<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-dante-exum-injury-update-surgery');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Dante Exum gets pivotal injury update after surgery');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dante-Exum-gets-pivotal-injury-update-after-surgery.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Dante Exum gets pivotal injury update after surgery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T08:48:13-07:00">October 9th, 8:48am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T08:52:15-07:00">October 9th, 8:52am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced that guard Dante Exum <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1844022476696944725" rel="noopener">underwent successful wrist surgery</a> on Tuesday. Shams Charania of ESPN <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1844024008372838587" rel="noopener">later reported</a> that Exum is expected to miss three weeks as he recovers from surgery.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-dante-exum-injury-nba-preseason">Exum suffered the wrist injury during training camp</a>. It was initially considered a serious injury but Exum’s return timeline was not revealed until Wednesday. The fact that the surgery was successful is promising, and Dallas is hopeful to have Exum return during the middle of the season. Still, his absence is far from ideal as the Mavs prepare to begin the 2024-25 season.</p><p>Injuries have unfortunately been problematic for Exum. He dealt with injury trouble last season and battled a finger injury during the Olympics. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-dante-exum-resiliency-secret-dallas-playoffs">Exum’s secret to success is resiliency</a>, though, something he explained to ClutchPoints during the 2023-24 campaign.</p><p>“I just <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1767959066217787565" rel="noopener">love the game of basketball</a>. I want to play it at the highest level,” Exum told ClutchPoints in March of 2024. “That’s the main thing. I always set challenges for myself with whatever I’m doing, I think that’s been the main reason why… no matter what it was, whether it was when I was going over to Europe I set that challenge for myself and then coming back obviously.”</p><p>Exum understands that injuries have been a concern for him. However, he is confident in his ability when healthy.</p><p>“I was playing really well… Getting back into the lineup and fighting, it was hard,” Exum <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1840817791986696267" rel="noopener">said of his 2023-24 season</a> while speaking at Mavericks Media Day on September 30. “But I think for the minutes that I was given and the opportunities I was given, I was doing… everything I could. The stats weren’t the same (after returning from injury). If you look at it as a basketball mind… I felt like I was contributing just as much.”</p><h2><b>What Dante Exum injury means for Mavericks’ 2024-25 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dante-Exum-during-Mavericks-Media-Day.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Exum, 29, averaged 7.8 points per game on 53.3 percent field goal and 49.1 percent three-point shooting during the 2023-24 campaign. He did not play in the NBA in 2021-22 and 2022-23, so it was a quality return for the guard. However, Exum was limited to 55 games played due to injuries.</p><p>Exum was expected to play a role for the Mavs during the upcoming season as a backup guard. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving will receive most of the minutes in the backcourt, but having a player such as Exum to help matters off the bench would have benefited the Mavs.</p><p>Dallas, though, made an effort to increase roster depth during the offseason. Spencer Dinwiddie, who the Mavs added during the offseason, may see a role increase with Exum out for three months. Jaden Hardy is another player who could receive more minutes this year.</p><p>With all of that being said, Exum will be missed. Dallas is hoping he can return as soon as possible, but the Mavs will also proceed with caution. Having Exum healthy for a potential postseason run will be of the utmost importance.</p><p>We will continue to monitor and provide updates on Dante Exum’s injury status as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Dante Exum gets pivotal injury update after surgery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-mavericks-final-dante-exum-decision-injury-australia');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks make final Dante Exum decision after finger injury with Australia');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dallas-makes-final-Dante-Exum-decision-after-finger-injury-with-Australia.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks make final Dante Exum decision after finger injury with Australia</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-22T22:29:38-07:00">July 22nd, 10:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-22T22:29:38-07:00">July 22nd, 10:29pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Dallas Mavericks guard Danté Exum is expected to miss some time due to a finger injury but will stay with the Australian Boomers for the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p><p>The Australian dislocated his finger during the final friendly against France after driving into the lane. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-dante-exum-suffers-concerning-injury-in-australia-france-olympic-exhibition">Exum promptly exited the game</a> and headed to the locker room. At first, Australia considered the possibility of needing to replace Exum for the Olympics.</p><h2><b>Extent of Dante Exum’s injury</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dante-Exum-in-the-NBA-Finals-with-the-Mavericks.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Scans revealed that Exum had a compound dislocation but no fracture. He is anticipated to participate in the Olympic Games.