There’s Always Some Familiar Faces When The Wizards Play Dallas

The Wizards always see former players and coaches when they take on the Mavericks.

Candi Waller | Jan 25, 2023

There’s Always Some Familiar Faces When The Wizards Play Dallas /

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The first game for the Wizards following the Rui Hachimura trade ironically is with a team the Wizards made a trade with just last year. The Dallas Mavericks now has former Wizards Davis Bertans and Spencer Dinwiddie as active contributors to their squad. For Bertans and Dinwiddie, the Mavericks sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Wizards. It seems like the trade is working out so far for both teams.

Last night against the Wizards, Dinwiddie had 20 points and eight assists in 35 minutes of playing time. He hit a three pointer late in the game that helped the Mavericks get in position to potentially win the game. Ultimately, the Mavericks were unsuccessful.

Bertans scored seven points, one rebound, and one steal in last night’s contest.

Two more familiar faces are on the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff.

Kristi Toliver is a Harrisonburg, Virginia native and former University of Maryland Basketball Lady Terrapin. With the Lady Terps, Toliver was a member of the school’s first women’s basketball championship team. Being in the WNBA since 2009, Toliver has experienced championship status again with the LA Sparks and Washington Mystics. In 2018, she joined the Wizards coaching staff as an assistant. With her WNBA move back to LA, she now spends her offseason on the Mavericks coaching staff.

Jared Dudley had a short stint with the Wizards in the 2015 – 2016 season after he was traded to the team from the Milwaukee Bucks. He would move on to play for the Suns (a second stint), and Brooklyn Nets before landing a championship with the Lakers in 2020. After announcing his retirement from the NBA, Dudley joined the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff.

Published Jan 25, 2023

CANDI WALLER

Candi Waller also known as "CWall" is the Founder and CEO of CWall® Sports & Entertainment, President of the CWall Foundation, Inc, the Managing Publisher of the Fan Nation Inside the Wizards site, and President of Bowie Television. A native of Gorgeous Prince George's County, Maryland, Candi has been an authentic lover of all sports since her childhood. She was such a sports fan at an early age that she notes one of her favorite childhood shows as the legendary "George Michael Sports Machine". Candi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Hampton University, Master of Arts in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University and a certificate in Sports Industry Essentials from Columbia University. Prior to and during her work in the sports industry, Candi has established her identity as a results-driven, relationship building advocate and professional with extensive years of experience leading and implementing successful strategic change, communications, and stakeholder engagement programs across geographically dispersed organizations. She’s worked across Big Four and Government Trusted Advisor consulting firms such as IBM, Deloitte, and the MITRE Corporation. She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Women in Sports & Events (WISE), the National Press Club (NPC), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce and is an ambassador for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In terms of what she likes to do for fun, that’s just it…anything that is considered fun, she’s all for it! She’s very close to her parents, brother, and sister, and has a host of nieces, nephews, and godchildren.