Former N.C. State guard Dennis Smith Jr., who was drafted No. 9 overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA draft Thursday, said he’s looking forward to learning how to play defense.
At Smith’s introductory press conference with the Mavericks in Dallas Friday, he was asked a question about his defense. In response, he said “I want to learn exactly how to play defense. That’s not something that we were really pressed about last year.”
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“We were more offensive-oriented with our team, so we really didn’t really learn too much about defense,” Smith said.