</p><p>“[Exum] suffered a compound dislocation of the right index finger in the game,” Anna Meares, the Australian national team’s director told The Herald Sun.</p><p>“X-rays have confirmed that there was no fracture, and he is expected to continue on the path to compete at the Games,” she continued.</p><p>Dante<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-mavericks-dante-exum-update-injury"> Exum remains a key player</a> for Australia’s bench, alongside Josh Green, who was traded by the Mavericks this summer as part of a six-team sign-and-trade deal that sent him to the Charlotte Hornets.</p><p>The Dallas Mavericks <a href="https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_/id/40612153/olympics-boomers-dante-exum-cleared-games-boomers-hit-winning-form" rel="noopener">gave the green light</a> for Exum to continue playing in the Olympics on Tuesday, according to ESPN.</p><p>Sources said Exum is expected to miss time due to his injury, making him doubtful for Australia’s Olympic opener against Spain. However, the Boomers’ medical staff is confident he can stay with the team and potentially return during the group phase of the tournament.</p><p>This marks Exum’s second injury scare in two days. He suffered a knock to the head during Saturday’s exhibition game against Puerto Rico but was quickly cleared of any serious injury.</p><h2><b>A vital piece for the Australian men’s national basketball team</b></h2><p>In his most recent official appearance for the Australian national team at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, Dante Exum averaged 11.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game.</p><p>Exum played a crucial role on the Boomers team that secured a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and was expected to be a key rotation player for Australia in this campaign.</p><p>The Boomers have enjoyed a strong pre-Olympic warm-up, going 5-1 in their lead-up games under Brian Goorjian. They secured victories against Serbia and France, with their only loss coming against Team USA.</p><h2><b>Winning a nailbiter against France</b></h2><p>The Australian men’s basketball team oncluded their Paris 2024 Olympics preparations with a thrilling 83-82 victory over hosts France at the Co’Met Arena in Orleans on Sunday.</p><p>With just over two seconds remaining, Australia trailed France by one point before Josh Giddey set up Dyson Daniels for the game-winning basket. Daniels, who has made a notable impact for Brian Goorjian’s team since joining the World Cup squad last year, finished with 14 points, two rebounds, and five assists.</p><p>Captain Patty Mills led the Boomers against France with 24 points, two rebounds, and three assists, while Josh Giddey added 20 points, six rebounds, and eight assists.</p><p>Australia will compete in Group A at the Paris Olympics, alongside Greece, Canada, and Spain.</p><p>The Boomers are fired up to take on Spain in their Olympic opener on Saturday. They’re looking to avenge past heartbreaks, including a close loss in the Rio 2016 bronze medal game and a double-overtime defeat at the 2019 World Cup, where they let big leads slip away.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks make final Dante Exum decision after finger injury with Australia

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He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Dallas Mavericks guard Dante Exum’s status for the 2024 Paris Olympics was recently in question after he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-dante-exum-suffers-concerning-injury-in-australia-france-olympic-exhibition">suffered an injury scare</a> during the Australian national team’s final exhibition game. Exum appeared to have endured a finger injury and he exited the game as a result.</p><p>Grant Afseth of Sports Illustrated provided an important Exum update on Monday, reporting that the guard has a <a href="https://x.com/GrantAfseth/status/1815373365386805742" rel="noopener">compound finger dislocation</a> but there is no fracture. Afseth also reports that Exum is expected to play for the Australian national team in the Olympics despite the injury concern.</p><h2><b>Dante Exum set for important role with Australian national team</b></h2><p>Exum will play a big role for Australia in the 2024 Olympics. He will be joined by other NBA players such as Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and former Mavericks teammate Josh Green.</p><p>Australia has produced impressive basketball talent over the years. They should have an opportunity to make some noise in the Olympics. The team is not the favorite by any means, but they certainly should not be overlooked. There is more than enough veteran prowess on the roster to help Australia pull off some upsets.</p><p>Exum has played both in the NBA and overseas. His basketball future was in question before landing a contract with the Mavericks before the 2023-24 season. Exum <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-dante-exum-resiliency-secret-dallas-playoffs">enjoyed a number of big moments</a> in Dallas during the 2023-24 campaign. Although his playing time decreased in the postseason, Exum was still an impactful player overall.</p><h2><b>Exum’s impact on Mavericks</b></h2><p>Exum had not played in the NBA since 2020-21 before the 2023-24 season. The Mavs gave him an opportunity and Exum ultimately averaged 7.8 points per game on 53.3 percent field goal and 49.1 percent three-point shooting across 55 games played (17 starts). Exum averaged just under 20 minutes per outing as well.</p><p>He had some ups and downs in Dallas. Still, it was a promising step for a player who previously endured uncertainty in his basketball career. Exum will hope to positively impact Dallas in 2024-25.</p><p>For now, he will focus on overcoming his finger injury and helping the Australian national team in the Olympics.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Dante Exum gets crucial Olympics update after injury scare

