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The offseason is officially underway, which means most of the basketball world will shift its attention toward the NBA draft.
The NBA changed the format of this year’s draft to a two-day event. The first round will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The second round will take place Thursday at ESPN’s Seaport District studios in New York with a start time of 3 p.m. The first round will continue to have five minutes between draft picks. For the second round, the time between draft picks will increase to four minutes from two minutes.
Former Dallas Mavericks head athletic trainer Casey Smith is well-respected across the NBA scene, being regarded as one of the best in the department. Now, the athletic trainer is leaving Dallas and is headed to New York City to join the Knicks.
“The Knicks have hired Casey Smith, longtime athletic trainer for both the Dallas Mavericks and USA Basketball, as their new vice president of sports medicine,” Marc Stein reported on X (formerly Twitter).
While Smith did play an integral role within the organization for the past two decades, beginning in 2004, the athletic trainer worked in a smaller role this past season, losing his spot traveling alongside the team and sitting on the bench.
After the reduced role, Smith was hired by the New York Knicks to serve as the team’s vice president of sports medicine. Smith also held a similar role with Team USA basketball from 2005 to 2012 as he’s had a long, well-respected career with the Mavericks.
There might not be a better fit for Smith role than joining the Knicks. After the relationship soured with the Mavericks organization, Smith now heads to one of the most notable franchises in the NBA and one that needs his services.
