Today on the Hoop Collective podcast with Brian Windhorst, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon confirmed what many of us have suspected since Smith first missed practice Tuesday afternoon regarding Dennis Smith Jr.:
Tim MacMahon: (DSJ) has not been banished from the Mavericks. This is not a case of the Mavericks saying, 'hey stay home. we're trying to trade you and we don't want you to get hurt.' This is a case of DSJ deciding 'I'm done here. Let's get a trade going. I don't want to play'."
— BFW (@SportingDFW) January 17, 2019
MacMahon went on to say that Maverick General Manager Donnie Nelson does not want to trade Dennis.