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-dante-exum-suffers-concerning-injury-in-australia-france-olympic-exhibition');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Dante Exum suffers concerning injury in Australia-France Olympic exhibition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dante-Exum-suffers-concerning-injury-in-Australia-France-Olympic-exhibition.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Dante Exum suffers concerning injury in Australia-France Olympic exhibition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-21T20:50:36-07:00">July 21st, 8:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-21T20:52:22-07:00">July 21st, 8:52pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The last thing any team needs in the lead-up to the Olympics is an injury to one of its important players. On Sunday, during <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-lebron-james-instant-reaction-to-team-usas-close-win-over-australia">Australia’s final exhibition game</a> in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Dallas Mavericks guard Dante Exum sustained a finger dislocation that immediately <a href="https://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/40612153/olympics-boomers-dante-exum-suffers-dislocated-finger-france-win" rel="noopener">forced him to exit</a> the game, according to Olgun Uluc of ESPN.</p><p>With <a href="https://youtu.be/xQBvX9UrP4Y?si=d3jV_KtmTmeau2qe&amp;t=269" rel="noopener">around 5:40</a> left in the second quarter, Exum received the ball on the left wing and drove against French forward Guerschon Yabusele. The Mavericks guard, however, ran into a thicket of defenders in the lane. He had the ball knocked loose, with Bilal Coulibaly swiping at him, and Exum immediately looked at his finger, noticed that something was wrong, and went directly to the Australia bench. He then had his finger checked, and it was confirmed that he had suffered a dislocation — preventing him from returning to the contest.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>Dante Exum will have around five more days of rest to see if he could play through his finger dislocation amid the Boomers’ bid for another Olympic podium finish — a worthy follow-up to their bronze medal win in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The good news is that Australia has enough depth at the guard positions, and they still managed to pull out an 83-82 victory over France to end their Olympic tune-up season on a high note even with the Mavericks guard leaving early.</p><h2>Australia can weather the Mavericks guard’s absence</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dante-Exum-and-Luka-Doncic-celebrate.jpg"></figure><p>The luxury for Australia is that they are very deep at the guard positions. Their rotation is filled with players who can line up not just at the one and the two, but at the three as well, a role that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-dante-exum-resiliency-secret-dallas-playoffs">Dante Exum will play</a> on the team, as long as he’s healthy.</p><p>The Boomers have Dyson Daniels, who scored the game-winner against France on Sunday, who’s ready to take on a larger role and he provides a similar impact to Exum on the hardwood. Moreover, Australia still has veterans Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova, while Josh Giddey and Josh Green are more than capable ballhandlers as well, with size to defend bigger players to boot.</p><p>It’s unclear just how much the dislocated finger will be affecting Dante Exum moving forward. But with the Olympics coming just once every four years, the smart money is to bet on Exum playing through injury as he relishes the opportunity to fight for his country and aid in their quest for another medal.</p><h2>Previewing the Boomers’ Olympic journey</h2><p>Australia will be looking to overcome the dreaded Group of Death in the 2024 Paris Olympics, beginning with a battle against the mighty Spain on July 27. Spain is always a difficult team to play against in these competitions, as they are very well-coached and they have a few NBA veterans leading the way.</p><p>Australia then has to take on a Canada team led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray on July 30, and then they’ll be ending their group stage journey with a tussle against Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Greece. Simply put, the Boomers will need Dante Exum’s defense to help their cause.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Dante Exum suffers concerning injury in Australia-France Olympic exhibition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-dante-exum-resiliency-secret-dallas-playoffs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks: Dante Exum’s resiliency secret boosts Dallas as playoffs draw near');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mavericks-dante-exums-resiliency-secret-boosts-dallas-as-playoffs-draw-near.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks: Dante Exum’s resiliency secret boosts Dallas as playoffs draw near</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-13T11:09:07-07:00">March 13th, 11:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-13T11:09:07-07:00">March 13th, 11:09am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks are set to host the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. Mavs guard Dante Exum took some time for an exclusive interview with ClutchPoints before the game.</p><p>Exum has performed well while on the court in 2023-24. In fact, he’s played a pivotal role at times. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have led the charge, but Dallas’ depth has stepped up as well.</p><p>Exum, however, has appeared in only 39 games due to injury concerns. Fortunately, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-dante-exum-return-raptors-long-injury-absence" rel="noopener">he’s healthy at the moment</a> with the playoffs drawing near.