CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Kenco opened a 30,000-square-foot Innovation Lab on Sept. 10, tripling a testing footprint the third-party logistics provider first built in 2015.
The larger facility allows Kenco to run warehouse automation testing on larger and more complex systems. It also allows more of those systems to run side by side. Testing takes place inside a building designed to mirror real-world warehouse conditions so results carry over to a live distribution center.
Ainsley Williams, vice president of automation and innovation at Kenco, described the expansion as benefiting both manufacturers and customers.
"The Innovation Lab has long stood as the convergence point for leading technologies and real-world applications, helping both manufacturers and customers identify and realize what's possible," Williams said. "By tripling our innovation footprint, we can further provide a ***** e for OEMs to continue experimenting with their products in a real environment and for customers to explore product and value without having to invest in them."
The original lab was created to help the company understand how emerging technologies such as automation would affect its operations.

#real #customers #larger

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Trinity football can't slow 5-star RB in loss to Chattanooga Baylor
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It's Week 4 of the Kentucky high school football season. See the full list of KHSAA scores from Friday night.
Top Week 4 Louisville-area games featured matchups between Chattanooga Baylor-Trinity, Atherton-Manual, Oldham County-Collins, Jeffersontown-Holy Cross and Nicholas County-Iroquois.

#trinity #baylor #khsaa

Another week of high school football brought about another week of impressive performances.
After Basha (AZ) linebacker Marc Duerson III was voted Super 25 Playmaker of the Week last week, it's time to have a look at some of the top performers from Super 25 teams in Week 3.
Below are five players who suit up for teams ranked inside this week's USA TODAY Sports Super 25 national high school football rankings and put on massive performances last week. While it says a lot to even make the list, the USA TODAY Sports audience is also invited to vote for who they believe should be named Super 25 Playmaker of the Week.
The fourth-ranked Buford Wolves spent last week hoping they'd get to boost their defense with the addition of Cedar Hill (TX) transfer Jalen Brewster, who ranks as the No. 1 overall prospect in USA TODAY Sports 2027 composite ranking. However, the five-star Texas Tech commit hit an eligibility snag with the GHSA, leaving him off the field in Week 3. Fortunately for the Wolves, they wouldn't need Brewster as Buford took care of business in a 41-7 win over Mallard Creek. In a game that both sides of the ball played well for Buford, it's fitting that one of the Wolves' two-way standouts finds his way on this week's list of Super 25 Playmakers. Buford senior Jameer Cantrell rushed for 16 yards on three carries and hauled in a 27-yard touchdown grab on offense, while also tallying two tackles, an interception and falling on a pair of fumbles in the win.
Don't be shocked if Baylor School running back David Gabriel Georges is a frequent flyer on these Super 25 Playmaker lists. The five-star Tennessee commit helped No. 13 Baylor (Chattanooga, TN) down Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (GA) 51-33 last week to help the Red Raiders improve to 3-0. In the win, Gabriel Georges rushed for 196 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries, including this long touchdown rush:

#week #sports

The Knoxville Smokies capped the regular-season home slate at Covenant Health Park with a 6-5 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts on Sept. 6, winning the series four games to two.
Knoxville went 37-31 in home games during the regular season, including three straight wins over the Lookouts to close the final homestand.
"To win the last home series, (it took) a lot of grit, a lot of fight with these guys," Smokies manager Lance Rymel told Knox News. "Hopefully, they'll keep it rolling."
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For the second time in three days, the Smokies opened scoring with a first-inning blast. First baseman Miguel Useche ushered a two-run homer to left-center field for an early Knoxville lead. Right fielder Alex Ramirez doubled the lead with a two-run shot of his own in the second inning.

#series

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Jax Leatherwood threw two touchdown passes and Tennessee Tech turned a solid defensive effort into a 24-9 victory over Norfolk State on Saturday night in the Southern Conference opener for both teams.
Leatherwood threw for 161 yards on 19-of-32 passing and the Golden Eagles turned two interceptions into touchdowns.
Tennessee Tech (2-0), ranked No. 12 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25, did not score until about a minute remained in the first half. Marcus Harris II's 1-yard touchdown run finished off a 45-yard drive that was set up by Jameson Wharton's interception. Tennessee Tech led 7-6 at halftime.
Leatherwood's two touchdown passes came in the second half, the first a 16-yard connection with Maury Sullivan following an interception by Omari Philyaw. Early in the fourth quarter, Leatherwood hit Gabe Nunez for an 11-yard score.
The game had less than 500 yards of total offense with Tennessee Tech gaining 237 yards and Chattanooga 227.

