Maybe it was because he was back in his home state, but Dallas Mavericks guard Dennis Smith, Jr. was feeling good Wednesday before his team took on the Charlotte Hornets.
Scoring 20 points in a a 114-99 win Tuesday over the Orlando Magic also helped, but Smith, the rookie point-guard from Fayetteville and former N.C. State star, would hear no talk of a so-called rookie wall.
“I don’t even know what that is,” he asked with a smirk when the topic was brought up. “I feel good. Maybe it’s because I’m in North Carolina, but I feel good right now.