The 2017–18 Phoenix Suns season included a #4 draft pick of the player who played collegiately for which team?
2017–18 Phoenix Suns season The 2017–18 Phoenix Suns season will be the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 25th season at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. It is also their third season in five years where the Suns would earn themselves a Top 5 draft pick in the NBA Draft, with them having the second straight year of gaining the #4 pick, this time being Josh Jackson.
Dennis Smith Jr. Dennis Smith Jr. (born November 25, 1997) is an American basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was ranked among the top point guards in the class of 2016 by most basketball recruiting services. He attended NC State University for one season of college basketball and earned second-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a freshman as well as ACC Freshman of the Year. After the season, Smith decided to forgo his remaining college eligibility and declared for the 2017 NBA draft. He was selected 9th overall by the Mavericks.