Dante Exum said it was “something I’ve done a thousand times.” Except that this time, in training camp at a routine practice, when he went up for a dunk, it went haywire. Exum, the Mavericks’ guard who hasn’t yet played this season because of the injury suffered on that dunk try that required right wrist surgery, spoke for the first time about what he went through when it happened and the arduous journey it’s been to get back to the basketball court. Which could be soon, by the way. Exum is on the Mavericks’ five-game trip that started Wednesday in New Orleans and now heads north and east for games at Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston. The hope is that he’ll play at some point in those four games. “Hopefully,” he said as he sat in the visitors’ locker room before the Mavericks played New Orleans on Wednesday. “We’ll see.” -via mavs.com / January 30, 2025
Dante Exum expected to make season debut on Friday
