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LOOK: Mavs’ Jaden Hardy Hangs Out with Lil Baby; Signs ‘Rare’ Jersey

As Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy prepares for his second year in the NBA, he’s already hanging out with big-time celebrities like rap star Lil Baby.
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LOOK: Mavs’ Jaden Hardy Hangs Out with Lil Baby; Signs ‘Rare’ Jersey
LOOK: Mavs’ Jaden Hardy Hangs Out with Lil Baby; Signs ‘Rare’ Jersey

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How good of a rookie season did Dallas Mavericks second-year man Jaden Hardy have? Well, the 21-year-old is already hanging out with big-time celebrities if that tells you anything.

On Sunday, Hardy posted a handful of pictures on his Instagram page with the caption, “Watch me shake the world and wake up everyone who been sleeping on me.” Those are lyrics from rap star Lil Baby’s song, “Double Down,” and fittingly, one of the pictures Hardy posted was of him and Lil Baby.

Hardy gave Lil Baby a signed No. 3 jersey, which could end up being a rare collector’s item in the future, as Hardy changed to No. 1 after the Mavs acquired Grant Williams from the Boston Celtics in a three-team sign-and-trade a few weeks ago. During Hardy’s rookie season, he averaged 8.8 points while shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 40.1 percent from deep. However, in five starts toward the end of the season, Hardy’s efficiency dropped, but his averages increased to 21.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists.

During the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Hardy led the Mavs with a scoring average of 24 points per game while also showing some improved play on the defensive end of the floor as well — something that could potentially keep him in head coach Jason Kidd’s rotation this season. Hardy wasn’t able to complete Summer League play due to a shoulder contusion, but it wasn’t considered to be a serious injury. Hardy should be fully healthy and ready to go for Mavs training camp, which begins in September.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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