At Mavericks practice today Dennis Smith Jr. was nowhere to be found, he is instead home with what the team is still calling a stomach bug. Carlisle confirmed ESPN’s Tim MacMahon’s report that Smith Jr. would not join the team on their upcoming road trip. For the first time this week Rick Carlisle gave a fairly genuine statement regarding the situation with Dennis. Here is his full statement.
Wesley Matthews is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game with a right wrist sprain but was at practice.