Some folks wear their emotions on their sleeves.
Others don’t need sleeves.
Mavericks’ swingman A.J. Lawson has been fighting the good fight on the basketball court for years. Ever since going undrafted in 2021 after three productive seasons at South Carolina, Lawson has been battling the fates that have made it tough on him.
That’s why he has his life motto tattooed on his right arm: “Beat The Odds.”
And that’s exactly what Lawson has been doing since spending 2021-22 working his way up to the NBA from the G League.