Dallas Mavericks Release AJ Lawson After 2 Years

On Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks released AJ Lawson after two years in Dallas, Texas. Lawson, 24, was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but attended the University of South Carolina from 2018 and 2021 and pursued a college basketball career. He went undrafted at the 2021 NBA Draft, despite signing an agent. Lawson, a shooting guard, split his time with the Mavericks and their NBA G League affiliate, the Texas Legends, on a two-way contract signed on December 26, 2022, and later converted to a standard contract on March 4, 2024. Here’s what you need to know about the Mavericks’ release of Lawson. The Dallas Mavericks released AJ Lawson on Tuesday. Lawson initially joined the Mavericks in the 2022 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 15.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while shooting 51.9% from the field. But he subsequently signed a two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him just three months later. The Timberwolves later signed him to another two-way contract, but things di