</p><p>Exum’s basketball journey has involved adversity. He emerged as a role player early in his career. Exum ended up in the EuroLeague during the 2021-22 season, and played there for two years before landing a deal with Dallas before the 2023-24 campaign.</p><p>And now, Exum has become one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-dante-exum-x-factor-career-dallas-lakers" rel="noopener">Mavericks’ primary X-factors</a>. Exum revealed the secret to his resiliency and discussed a number of topics during our discussion.</p><h2><b>Mavericks: Dante Exum exclusive interview</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dante-Exum-shoots-a-three-pointer-against-Suns.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>*This interview has been lightly edited for clarity</p><p><b>Joey Mistretta: How is your health? I know you came back from injury a little while ago, how are you feeling?</b></p><p><b>Dante Exum: </b>I am feeling really good. Obviously I was out for a bit, came back, and went back down. I think the main thing was just getting right and making sure I’m at a good point which I am now.</p><p><b>Joey Mistretta: I don’t know if you read fan comments, but everyone is so impressed with you. All the fans are just so excited to see you play. What does that mean to you?</b></p><p><b>Dante Exum: </b>It means a lot. Honestly I think, just to be… I mean, everybody wants to be wanted. I think just from my path and how I’ve got here, everything. Going overseas and coming back, I think to be wanted by a fanbase… There’s no better feeling.</p><p><b>Joey Mistretta: I love your story, just the way you fought back. What has really been the driving factor in that resiliency?</b></p><p><b>Dante Exum: </b>I just <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1767959066217787565" rel="noopener">love the game of basketball</a>. I want to play it at the highest level. That’s the main thing. I always set challenges for myself with whatever I’m doing, I think that’s been the main reason why… no matter what it was, whether it was when I was going over to Europe I set that challenge for myself and then coming back obviously.</p><p><b>Joey Mistretta: What is one or two areas of your game that you feel you have improved the most this year?</b></p><p><b>Dante Exum: </b>Definitely my shooting. Just the confidence, being able to knockdown an open shot. Take my time. Just trusting myself. I think that’s the most important thing.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dante Exum taking shots before today’s Warriors-Mavs game.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mavericks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mavericks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/v9ExCQ6LQY">pic.twitter.com/v9ExCQ6LQY</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1767973137512100327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><b>Joey Mistretta: One last question. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-jason-kidd-2011-dallas-losing-stretch" rel="noopener">Jason Kidd has talked</a> a lot abut your team’s resiliency. We talked about your resiliency. The team itself, you guys have fought through some hard times this year, what do you think goes into that?</b></p><p><b>Dante Exum: </b>We have guys that have been around, a lot of young guys too. I think the NBA, it’s a long season. There’s going to be a lot of ups and downs. We’ve definitely had our ups where we’ve been winning, feeling good. We’ve had our downs where we haven’t won the games that we should have. I think that only brings us closer together… Early in the season too we had a lot of injuries so, you know, guys got to play and be apart of wins and feeling good as a team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks: Dante Exum’s resiliency secret boosts Dallas as playoffs draw near

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He is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks are getting back Dante Exum for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-raptors-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-date" rel="noopener">Wednesday night’s road game</a> against the red-hot Toronto Raptors, the Mavs <a href="https://twitter.com/MavsPR/status/1762977064343212184" rel="noopener">announced ahead of the contest</a>.</p><p>“Luka Dončić (broken nose), Dante Exum (right knee bursitis) and Dereck Lively II (nasal fracture) will be AVAILABLE tonight against the Raptors. Maxi Kleber (right small toe dislocation &amp; nasal fracture) will be OUT.”</p><p>Exum has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-jason-kidd-drops-crucial-dante-exum-injury-update-month-long-absence" rel="noopener">played in only three games</a> since the calendar shifted to 2024 due to a knee issue, with all his games this year so far taking place during the month of January. But it’s now back to business for the former fifth-pick overall, as the Mavericks need some fresh legs for the Toronto game. The Mavericks are coming off a brutal road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers Tuesday night, with Luka Doncic’s 45-point effort ultimately wasted in that contest.</p><p>So far in his first season with the Mavericks, Exum has been providing Dallas with quality minutes. He is averaging 9.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2. assists per game, while shooting a remarkable 47.7 percent from behind the arc and posting a 64.7 effective field goal percentage.</p><p>Exum is likely to come off the bench against the Raptors as he looks to get his rhythm back, though, it must be noted as well that he had 14 starts thus far in the 2023-24 NBA season. Either way, his return gives the Mavericks a boost, as they look to end a two-game losing skid.