Joe Wieskamp has his next NBA home. The Dallas Mavericks announced they signed the former Iowa Hawkeyes star on Monday.
The 6-foot-6, 205 pound small forward has been searching for his next landing spot since being cut from the Toronto Raptors following his summer league stint with the team.
In four games, Wieskamp averaged 13.5 points per game with 42.8% field goal shooting while with the Raptors’ summer league squad. He also had a 27-point outing against the Golden State Warriors in summer league action that included an 8-of-11 shooting day overall and a 3-of-6 day from beyond the arc.
Joe Wieskamp has signed with the @dallasmavs! đź‘Ź pic.twitter.com/kOhm40t1EQ
— Priority Sports (@PrioritySports) August 15, 2023
Now, it’s back to Texas for Wieskamp.
His career started with San Antonio. The Spurs selected Wieskamp with the No. 41 pick in the 2021 NBA draft. During his rookie season in San Antonio, Wieskamp appeared in 29 games, tallying 61 points, 14 rebounds, nine assists, four steals and three blocks.
On Aug. 22, 2022, Wieskamp inked a two-year, $4.4 million deal with the Spurs, but he was waived ahead of last season by San Antonio. That led him to Toronto where he appeared in nine games. Wieskamp scored nine points, grabbed four rebounds and registered three assists in those nine appearances in Toronto.
For his career, Wieskamp has appeared in 38 games, averaging 1.8 points per game on 32.9% field goal shooting and 30.9% 3-point shooting.
Of course, Wieskamp was a star in Iowa City. He was a second-team All-Big Ten selection by the league’s media and coaches in the 2020-21 season. Alongside National Player of the Year Luka Garza, Wieskamp helped direct the Hawkeyes to a 22-9 mark and No. 2 seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
Wieskamp averaged 13.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game over the course of his Iowa career. He became the first Hawkeye junior in school history with more than 1,250 points, 550 rebounds, 175 3-pointers, 100 assists and 75 steals. Wieskamp started all 97 games of his Hawkeye career.
The Muscatine, Iowa, native was recently inducted into his high school Hall of Fame. At Muscatine High School, Wieskamp became the state of Iowa’s all-time scoring leader on Feb. 6, 2018. A two-time Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year and first-team all-state honoree in 2017 and 2018, Wieskamp finished his high school career with a remarkable 2,376 career points.
The Muscatine native also registered school records for points in a game (54), 3-pointers in a single season (62), scoring average (26.1 points per game) and career rebounds (908). He tallied 46 career double-doubles at Muscatine High School and recorded double-figure scoring in 88 of his 91 career games.
The Mavericks announced two other moves on Monday. Dallas also signed forward Greg Brown III and guard Jordan Walker.
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