Throughout the preseason we’ve seen the youngest Mavericks get plenty of run on the floor at the American Airlines Center — guys like Jeremy Evans, Justin Anderson, and John Jenkins. On Tuesday, however, 42 players took the court and all but one was younger than the springy 6-foot-9 Evans.
That’s because he and Devin Harris teamed up with 40 middle school students from Dallas’ Uplift Peak Preparatory for a Jr. NBA clinic as part of the inaugural Jr. NBA Week, an effort by the program to expand its reach nationwide. The organization teaches the fundamental skills as well as the core values of the game at the grassroots level in an effort to help grow and improve the youth basketball experience for players, coaches, and parents.