</p><p>The 28-year-old Exum arrived in Dallas via a two-year, $6.15 million deal he inked with the Western Conference franchise back in the 2023 offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Dante Exum to return vs. Raptors after long injury absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-jason-kidd-drops-crucial-dante-exum-injury-update-month-long-absence');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks: Jason Kidd drops crucial Dante Exum injury update amid month-long absence');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Mavericks_news_Jason_Kidd_drops_crucial_Dante_Exum_injury_update_amid_month-long_absence.webp"></figure><h1>Mavericks: Jason Kidd drops crucial Dante Exum injury update amid month-long absence</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-27T19:11:25-08:00">February 27th, 7:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-27T19:26:27-08:00">February 27th, 7:26pm</time><address><a>Nick Meyer</a>Nick Meyer is a sports writer for ClutchPoints based in the Metro Detroit area. He has covered everything from Major League Baseball to the NFL, UFC, and College Football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks have lost two straight games to the Pacers and Cavaliers and are hoping for the return of guard Dante Exum with the playoffs still months away.</p><p>Coach Jason Kidd <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-jason-kidds-brutally-honest-take-what-caused-dallas-downfall-in-pacers-blowout" rel="noopener">got brutally honest recently</a> about the Mavs’ demise vs. Indiana, an outcome Exum may have helped prevent if he had been in uniform. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-fatal-flaw-fixed-2024-nba-all-star-break" rel="noopener">Mavs’ one fatal flaw</a> that could doom them down the stretch run was also discussed, and it has nothing to do with health.</p><p>With a road matchup against the Raptors looming, Kidd shared an update on Exum’s status.</p><h2><b>Kidd Speaks on Exum’s Availability </b></h2><p>Kidd said that Exum went through Monday and Saturday’s practices well according to a <a href="https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1762607102160171171" rel="noopener">report from Brad Townsend</a>.</p><p>He added that it is “possible” that Exum will play against Toronto at 7;30 p.m. on Wednesday.</p><p>The Mavericks had won seven consecutive games prior to their recent two-game losing skid.</p><h2><b>Mavs Set For Showdown in Canada </b></h2><p>The Mavs are 33-25 and scheduled to face a Raptors team with just 22 wins on the season.</p><p>Exum has averaged 2.8 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game this season. He’s shot 57.1% from the field and has added a solid veteran presence on both sides of the court.</p><p>Exum is just one of a handful of players Kidd needs to step up on Wednesday.</p><p>The Mavs were crushed on the glass vs. the Cavs. They were outrebounded 47-36 as Doncic led with 9 rebounds and Max Kleber had seven off the bench.</p><p>Tim Hardaway Jr. and Kyrie Irving are among the players Kidd will be counting on to take care of business early for the Mavericks against the Raptors in Toronto.</p><p>Irving had 30 points, six rebounds and three assists against the Cavs in a losing effort.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks: Jason Kidd drops crucial Dante Exum injury update amid month-long absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-dallas-luka-doncic-dante-exum-updates-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks get Luka Doncic, Dante Exum updates before Suns clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Dallas_gets_Luka_Doncic_Dante_Exum_updates_before_Suns_clash.webp"></figure><h1>Mavericks get Luka Doncic, Dante Exum updates before Suns clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-22T05:41:18-08:00">February 22nd, 5:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-22T05:41:18-08:00">February 22nd, 5:41am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks are mostly healthy heading into the second-half of the 2023-24 season. Dante Exum is the only player who was limited at practice on Wednesday, Mavs head coach Jason Kidd revealed.</p><p>“Exum did some work, non-contact so he’s going in the right direction,” Kidd said Wednesday. “Besides Exum, everybody participated, everybody looked good.”</p><p>Luka Doncic missed Tuesday’s practice as he received an extra day off following the NBA All-Star break. Doncic returned to practice Wednesday, though.</p><p>“Luka was back,” Kidd said. “As Doc said the players were in Cabo, he enjoyed his vacation so it’s good to have him back… He looked great, refreshed, and happy.”</p><p>The Mavs are currently <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-dallas-kevin-durant-gameplan-suns-jason-kidd-assessment" rel="noopener">preparing for a clash</a> on Thursday against the Phoenix Suns. Having the majority of the roster healthy is a great step for Dallas. Injuries have played an unfortunate role throughout the 2023-24 season, so the goal is now to try to maintain their health moving forward.</p><p>Dallas also ended the first-half on a six-game winning streak. It will be interesting to see if they can recapture their momentum following the NBA All-Star break.</p><h2><b>Mavericks looking to keep winning streak alive vs. Suns</b></h2><p>“I think you talk about the energy and effort, those are the things that we can control,” Kidd said in reference to how Dallas can keep their momentum trending in a positive direction. “Understanding being healthy, the different sub-patterns can take place so we just have to be patient with that until we can get back into the rhythm and flow.</p><p>“Sometimes you don’t want a break to come when you’re on a win streak, but this is a way to start another win streak after the break. That starts tomorrow night.”</p><p>Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have played especially well during the win streak. Dallas’ new acquisitions Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington Jr. have also stepped up in recent action. Tim Hardaway Jr. continues to make a case for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-media-poll-2023-24-malik-monk-tim-hardaway-jr-sixth-man-of-the-year" rel="noopener">Sixth Man of the Year</a>, and he <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1760450788072026423" rel="noopener">shared his thoughts</a> on how the Mavs can keep playing well after the break.