Malachi Smith may have gone undrafted (along with Drew Timme) but he has had a successful offseason after joining the Portland Trail Blazers. He had the most pre-NBA Draft workouts out of any Zag this offseason (Los Angeles Clippers, Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards)
Portland is bringing in the 2023 WCC Sixth Man of the Year on an Exhibit 10 deal (a one-year, minimum-salary NBA deal that allows the franchise to convert the contract to a two-way deal if that change is made before the start of the regular season).