Mavericks Call up Agua Caliente Wing George King
December 22, 2021 - NBA G League (G League)
Ontario Clippers News Release
DALLAS, TX - The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed forward/guard George King to a 10-day contract under the COVID-related hardship allowance. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
King (6-6, 225) joins Dallas after beginning the year with the Agua Caliente Clippers, the NBA G League Affiliate of the LA Clippers, where he averaged 13.7 points (.534 FG%, .466 3FG%, .818 FT%), 5.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.7 steals and 31.3 minutes in 11 games (9 starts).
King was selected by Phoenix in the second round (59th overall pick) of the 2018 NBA Draft and appeared in one NBA game for the Suns as a rookie. As a two-way player, he spent the majority of his rookie season with the club's G League affiliate, the Northern Arizona Suns, before signing to play overseas in 2019-20.
The Fayetteville, North Carolina, native spent the last three seasons playing professionally in Italy, Poland and Germany, before joining Agua Caliente prior to the start of the 2021-22 campaign.
King was a four-year player at the University of Colorado, where he was named the Pac-12 Most Improved Player in 2016 and Second Team All-Pac-12 in 2018. He finished his college career ranked in top 20 in school history in points (1,294) and rebounds (681) and in the top 5 in 3-pointers made (181) and 3-point field goal percentage (.401).
King will wear #94 for the Mavericks.
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