</p><p>“I think we recaptured (the momentum) so far with these two practices,” Hardaway said Wednesday. “Thankfully we came out healthy. You know, that’s been one of the spots of our season that we didn’t have a lot of guys, everybody’s been hurt a little bit here and there.</p><p>“But everybody’s healthy…. for the most part. Just happy to start this thing back up. We know we got a tough stretch to start right after break. It’s going to be a great test for us.”</p><p>Thursday’s game is going to be exciting. Dallas has a tremendous opportunity to make an important statement against the Suns. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM EST at the American Airlines Center.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks get Luka Doncic, Dante Exum updates before Suns clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavs-news-dante-exums-final-injury-status-ahead-of-pelicans-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dante Exum’s final injury status ahead of Pelicans clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mavs-news-dante-exums-final-injury-status-ahead-of-pelicans-clash.webp"></figure><h1>Dante Exum’s final injury status ahead of Pelicans clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-12T18:50:21-08:00">January 12th, 6:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-12T18:50:21-08:00">January 12th, 6:50pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-victory-timberwolves" rel="noopener">Dallas Mavericks</a> have been one of the better teams in the Western Conference this season, but they’ve also been hit by injuries as well. Luka Doncic <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-out-saturday-vs-pelicans" rel="noopener">has been sidelined</a> with an ankle injury at a time when Kyrie Irving has returned from his own injury. One of the Mavs top surprises of this season that’s helped power them to a decent record has been Dante Exum. But Dante Exum has also been dealing with his own injury issues lately and he <a href="https://twitter.com/GrantAfseth/status/1745907956086968658" rel="noopener">remains out</a> for the Mavs game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday as per Grant Afseth of DallasBasketball.com</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dante Exum (right plantar sprain) will remain out for Saturday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><p>— Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrantAfseth/status/1745907956086968658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Dante Exum will be missing his sixth straight game for the Mavs with a foot injury. Exum signed with the Mavs as a free agent in the offseason after spending the last two seasons playing overseas in Spain. The former lottery pick had last played in the NBA during the 2020-21 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers when he suited up in only six games.</p><p>This season, Exum has emerged as one of the Mavs key role players. He’s played in 30 games so far with 14 starts. He had moved into the starting lineup prior to his injury. He had been averaging a career-high 9.3 points per game, 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists with splits of 57.5 percent shooting from the field, 45.2 percent shooting from the three point line and 75 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>The Mavs are currently in seventh place in the Western Conference Standings at 23-16. They are only one game back in the loss column of the Pelicans making Saturday’s game a crucial one.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dante Exum’s final injury status ahead of Pelicans clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavs-news-jason-kidd-dante-exum-starting-dallas');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavs coach Jason Kidd issues firm stance on Dante Exum’s starting role for Dallas');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mavs-news-jason-kidd-issues-firm-stance-on-dante-exums-starting-role-for-dallas.webp"></figure><h1>Mavs coach Jason Kidd issues firm stance on Dante Exum’s starting role for Dallas</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-23T21:57:49-08:00">December 23rd, 9:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-23T21:57:49-08:00">December 23rd, 9:57pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Portland Trail Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks topped the San Antonio Spurs 144-119 on Saturday night, and Mavs guard Dante Exum continued his torrid play with 20 points in the win.</p><p>Exum has been starting for the Mavs while Kyrie Irving has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-injury-update-jason-kidd" rel="noopener">dealt with injury</a> and has seen a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-dante-exum-x-factor-career-dallas-lakers" rel="noopener">resurgence to a career</a> that saw him playing overseas the last two years.</p><p>After the game, Mavs coach Jason Kidd said he <a href="https://x.com/espn_macmahon/status/1738775343190724770?s=20" rel="noopener">expects his role to remain the same</a>, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN:</p><p>“Jason Kidd says he expects to keep Dante Exum in the starting lineup even when the Mavs get fully healthy.”</p><p>After being the fifth overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft, Exum struggled with injuries and production. The Mavs guard has averaged just 5.9 points per game in his career.</p><p>Exum was a role player who certainly was not known for his long-range shooting prowess. Still, he displayed signs of potential in Utah. Exum’s final season with the Jazz was during the 2019-20 campaign. He ended up joining the Cleveland Cavaliers later that season where he would play until 2021.</p><p>Exum was then traded to the Houston Rockets but did not appear in any NBA games with the team. He would end up signing a deal in the EuroLeague for the 2021-22 season. Exum’s departure from the NBA led to questions about his basketball future.</p><p>After spending two seasons in the EuroLeague, Exum signed a deal with the Mavs for the 2023-24 season.</p><p>But since moving to the starting lineup, Exum has averaged 16 points per game on nearly 63 percent shooting from the floor.</p><p>Up next for the Mavs: Dallas plays at Phoenix on Monday night to wrap up the NBA’s Christmas schedule.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs coach Jason Kidd issues firm stance on Dante Exum’s starting role for Dallas

