Dante Exum expected to make season debut on Friday
Marc Stein: Dante Exum is said to be on course to make his season debut tonight after missing Dallas' first 48 games following wrist surgery. Exum is expected to play limited minutes in Detroit in his long-awaited Mavericks return. More NBA from me: tinyurl.com/yrmzrx83 + @DLLS_Sports
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Dante Exum is close to a return from his wrist injury. He talks about the journey here:
mavs.com/dante-nears-re… - 1:58 PM
Asked Kidd what Dante Exum's rehab showed that led to an upgrade to doubtful:
"He's trending in the right way. His wrist feels really good. He looks good. We'll see how he does today/tomorrow. Hopefully that continues & we'll get to see him sometime maybe on this trip. Maybe." - 6:44 PM
Jason Kidd on Dante Exum: “He’s trending in the right way. Wrist feels really, really good. We’ll see how he does today and tomorrow. Hopefully, that continues and we get to see him on this trip. Maybe.” - 6:42 PM
Mavericks' injury report has the usual four out: Luka, Powell, Lively and Kleber. Interestingly, Dante Exum is upgraded to doubtful in his return from wrist surgery. In addition, Naji Marshall (illness) upgraded to questionable. - 5:35 PM
More on this storyline
Since that day, it’s been a rocky course to recovery. Exum had surgery soon after the incident and spent what seemed like an eternity in a brace. “The biggest one is going into the brace and keeping it stabilized, just letting it heal,” the 6-5 Exum said. “But once you’re coming out of that, it’s trying to get that range of motion back. “I think it would have been a lot easier if it was my left hand. But it being my shooting hand and having to get the touch and the shooting form back, obviously, made it a little bit tougher.” -via mavs.com / January 30, 2025
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
Remembering the play when the injury occurred, the affable Australian said he was surprised to hurt himself the way he did as opposed to trying to brace himself on a hard fall. “I tried to dunk on somebody and when I dunked the ball, I guess my wrist just hit the rim at the wrong angle,” he said. “It was on the rim. I didn’t fall on it or anything. Obviously, a bit frustrating. It’s something I’ve done a thousand times. But I think that’s just how it goes sometimes.” -via mavs.com / January 30, 2025
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