{"id":293531,"date":"2025-09-20T09:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/293531\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:25:15","slug":"pj-washington-welcomes-dennis-smith-jr-back-to-mavericks-with-3-word-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/293531\/","title":{"rendered":"PJ Washington welcomes Dennis Smith Jr. back to Mavericks with 3-word message"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post PJ Washington welcomes Dennis Smith Jr. back to Mavericks with 3-word message<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> and guard Dennis Smith Jr. reportedly agreed to a contract on Tuesday. Shams Charania of ESPN reported the news<\/a>. Smith began his NBA career in Dallas during the 2017-18 season, so the agreed upon contract represents a reunion between the Mavs and the veteran guard. After the news was announced, Mavericks forward PJ Washington<\/a> welcomed Smith back to Dallas with a post<\/a> on his Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWelcome back family,\u201d Washington wrote.<\/p>\n

Washington, who has emerged as one of the leaders on the team, is seemingly excited for Smith\u2019s return. The Mavericks feature plenty of star-power on the roster, but depth is also of the utmost importance.<\/p>\n

Smith most recently appeared at the NBA level during the 2023-24 campaign with the Brooklyn Nets. He\u2019s enjoyed some respectable seasons during his time in the league, but his future in the NBA was uncertain after not playing in the league this past season.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are currently preparing for training camp<\/a> and the preseason, where Smith will attempt to earn a role on the NBA team. He is eligible to play in the G League if he doesn\u2019t make the 15-man roster. Either way, Smith gives the Mavs extra guard depth \u2014 something that will be especially important with Kyrie Irving not expected to return until January or February of 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Mavs will begin training camp in early October. Dallas\u2019 roster is set for the most part, but there will be opportunities for certain players to try to earn spots with the team. Dennis Smith Jr<\/a>. will be an intriguing player to follow throughout training camp and the preseason.<\/p>\n

Related: Mavericks sign ex-Lakers guard in reunion with Anthony Davis<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Mavericks\u2019 D\u2019Angelo Russell compliments Anthony Davis with \u2018Halloween party\u2019 example<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post PJ Washington welcomes Dennis Smith Jr. back to Mavericks with 3-word message appeared first on ClutchPoints.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,247,686,149,4057,17945,967,166,174,6,8283,567,490],"class_list":{"0":"post-293531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn-nets","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-dallasmavericks","13":"tag-dennis-smith-jr","14":"tag-kyrie-irving","15":"tag-mavericks","16":"tag-mavs","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-pj-washington","19":"tag-shams-charania","20":"tag-the-mavericks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115235908739060689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}