Dennis Smith Jr. returns to the Mavericks with a one-year contract!

In the middle of the night, I flipped through my phone and found a news that the Mavericks gave Dennis Smith a training camp contract, and my mind went back to 2018.

Six years ago, DSJ is back, and his identity has changed from being the first to being a short-term worker. He has not even had a clear letter to the jersey, so he has to grab it in the preseason. This scene is faster than the Texas tornado. The

screen was frozen in that winter. The Pelicans played the Mavericks away. Doncic was only 19 years old. He scored 34 points in 34 minutes, threw 11 out of the three-point line and entered 7. The youngest record was born like this.

The thick eyebrows on the opposite side hit 48 points, and finally became the background board of the people. In the camera, few people still remembered that DSJ was the real protagonist of the scene. In the last eight seconds of the game, the ball was in his hand. Luca was next to him and he didn't give it. He killed him in one dragon. He stopped and leaned back. He didn't stand firmly under his feet and slipped for a while. The red light that violated the rules for twenty-four seconds was on, and the ball didn't even touch the edge of the basket. As soon as the whistle sounded, Doncic said something swearing. The mouth-shaped TV station took a clear shot. After that, the countdown to the demolition team began.

The people left a few days later. DSJ packed up to New York for Porzingis. Doncic officially became the king here. Davis was not idle either. He went to the Lakers for the New Year and won the championship.

This story has not been told yet. In the first half of 2025, the Lakers sent Dawn to Dallas, and Luca went to Los Angeles to join forces with James. The entire league was stunned. The opponent who had fought hard in the past few years changed his boss in a blink of an eye, and the city and jerseys remained unchanged.

, DSJ has changed five teams in the past six years, averaging 5 points and 4 assists per game, and a three-point shooting percentage of less than 30%.

The thunder eyebrows just finished their physical examination in Dallas, and the contract has almost 200 million yuan left for four years. Doncic is in Los Angeles. The new contract is 260 million yuan for five years, and his annual salary is 46.9 million yuan. The salary lists of these three people can almost buy a quarter of the Mavericks' shares.

DSJ came back this time, not a return home, but a naked exam, with 20 people in the training camp, and only fourteen official places were left.

The head coach made it clear. There is no shortage of people in the backcourt. What is lacking is those who can defend and play second fast breaks. To put it bluntly, you have to practice 32% of the three-pointers, and those little tempers in the past must be cleaned.

DSJ felt like a mirror in his heart. He smiled bitterly during an interview, saying that he was twenty-six and had to buy a plane ticket like a rookie.

There is no embarrassment when meeting Damei. The news from the team said that when we first met, Damei took the initiative to stretch out her hand and said that I will remember you on the day you got 48 points.

DSJ just smiled so embarrassedly, saying that he remembered it too, and even remembered that he was so angry that he was just overturned.

Now the two have to help the Mavericks make up for the defense together. Last season, the team lost 115 points in a hundred rounds, ranking 21st in the league. The defense has been raised, so the tickets are easy to sell.

Write this, it feels like watching a sitcom. The chaotic young man back then has returned. The genius boy went to a bigger stage. The background board of the past has now become the new core of the team.

The remaining suspense is whether DSJ's bottom three-pointer can be made in these ten days of preseason games, and whether his cooperation with Davis can make a name for himself. If not, the magic script will end. Once the training camp gate is closed, it will be goodbye directly.

Don't rush to sigh at the youth first. Let's leave the applause to those who are still trying to grab air tickets now. In the NBA, time cannot be returned. If the contract is not signed for a day, no one dares to say that they are stable.