Game 62: Sacramento Kings (31-28) vs. Dallas Mavericks (32-29)

[omahen]

Definitely not a good look, but i doubt it has anything to do with what’s taking place this season.

On that subject, however…..has there ever been any more info on why Dallas moved on from Smith? The Mavs kept it quiet, whatever went down.

Of course it all could be just a series of unfortunate events, but Mavs have been already one of most injured teams last seasons, which was even surpassed this season.

Casey Smith case was covered by both Cato and Stein last season. I didn't pay too much attention, because naturally I am not that familiar with inner workings of the organisation. But looking at it now, it is obvious there was a reason they were reporting it which is likely known to inner circles of the league. It all started by his reduced role (removed from team) beginning of last season, which ended by him leaving to NY at the end of last season.

I am no longer The Athletic subscriber, but the article below probably has more details. 

Dallas Mavericks’ athletic trainer Casey Smith won’t continue in longtime role: Sources - The Athletic

Aggregated source with a brief summary of the case (no details):
Mavs: Dallas makes intriguing coaching decision that will surprise Luka Doncic

MacMahon was also on this, throwing some foggy comments not everything was ok with this
https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/...ith/621764
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comme..._with_the/