#yards #turned

After dropping the opener, the Chattanooga Lookouts evened the Knoxville Smokies' final home series of the regular season with a 5-1 win Sept. 2 at Covenant Health Park.
With the Smokies clinging to a one-run lead in the seventh inning, Lookouts center fielder Austin Hendrick blasted a three-run home run off reliever Marino Santy. It gave the Lookouts their first lead of the series and ruined five scoreless innings from Knoxville starter Brody McCullough.
The Smokies' offense offered little support, managing just four hits and a lone first-inning run.
"It's just a good job by their pitching staff of holding us at bay," Smokies manager Lance Rymel told Knox News. "Just didn't get much going offensively tonight."
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#smokies #lookouts #knoxville #Health

Two-time all-state point guard EllaMay Cooper first attracted the attention of women's college basketball coaches as a seventh grader.
And now two years after receiving her first college offer, the Eau Claire Regis senior standout has made her decision.
Cooper has announced her commitment to play collegiately for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at the NCAA Division I level.
Cooper shared her significant news on social media late Wednesday afternoon with a post on Instagram.
"I would first and always like to thank my Father in Heaven," Cooper wrote in her post. "I have been blessed by my Lord and Savior to carry out so many things on this journey, the rewarding moments and challenging ones, all of which have shaped me into the person and player I am today."

#cooper #college #claire

Transfer Rudy Sautron was expected to have a big impact on the Tennessee men's golf program. Little did he know that it would be felt immediately.
The Nebraska transfer was stellar for the Volunteers on Tuesday, signing for 7-under 63 in the final round of the Visit Knoxville Collegiate at Fox Den Country Club to help the hosts storm from behind and claim their home opener for the second year in a row. Sautron finished second individually, teammate Jackson Herrington placed T-7, and Tennessee, down its No. 1 player in Tyler Watts due to the Walker Cup, won by four shots over Memphis.
Tennessee entered the final round trailing by six but carded an impressive 14-under performance, the best score of the final round by eight strokes. Freshman Pennson Badgett signed for a 2-under 68 while Christian Pardue also finished under par with a 69 on Tuesday, and Tennessee jumped six spots on the leaderboard to begin the 2026-27 season with a win.
Sautron was expected to be one of the biggest-impact transfers this season, and right away his addition was pivotal for Tennessee. With world No. 3 amateur Watts in Ireland, it was Sautron and Herrington, the 2025 U.S. Amateur runner-up, leading the way for the final-round charge up the leaderboard.
Chattanooga's Evan Rogers claimed medalist honors at 10 under, topping Sautron by a shot. Second-team preseason All-American Carson Bertagnole, a sophomore at North Carolina, claimed third at 8 under.

#watts

With a pink "9-5" painted behind the batter's box at Covenant Health Park, the Knoxville Smokies honored Dolly Parton and took a 12-3 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts to open the final home series of the regular season Sept. 1.
The tribute to Parton, who died Aug. 25 at age 80, included a pregame moment of silence for the "Queen of Country Music."
"We won another one for Dolly, for sure," Smokies manager Lance Rymel told Knox News.
Smokies pitcher Kevin Valdez retired the first 11 batters of the game until issuing a four-pitch walk in the fourth inning. Knoxville left fielder Carter Trice responded in the bottom of the frame, depositing a three-run blast over the left field fence to put the Smokies on the board first.
The Lookouts cut the deficit to a single run in the sixth inning, but a Karson Simas triple to clear the bases gave Knoxville a 7-2 lead in the bottom half of the inning. Right fielder Alex Ramirez provided the second bases-clearing hit of the night as part of a five-run eighth inning.

#smokies #knoxville #inning #dolly

Just one week removed from making his high school football debut for Baylor School(TN), ranked No. 10 in this week's USA TODAY Sports Super 25 rankings, Marshall Manning will miss a few weeks with a foot injury, according to Stephen Hargis of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Hargis first reported that the freshman son of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning will not suit up for Baylor's home game against Loudoun Sports Academy (Leesburg, Va.) in a post on X.
"He's got a foot injury and will be out a few weeks," Red Raiders coach Erik Kimrey reportedly said.
In Manning's debut against Brentwood Academy (Tenn.) on Friday, Aug. 20, he connected with junior receiver Antwaun Adams for 6 yards and a first down on his first varsity snap.
He ran the ball on the next play before starting quarterback and Ole Miss commit Keegan Croucher returned to the helm to help lead the Red Raiders to a 38-20 victory over the Eagles.

