Mavs Sign TCU Guard Mike Miles Jr. to Two-Way NBA Contract: 'We Staying Home!'

After making the most of the NBA Draft, the Dallas Mavericks then turned to the undrafted free-agent market and picked up TCU product Mike Miles Jr.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 23, 2023

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Following an eventful NBA Draft that netted Dereck Lively II with the No. 12 pick and Olivier-Maxence Prosper with the No. 24 pick, the Dallas Mavericks kept things rolling in the undrafted free-agent market.

According to a report by The Athletic's Shams Charania, the Mavs are picking up local TCU product Mike Miles Jr. on a two-way contract. Miles was obviously happy about this development, as he followed up Shams' announcement by tweeting out, "We staying home!"

The 6-foot-2 guard spent three years with the Horned Frogs, averaging 17.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 32 minutes per game in his final season. He shot 49.7 percent from the field and 36.2 percent from 3-point range as TCU ultimately lost to Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Despite the 84-81 loss, Miles led the way for his team with 24 points on 8-13 shooting.

What Miles might lack in height, he probably makes up for with strength and grit. Not only is he a reliable shooter, but he is able to break down defenders and get to the rim at will as well. Miles has also shown the ability to get his teammates involved as well.

The NBA's new CBA allows teams to carry three two-way contracts on their rosters now instead of just two, so this move won't affect McKinley Wright IV or A.J. Lawson – the Mavs' other two current two-contract signees – for now. Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for more updates, as Mavs GM Nico Harrison has claimed, "We're not done at all. This is just the beginning."

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Published Jun 23, 2023

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.