The Dallas Mavericks only had one draft pick in the 2017 NBA Draft and they used that to select Dennis Smith Jr. with the 9th pick overall.
Instead of trading back into the draft at a later point, they elected to scour the undrafted market for talent that might have fallen through the cracks.
Enter Johnathan Motley.
Motley was ranked 39th on the DraftExpress pre-draft big board and was considered by some to be a first round pick in June. But due to a meniscus injury in college, some teams didn’t want to take the risk on draft night.