#first #manning #debut #weeks

BLOOMINGTON — Sam Alexis' eligibility for the forthcoming college basketball season was thrown in doubt Wednesday, when the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued a stay on a lower-court ruling granting several athletes an injunction against the NCAA's application of its new age-based eligibility model.
Alexis is one of a number of players who graduated high school in 2022 and played four years of college sports in that same ****** e of time seeking relief against the NCAA's decision to apply its new five-years-to-play-five rule only to athletes beginning with the ongoing academic year. Athletes across several sports and in several states have won relief against the ****** ociation's decision, granting those athletes an additional year of eligibility as well.
One of several athletes party to that filing, Alexis gained his fifth year when the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, granted its injunction earlier this summer. Alexis played his first two years of college basketball at Chattanooga.
Indiana welcomed Alexis back into an open 13th scholarship, after coach Darian DeVries elected to leave one spot unfilled following his roster rebuild last spring. Now, Alexis' eligibility for 2026-27 is in limbo once more.
The appellate-court stay does not overrule the lower court's injunction. It simply stayed the injunction, and therefore the relief it provided plaintiffs in Alexis' case, while the higher court considers the NCAA's appeal.

#several #years #relief #year

Here are the candidates for the Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union girls athlete of the week. Voters have until noon on Aug. 27 to submit their responses.
Knox News reserves the right to remove an individual from a poll if it suspects any voting irregularities.
Riley Harris, Alcoa: Harris won the Girls 2 Mile Run in the Coach's Challenge race with a time of 13 minutes, 38.39 seconds.
Brooklyn Major, Bearden: Major scored a goal and had an **** ist in Bearden's 4-0 win over Oak Ridge.
Gianna Notarianni, Catholic: Notarianni scored Catholic's two goals in its 2-0 win over Chattanooga Christian.

#employees #credit

In Trent Dilfer's coaching return to Lipscomb Academy and TSSAA football, the Mustangs were inches short of a season opening upset.
McCallie's defense stopped Lipscomb Academy at the goal line on 4th and goal to preserve a 27-24 overtime victory on Aug. 21 in Chattanooga.
Lipscomb Academy twice appeared close to scoring on the overtime possession but were denied. On third and goal, Turner White carried inside the 1-yard line but was ruled short. Duke commit Mikel Stephens was stopped inches short on a fourth and goal carry in the game's final play.
And while the Mustangs will drive back up Interstate-24 with a 0-1 record, it was a huge effort against a Division II-AAA power in Dilfer's return after three seasons at UAB.
The Mustangs led 17-7 in the second quarter after a 78-yard touchdown catch by Jaxon Spencer via a reverse pass. But the Blue Tornado slowly chipped away at the deficit.

#goal #inches #stopped

On a team loaded with future college stars and five-star talents like Tennessee running back commit David Gabriel Georges, another name has commanded the headlines just as a much as the Baylor School senior running back.
Freshman Marshall Manning, the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, transferred to the Chattanooga program in eighth grade with his future laid out as the eventual starting quarterback of one of Tennessee's premier private school powers.
On Thusday, Aug. 20, the nation got to see the younger Manning earn his first ever varsity action in his backup role for the Red Raiders. While it may have just been two snaps and may have come as a shock to everyone watching the ESPN2 broadcast of Baylor's 38-20 win over Brentwood Academy (TN), those two snaps were in the cards leading up to the game.
They also won't be the only two snaps Marshall experience this season.
"We planned it," Baylor head coach Erik Kimrey said following the win. "I want Marshall to play in every game this year, even if it's just two plays like that. Hopefully it'll be a lot more. We need him next year and he needs to be ready."

