Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. is changing his jersey number – and possibly his fortunes.
Smith will return to the number 4 he wore in the state of North Carolina, according to an NBA source.
The 22-year-old point guard from Fayetteville, NC, wore the No. 5 since he was traded by Dallas to the Knicks in the Kristaps Porzingis deal in January 2019.
It will be Smith’s third different number in the league. After being drafted ninth from Dallas in 2017, Smith wore the number 1 with the Mavericks. But after the exchange with the Knicks, he referred to Emmanuel Mudiay. As Mudiay wore the number 1, Smith moved on to the 5.