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Dennis Smith Jr. was working out with New York Knicks coaches weeks before formal individual workouts began, sources told Ian Begley of SNY.
Members of the Knicks organization were reportedly impressed with Smith's commitment.
Smith has also been working out with Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, with workouts put together by his agent Raymond Brothers.
Smith will be a restricted free agent in the summer of 2021.
Via Ian Begley/SNY
Roddy B for 3 wrote:As a Maverick fan who was really happy to draft DSJ and not 100% sold that the KP trade was a slam dunk. I want to give my pro-DSJ bias on why he might bounce back and could still be a really good player.
His rookie (Dallas)(69 games 30mpg) year was
15/5/4 on 40/31/70shooting splits
He was a very bad 19 year old defender at PG.
His raw numbers look good, his shooting splits are bad. But he was the #1 option in a really talentless team.
Year 2. (in Dallas) (32 games 28mpg)
14/5/3 on 44/37/70
His defense improved significantly. But he was merely borderline average with iq mistakes (at 20 years old playing PG defensively).
Obviously the shooting numbers are great for a year two development project. He also shot 4 threes a game so not a tiny amount. The ball was taken out of his hands and giving to Luka. He looked on track to be a fine secondary ball handler playing PG next to Luka being a star Point-Forward.
Year 2. (Knicks) (22 games 28mpg)
15/5/3 on 41/29/57
Obviously a huge drop in percentages playing for a completely tanking for Zion Knicks team with a discombobulated roster after a major mid season trade. The Raw numbers were fine. I didn't have the eye test though.
Year 3. (Knicks) (34 games 16mpg)
6/3/2 on 34/30/51 %'s
A terrible year after a much hyped off-season.
He changed his jumper alot in the off-season (not saying better or worse just change takes time) and his step mother died near the start of the season. Between the injuries and family sadness a awfulnproduction season for a 21 year old isn't that crazy imo. The roster was so bad Elfrid Payton was one of the best players (Elf is a solid player). Elf was definitely better and more stable than DSJ and Frank was imo a better role player but worse featured playmaker). So Elf was better as a starter and Frank better at 3/D.
A solid rookie year.
A good year 2 in Dallas, and bad in NY.
A awful year 3 in NY with injuries and his step mom passing.
His per 36 #'s for these three years are
18/6/5 on 40/31/70
17/6/4 on 43/32/62
13/7/5 on 34/30/51
If he can stay healthy and shoot 43/32/70 his averages based on his career per-36 FGA #'s would be
17.5/6/5 on 40/32/70
With average defensive (his peak defense was his year 2 Dallas stint from what I've seen)
Per 36 of
17.5/6/5 40/32/70
Is really good and a few percentage points more on FT% and 3 % he'd be a very very valuable player.
NoStatsGuy wrote:Roddy B for 3 wrote:As a Maverick fan who was really happy to draft DSJ and not 100% sold that the KP trade was a slam dunk. I want to give my pro-DSJ bias on why he might bounce back and could still be a really good player.
His rookie (Dallas)(69 games 30mpg) year was
15/5/4 on 40/31/70shooting splits
He was a very bad 19 year old defender at PG.
His raw numbers look good, his shooting splits are bad. But he was the #1 option in a really talentless team.
Year 2. (in Dallas) (32 games 28mpg)
14/5/3 on 44/37/70
His defense improved significantly. But he was merely borderline average with iq mistakes (at 20 years old playing PG defensively).
Obviously the shooting numbers are great for a year two development project. He also shot 4 threes a game so not a tiny amount. The ball was taken out of his hands and giving to Luka. He looked on track to be a fine secondary ball handler playing PG next to Luka being a star Point-Forward.
Year 2. (Knicks) (22 games 28mpg)
15/5/3 on 41/29/57
Obviously a huge drop in percentages playing for a completely tanking for Zion Knicks team with a discombobulated roster after a major mid season trade. The Raw numbers were fine. I didn't have the eye test though.
Year 3. (Knicks) (34 games 16mpg)
6/3/2 on 34/30/51 %'s
A terrible year after a much hyped off-season.
He changed his jumper alot in the off-season (not saying better or worse just change takes time) and his step mother died near the start of the season. Between the injuries and family sadness a awfulnproduction season for a 21 year old isn't that crazy imo. The roster was so bad Elfrid Payton was one of the best players (Elf is a solid player). Elf was definitely better and more stable than DSJ and Frank was imo a better role player but worse featured playmaker). So Elf was better as a starter and Frank better at 3/D.
A solid rookie year.
A good year 2 in Dallas, and bad in NY.
A awful year 3 in NY with injuries and his step mom passing.
His per 36 #'s for these three years are
18/6/5 on 40/31/70
17/6/4 on 43/32/62
13/7/5 on 34/30/51
If he can stay healthy and shoot 43/32/70 his averages based on his career per-36 FGA #'s would be
17.5/6/5 on 40/32/70
With average defensive (his peak defense was his year 2 Dallas stint from what I've seen)
Per 36 of
17.5/6/5 40/32/70
Is really good and a few percentage points more on FT% and 3 % he'd be a very very valuable player.
its pretty obvious, that the kid went through some **** mentally last 2 years. those numbers dont go down just like that.
i wish him nothing but the best and hope he can bounce back and get a fat paycheck. I just hope its not with the knicks. we need consistency and a PG that can shoot.
Zenzibar wrote:Nevertheless, Payton is not a finished product yet and unless the team moves him in a couple of weeks, I anticipate him trending upward with this coaching staff.
niha17 wrote:Ny should trade knox smith and frank in a package for beal.