#quarterback

CHATTANOOGA — Brentwood Academy senior linebacker Kenneth Simon II took the result a little harder than some of his teammates.
The Eagles' 38-20 season-opening loss at Baylor on Aug. 20 was a TSSAA football state championship rematch of last year's Division II-AAA final. But it was also a nationally televised bragging-rights affair played between some of the nation's top recruits, with seven Power 4 commits on the field.
That made it more difficult for Simon as a defender to watch fellow Tennessee football commit and Baylor five-star running back David Gabriel Georges wrap up his postgame interview on ESPN2 and skip to the locker room.
Gabriel Georges rushed for 172 rushing yards — most in the second half — and added three touchdowns all after halftime to go with 78 yards receiving.
More: Marshall Manning, Peyton Manning's son, makes TSSAA high school football debut as a freshman

#Football #simon #gabriel #yards

After a tame first half for his standards, 5-star Tennessee football commit David Gabriel Georges took over in the second half of Baylor's TSSAA football season opener.
Georges scored three touchdowns in the second half and totaled 250 total yards in the Red Raiders' 38-20 victory over Brentwood Academy on Aug. 20 in Chattanooga.
According to the ESPN broadcast, Georges compiled 172 rushing yards and 78 receiving yards in the first game of his senior season.
DGG showed his customary balance throughout the game, starting with an early first-quarter run where he left his feet after making contact with a Brentwood Academy defender but continued on for an 8-yard carry.
WEEK 1 PICKS: TSSAA football predictions for top Week 1 games include Brentwood Academy vs Baylor

#brentwood #yards

Baylor freshman quarterback Marshall Manning made his high school football debut on Aug. 20.
The son of Peyton and Ashley Manning played in a couple snaps at quarterback for Baylor in the second quarter against Brentwood Academy in the TSSAA football season opener in Chattanooga.
Marshall Manning completed an eight-yard pass to Antwaun Adams on an out route layered over a Brentwood Academy defender, then handed the ball off to David Gabriel Georges before subbing out.
Manning, wearing No. 16 like his father did at Tennessee, dressed for games last season as an eight grader, but didn't play.
Manning is backing up Ole Miss commit and 4-star prospect Keegan Croucher, who transferred to Baylor ahead of the season. Croucher started against Brentwood Academy, but Manning's debut appeared to be a planned cameo for the freshman.

#academy

No. 13 Baylor School is hosting No. 18 Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tennessee) on Thursday at Heywood Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The season opener is being televised by ESPN2. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports preseason Super 25 national high school football poll.
The contest is featuring three 2027 Tennessee football commitments: five-star running back David Gabriel Georges (Baylor School), four-star wide receiver Kesean Bowman (Brentwood Academy) and four-star linebacker Kenneth Simon II (Brentwood Academy).
Vols Wire is providing live updates of the game and are listed below.
Live game updates will begin after kickoff at 8 p.m. EDT.

#school #Football #four

Baylor and Brentwood Academy kick off the TSSAA football season with a massive, nationally-televised Division II-AAA showdown on Aug. 20 in Chattanooga.
The two schools ended last season with a state championship thriller, a 28-24 victory by Baylor last December in Chattanooga.
Both teams are headlined by Tennessee Vols football commits. Baylor 5-star running back David Gabriel Georges is ranked among the top running backs in the 2027 class. Brentwood Academy's Kesean Bowman is No. 1 in the Tennessean's preseason Dandy Dozen and a top-100 overall prospect who will be the Eagles' offensive focal point at receiver.
Here's how you can watch Baylor vs. Brentwood Academy TSSAA football:
Date and game time: 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, Aug. 20

#Football

Marshall Manning, son of former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, took the field for his first official high school football action earlier this month when his team, the Red Raiders (Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN), scrimmaged against the Wolves (Buford High School, Buford, GA).
Asked by USA TODAY's national high school sports reporter, Ansley Gavlak, what he is most looking forward to in his four years of high school, Manning said, "Playin ball, having fun, having fun with my friends, being with family and just playing football."
The young quarterback has turned heads in training camps and junior leagues, but it's his post-game interview that has Twitter/X users talking now. Watch the full video on X below:
Twitter/X users have noted the remarkable similarities between Marshall and Peyton's mannerisms and physical appearance, and both are uncanny. Check out the reactions below:
Take a look at some of his scrimmage plays:

#high #manning #twitter

Marshall Manning may follow a familiar path in his football career. He has transferred to the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee — not far from the University of Tennessee, where his father, Peyton Manning, played.
Marshall will be the backup quarterback this season to Keegan Croucher, a 2027 recruit committed to Ole Miss. The 15-year-old Manning appears headed for the starting lineup next fall.
Watch him — better yet, close your eyes and listen — explain his role this season. It's almost like listening to any of the commercials the Indianapolis Colts legend starred in over the years.
"It's hard, having to work all summer and all year," Marshall said, "but maybe not get to go on the field. I feel like it's helped me grow so much."
Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.

