DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. holds a jersey during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. holds a jersey during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. holds a jersey during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. speaks during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. speaks during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. speaks during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 25: New Dallas Mavericks player Morez Johnson Jr. responds to a question during a press conference at American Airlines Center on June 25, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was selected ninth overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Teenagers play basketball during a "Stay in Play" event organised by the Luka Doncic Foundation to help young players, in Rome on June 26, 2026. Doncic is part of the ownership group of a new basketball club in Rome. The group bought the Italian team Vanoli Cremona and moved it to Rome, bringing top-level basketball back to the capital. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP via Getty Images)