Knicks. His first partial season in New York went well, but playing time and opportunities proved to be far more scarce going forward. Other guards surpassed him in the Knicks’ rotation, and some additional injury issues didn’t help. As early as 2021, Smith wasMoves to Detroit and Portland followed, but Smith didn’t stick. He contemplatedand trying to make the NFL until signing with the Charlotte Hornets. It was with his hometown team where Smith’s reputation gradually switched from a human highlight reel dunker to a defensive pitbull who was genuinely one of the best positional defenders in the NBA. The Hornets’ defenseThe G League Winter Showcase will go from Dec. 19-22 in Orlando, Florida. Long Island will face the San Diego Clippers and the Rip City Remix on the 20th and 22nd, respectively. The showcase's timing is so that NBA decision-makers can evaluate free agents before Jan. 5, the
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