#marshall #baylor #school

Aug. 8—PATERSON, N.J. — The Spokane Velocity's USL League One match against the New York Cosmos, which was scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday at Hinchliffe Stadium, has been postponed due to travel delays for Spokane, according to USL LeagueOne.com, and will be rescheduled to a date that will be announced at a later time.
This marks the second straight game in which the Velocity's contest has been postponed or delayed. Last week, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Spokane allowed a goal early in the period against the Chattanooga Red Wolves but the game was delayed later in the half and was postponed due to lightning strikes.
League rules dictate that Spokane's rescheduled match against Chattanooga — which has yet to be announced — will be replayed from the opening kickoff.
Led by Shavon John-Brown's five goals, two ******* ists and 19 chances created, fifth-ranked Spokane (10-2-6) boasts a four-game winning streak across all competition including League One and the USL Cup.
The Velocity will now prepare for their first-ever USL Cup knockout stage match at ONE Spokane Stadium at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Spokane hosts sixth-ranked USL Championship club Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC.

#chattanooga #stadium #rescheduled

It's debatable whether the Canada or Chattanooga pipelines have been more valuable to Tennessee football recruiting lately because there's so much overlap between them.
UT signed four Canadian players in its 2026 class. And it has three players from Baylor School in Chattanooga.
Offensive tackle Gabriel Osenda and defensive back Jamyan Theodore fit into both categories. Osenda is from Airdrie, Alberta. Theodore is from Montreal, Quebec. They played together at Baylor School the past two seasons.
Most notably, they were Baylor teammates and close friends with David Gabriel Georges, the Canadian five-star running back that committed to the Vols in the 2027 class after a high-profile recruiting battle with Ohio State.
"It's a great relationship. Both him and I have the origins that we're Haitians (who grew up in Montreal), so we have a close bond," Theodore said. "His uncle and my father know each other and have a close bond, so we naturally built a close bond together.

#baylor #osenda #montreal

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Trailers sit empty 30% to 40% of their working lives — and sometimes more — while every other link in the freight chain has been optimized. That is the core problem Repower is targeting with its new Trailer Optimization Platform, known as TOP, which automates the repositioning of trailer **** ets from surplus markets to deficit ones. CEO Chris Hines, a 44-year industry veteran, joined the Chattanooga-based startup to push it beyond its origins as a trailer marketplace and into an execution layer that carriers have long lacked.
The stakes are significant. A dry van trailer that cost $10,000 at the dawn of drop-and-hook operations now runs $50,000 depending on tariff conditions, Hines noted. Large carriers routinely run trailer-to-truck ratios of 2.5 to 3 to 1, meaning a fleet of 1,000 trucks could be managing 2,500 or more trailers — often tracked across a patchwork of TMS records, spreadsheets, and whiteboards. "Everything else is optimized in our chain," Hines said. "The gates are optimized, the dock's optimized, the truck's optimized, loads, fuel, but the trailers just lag behind."
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#optimized #chris #carriers #execution

David Gabriel Georges will play for Tennessee football.
The five-star running back from Chattanooga Baylor committed to the Vols on July 22, choosing them over Ohio State and Ole Miss in a major recruiting win for coach Josh Heupel.
The 6-foot, 205-pound Gabriel Georges is ranked as the No. 2 running back in the 2027 class and the top overall prospect in Tennessee, according to the 247Sports Composite.
Gabriel Georges ran for 1,756 yards and 27 touchdowns last season, leading Baylor to a 12-0 record and the program’s first undefeated season since 1973. He was named MaxPreps’ national player of the year, making him the first Canadian-born player to win the award.
Here's how Tennessee fans and players reacted to Gabriel Georges' decision:

#gabriel #running #player

David Gabriel Georges will play for Tennessee football.
The five-star running back from Chattanooga Baylor committed to the Vols on July 22, choosing them over Ohio State and Ole Miss in a major recruiting win for coach Josh Heupel.
The 6-foot, 205-pound Gabriel Georges is ranked as the No. 2 running back in the 2027 class and the top overall prospect in Tennessee, according to the 247Sports Composite.
Gabriel Georges ran for 1,756 yards and 27 touchdowns last season, leading Baylor to a 12-0 record and the program’s first undefeated season since 1973. He was named MaxPreps’ national player of the year, making him the first Canadian-born player to win the award.
Here's how Tennessee fans and players reacted to Gabriel Georges' decision:

