DALLAS -- There is a curiosity factor now, and maybe there always will be, when the Knicks and Mavericks match up. The games allow a head-to-head look at the final major move of the Phil Jackson era for the Knicks, measuring up the player he selected with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft against the player the Mavs grabbed one pick later, another point guard, Dennis Smith Jr.