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavs-dante-exum-x-factor-career-dallas-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavs’ Dante Exum proving to be X-factor after NBA career was left for dead');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mavs-dante-exum-proving-to-be-x-factor-after-basketball-career-was-left-for-dead.webp"></figure><h1>Mavs’ Dante Exum proving to be X-factor after NBA career was left for dead</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-13T08:24:08-08:00">December 13th, 8:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-13T08:26:29-08:00">December 13th, 8:26am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks emerged victorious Tuesday, earning a competitive 127-125 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Luka Doncic was fantastic again despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-luka-doncic-makes-dramatic-old-admission-after-embarrassing-lakers-at-home" rel="noopener">dealing with an injury</a>, while Tim Hardaway Jr. also performed well for the Mavs. With Kyrie Irving <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-injury-update-jason-kidd" rel="noopener">out with an injury</a> of his own, however, it was Dante Exum who proved to be Dallas’ X-factor.</p><p>Exum was fantastic versus the Lakers, scoring 26 points on 8-10 shooting from the field to go along with seven three-pointers. He added four rebounds, three assists, and one steal as well. Exum’s 26 points was the second highest mark of his career in the NBA.</p><p>The Mavs guard addressed his impressive performance after the game.</p><p>“Obviously, I’m feeling great,” Exum said. “Most importantly we got the win. We got up early and they fought back. We knew it was a back-to-back, it was a game we had to fight. They were coming off their tournament win. I think it was a good fighting game, back and forth.”</p><p>The game did indeed prove to be a fight between two talented teams. LeBron James and Anthony Davis both finished with over 30 points in the contest. Meanwhile, Luka (33 points) and Hardaway (32 points) led the way for Dallas. But it was clear that Exum helped play a deciding role in the win.</p><h2><b>Dante Exum’s resilience is paying off</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mavs-news-dante-exum-gets-real-on-big-performance-in-win-vs-blazers-2.webp"></figure><p>Exum, a 28-year-old from Australia, originally debuted in the NBA during the 2014-15 season with the Utah Jazz. An injury kept him out for the 2015-16 season, and he returned with Utah in 2016-17.</p><p>Exum was a role player who certainly was not known for his long-range shooting prowess. Still, he displayed signs of potential in Utah. Exum’s final season with the Jazz was during the 2019-20 campaign. He ended up joining the Cleveland Cavaliers later that season where he would play until 2021.</p><p>Exum was then traded to the Houston Rockets but did not appear in any NBA games with the team. He would end up signing a deal in the EuroLeague for the 2021-22 season. Exum’s departure from the NBA led to questions about his basketball future.</p><p>After spending two seasons in the EuroLeague, Exum signed a deal with the Mavs for the 2023-24 season. He worked extremely hard during his time in the EuroLeague and developed a more consistent shot. And we saw the results of his hard-work Tuesday night.</p><p>“I think it is not a lot. It is just the consistency of the reps and being confident,” Exum said of his shooting improvement. “That is just something I’ve had to figure out. It’s maturity, growing up and playing. I say this to the coaches a lot. I used to miss my first shot and I started thinking.</p><p>“Now, I am confident and I have this saying if I miss my first one I am going to make the next one. That is what I try to fall back on and just keep shooting.”</p><h2><b>Exum playing big role for Mavs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mavs-dante-exum-proving-to-be-x-factor-after-basketball-career-was-left-for-dead-2.webp"></figure><p>Opposing teams prepare to contain Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving when both are healthy. They also focus on limiting Tim Hardaway Jr. and Dereck Lively. Exum, who is now shooting over 40 percent from deep, has made defenses pay this season when left open.</p><p>Exum was asked about the Lakers leaving him open on Tuesday.</p><p>“I think it started in L.A. And then a lot of teams started to put their 5 on me. So, ever since then I have been in the gym working. Credit to the staff and even our players. Constantly trusting me to shoot the ball and to pass it to me.</p><p>“It was trust in myself and confidence to keep shooting it. I think how Luka plays and he can find anyone at any point. Knowing guys are going to help off to double him, and I have to be ready. I try to put myself in the situation where I can be on the floor. I don’t want to be the guy that is taken out because I can’t hit that shot.”</p><p>Overall, Exum is averaging 7.4 points per game on 52.8 percent field goal and 40.5 percent three-point shooting. Defenses are not going to be able to leave him open anymore given his improved consistency.</p><p>Exum is the Mavs’ X-factor and will continue to play a big role for Dallas moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs’ Dante Exum proving to be X-factor after NBA career was left for dead