#baylor #running #back #season

2027 five-star prospect David Gabriel Georges will announce his college commitment on Wednesday. The 6-foot, 205-pound running back will choose between Tennessee, Ohio State and Ole Miss.
Gabriel Georges' commitment time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.
He is from Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 247Sports ranks the 2027 five-star as the No. 2 running back nationally and No. 1 prospect in Tennessee.
Tennessee offered Gabriel Georges a scholarship on July 31, 2024, while the Buckeyes extended an offer on Aug. 1, 2024. Ole Miss also offered a scholarship to Gabriel Georges on July 31, 2024.
Ahead of his decision on Wednesday, the Vols have 17 commitments in their 2027 football recruiting class: linebacker JP Peace, offensive tackle Princeton Uwaifo, quarterback Derrick Baker, athlete Jaden Butler, wide receiver KeSean Bowman, defensive back Carter Jamison and defensive back Brandon Leavell, tight end Malik Howard, defensive lineman Christian Mays, cornerback Dylan Haley, linebacker Kenneth Simon II, kicker Ford Fehling, long snapper Sam McKeown, offensive tackle Q'Mari Hudson, athlete Dayon Cooper, safety Marcus Jones and offensive tackle Niko Kampas.

#wednesday

Two Tennessee high school football powers have received national recognition ahead of the 2026 TSSAA season.
With Week 1 kickoff just over a month away, MaxPreps has released its national preseason top 25, highlighting the country's top high school football teams entering the 2026 season. Division II-AAA's Baylor and Brentwood Academy each cracked the rankings, with Baylor the state's highest ranked team at No. 12 and Brentwood Academy sitting just behind at No. 14.
More: Brentwood Academy OT Rance Brown commits to Auburn football over Tennessee
More: Ranking Nashville area's top 20 linebackers for 2026 TSSAA football season
The pair faced off in Chattanooga last December for the BlueCross Bowl state championship. Both were undefeated entering the game, but Baylor claimed a 28-24 win over the Eagles to secure the gold ball.

Jul. 10—Malachi Smith was rock-solid for the Brooklyn Nets during a 15-game stint to close the 2025-26 NBA season, but the former Gonzaga guard won't be on the team's roster next season after being waived Friday.
The Nets exercised Smith's minimum-salary team option at the end of June, but elected to move on from the 26-year-old who spent the majority of the season with Brooklyn's G League team in Long Island before a short stint with the Nets to close the year.
Smith averaged 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 ******* ists while playing 23.9 minutes per game, shooting 48.5% from the field and connecting on 43.5% of his 3-point attempts. The former Gonzaga guard made four starts and came off the bench 11 times for Brooklyn.
Smith posted his season-high in both points and rebounds when he registered a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double during a 125-108 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on April 10. He reached double figures in four other games for Brooklyn.
After spending four seasons at Wright State and Chattanooga, Smith transferred to Gonzaga for his senior season in 2022-23, averaging 8.7 ppg en route to West Coast Conference Sixth Man of the Year honors.

According to the New York Post's Brian Lewis, the Brooklyn Nets have cut guard Malachi Smith from the team. The former Gonzaga Bulldog signed a two-year, non-guaranteed deal back in April after two 10-day contracts with the organization. Brooklyn exercised Smith's minimum salary team option in June.
In 15 games (four starts) played with the Nets to close out this past season, Smith averaged 8.3 points on a shooting split of 48.5 percent from the field/43.5 percent on three-pointers/100.0 percent at the free throw line, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.3 ****** ists per game.
The 26-year-old will most likely have to return to the NBA G League with another franchise. He's had stops with the Portland Trail Blazers' Rip City Remix, Milwaukee Bucks' Wisconsin Herd, Memphis Grizzlies' Memphis Hustle, and the Brooklyn Nets' Long Island Nets over the last three seasons.
Smith started his collegiate career with the Wright State Raiders from 2018-19, transferred to the Chattanooga Mocs from 2020-22, before making his way to Spokane, Washington. He was named the West Coast Conference Sixth Man of the Year in 2023 before entering his name into the 2023 NBA Draft, bypassing his final season of college eligibility. Smith would go undrafted.
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