For Dallas Mavericks rookie Tyler Bey, his recent experience in the NBA G League was the best thing that’s happened to him thus far in his basketball career.
Bey was part of last November’s NBA Draft class that was robbed of several important steps – due to the coronavirus pandemic — that are vital to moving up the pro basketball chain. There was no summer league set aside for the rookies, there was a very short training camp, the Mavs only played three preseason games, and the rookies were void of any of the normal one-on-one basic interactions and teachings with the Mavs’ coaching and training staff.