After a 33 win season for the Mavericks last year, their reward was a top ten pick in the 2017 NBA Draft and a chance at another franchise changing player.
With the 9th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, the Dallas Mavericks selected Dennis Smith Jr.
The Mavericks got their guy. Their next point guard of the future. Their next cornerstone.
Draft night in Dallas was crazy as Rick Carlisle, Donnie Nelson and Michael Finley all addressed the media. The team even phoned in Smith Jr. and put him on speaker phone to talk to the media that night.