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Luka Doncic's Mavs Teammate Joins Giannis Antetokounmpo for EuroBasket

Tyler Dorsey just became a Dallas Mavericks' two-way contract player, and now he could potentially face teammate Luka Doncic in overseas competition.

Dalton Trigg

Although we're currently in the dead part of the NBA offseason, we don't have to wait too much longer to see some of the league's brightest stars go at each other in overseas competition. EuroBasket play will begin on Sept. 1, and it will feature Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, Rudy Gobert and others.

If Slovenia and Greece end up facing each other at some point during the tournament, Doncic will not only be going toe-to-toe with Antetokounmpo, but he'll also be be facing one of his brand new teammates, Tyler Dorsey.

According to a report, Dorsey arrived in Athens this week to begin practicing with Antetokounmpo and the Greek national team after recently signing a two-way contract with the Dallas Mavericks.

For Mavs fans who still might not know much about the new signee, Dorsey was a second-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, although he hasn’t played in the NBA since 2019. In three years playing for Olympiacos, Dorsey has averaged 11.4 points per game while shooting 39.7 percent from 3-point range.

Dorsey reportedly impressed the Mavs in a private workout, which led to the two-way deal becoming a reality. The 26-year-old, 6-5 shooting guard is expected to be a contributor on both ends of the court for the Mavs when he gets his opportunities. Depending on how the rest of the offseason and training camp goes, Dorsey could potentially be upgraded to a 15-man roster spot before it's said and done.

Although it's not guaranteed that Doncic will meet up with Dorsey in EuroBasket play, Mavs fans will still want to tune into Greece's games to checkout the new guy.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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