[NBA] “I was undrafted. I went into situations where I wasn’t supposed to be on the roster or playing… I fought my way into a roster spot and I fought my way into the rotation.” Derrick Jones Jr. reflects on his journey from being undrafted to a key rotational player 🗣️
by MAVS_COM1CAL
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Guys been phenomenal all season, especially down the stretch. I’m confident he’s exceeded 90% of Mavs fans expectations, including my own. I’ve been worried we might not be able to resign him even with our MLE because there’s no way other teams haven’t taken notice of what he’s done especially post all star break.
Luka replied btw
https://twitter.com/luka7doncic/status/1785915146113786063
“Very very underrated!!”
No way djj leaves us in the off season right?
He’s so huge for us this entire series. Wingspan, defense, athleticism, hustle and some very timely buckets here and there. He’s a 10m player for sure, a lot of playoff team would love this type of player on their roster.
In all honesty he should have a contract like Timmy’s I would really hate to let him go.
We gotta pray O-Max makes a giant leap in the off season if we failed to resign DJJ
Loved this guy all season honestly, he has to be the most entertaining player relative to his talent
Exact kind of player every contender needs. Nico killed it picking him up on a minimum. His 3 won’t always be there, but for us that doesn’t matter. If our role players hit, we blow you out, if they don’t, we’ll have a good shot at winning anyways.
At the start of the season I thought it was dumb that he was starting. Boy was I wrong. He brings so much of the little stuff to this team
Derrick Jones Jr on NBA has to be smth like:
Potential – 80
Intangibles – 99
love him
Can’t we dump some salary in trades to make more cap space?
(Says financially illiterate guy who has no idea what that means and just wants someone to tell him there’s hope)
I feel he could get a bag but I think he also might come back because of vibes and feel. Dodo isn’t eating like he did with us. Mavs will put you in a situation to do great things not sure other teams will do the same.
Dude is letting PG13 know after every block, dunk, steal, tipped ball, etc. I fucking love his energy and intensity.
Where was he playing before coming to Dallas? And before that and before that…well at least if he gets payed other will see that playing with LuKai gets u payed great.
Did amazing work on playoff p last night.
We going to miss him next year.