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He currently serves as an Associate Editor, covering all sports at ClutchPoints. Smith earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner. In his free time, he enjoys watching basketball, distance running, playing NBA 2K, and eating good food.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks completed an impressive effort against the Los Angeles Lakers. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-luka-doncic-truth-bomb-lakers-lebron-james" rel="noopener">Mavs’ 127-125 win</a> pushed them further up the Western Conference. Of course, Luka Doncic led the team with a spectacular stat line. One of his j<a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1734763304092832137" rel="noopener">aw-dropping plays</a> came in the form of a dime pass to Dante Exum.</p><h2><b>Luka Doncic continues to wow as the Mavs triumph over the Lakers</b></h2><p>Doncic drove into a wall of defense from Jaxson Hayes late in the fourth quarter. He nearly came to a hault but was able to dump off a beautiful pass to Dante Exum:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">How did Luka Doncic make this pass to Dante Exum?? 🤯 <a href="https://t.co/C4AZJui2cV">pic.twitter.com/C4AZJui2cV</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1734763304092832137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The vision <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-bloodied-luka-doncic-goes-at-refs-anthony-davis-elbow-to-the-face" rel="noopener">Doncic displayed is one way</a> he catches opposing defenses off guard. Dante Exum was able to capitalize off the pass to add to his historic night, but even he <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1734788680613523783" rel="noopener">did not expect </a>Doncic’s crazy play.</p><p>“I did not expect that pass to come, so I was just glad I hit it,” Exum said before laughing, per the NBA’s X account.</p><p>Exum scored 26 points and shot 78 percent on three-pointers during the game. His breakout performance came at the perfect time, as Kyrie Irving was ruled out for the game. Luka Doncic’s presence was also on point.</p><p>The 24-year-old finished the night with 33 points, 18 assists, and six rebounds. Doncic continues to show why he is a perennial MVP candidate. He remains one of the top scorers and assistmen in the NBA.</p><p>If the Mavs continue to play the way they did against the Lakers, they will be one of the scariest teams to face in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Lakers won the NBA In-Season Tournament, but their hot streak ended in Dallas.</p><p>Anthony Davis finished Tuesday night with a commanding 37-point-11-rebound double-double. Meanwhile, LeBron James came alive in the second half to finish with 33 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds. Their efforts were not enough to stop the magic of Luka Doncic, Dante Exum, and co.</p><h2>What is next for the Mavs?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mavs_news__Kyrie_Irving_forced_to_leave_vs._Blazers_after_scary_fall_Dwight_Powell_collision.webp"></figure><p>Dallas extended their win streak to four games after the win against LA. The team is preparing for a bold test against the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 14th.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs star Luka Doncic’s crazy dime to Dante Exum is a true work of art

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/los-angeles-lakers-lebron-james-tip-hat-mavs-dante-exum');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James: ‘Tip your hat’ to Mavs’ Dante Exum after career game vs. Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/lebron-james-anthony-davis-dante-exum.webp"></figure><h1>LeBron James: ‘Tip your hat’ to Mavs’ Dante Exum after career game vs. Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-12T20:45:44-08:00">December 12th, 8:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-13T09:57:46-08:00">December 13th, 9:57am</time><address><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/author/michaelc/">Michael Corvo</a>Los Angeles Lakers beat reporter. Follow me at @michaelcorvoNBA on Twitter, IG, TikTok for daily Lakers news, notes, and analysis. I also write things about golf.NYC/USC/LA. Aspiring Shane Falco.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers, understandably, were cool with letting Dante Exum shoot. Unfortunately, the Dallas Mavericks guard was hotter than ever.</p><p>Exum, starting in place of the injured Kyrie Irving, entered Tuesday’s game 8-for-28 on the season from 3-point range. Repeatedly left wide open, Exum made the Lakers pay seven times in nine attempts on his way to 26 points in 36 minutes. His final bucket — a corner-pocket snipe to put Dallas up by six with 52.1 seconds to go — was a fitting culmination of his out-of-body experience.</p><p>“You have a gameplan, you live with the results,” said LeBron James. “Dante had a career night from the 3-point line, and you tip your hat.”</p><p>The Lakers consistently abandoned Exum to trap Luka Doncic, who finished with 33 points on 28 field-goal attempts but took advantage of the collapsing defense in the form of 17 assists. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 32 points off the bench.</p><h2><b>Lakers’ plan vs. Mavs</b></h2><p>“In an attempt to put extra bodies on Luka, you just decide who you’re going to play a little bit heavier off of,” said Darvin Ham. “These guys are pros … (the) numbers told us that Dante could be a heavy shift guy. But he’s a pro. He’s a helluva player. Tonight was his night. It’s a make-or-miss league. He happened to make them.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I did not expect that pass to come…"</p><p>Dante Exum on the Luka wraparound dime 🗣️ <a href="https://t.co/vWmxytlKvc">pic.twitter.com/vWmxytlKvc</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1734788680613523783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Anytime you play a guy like Luka that’s so talented, so good passing the ball, but obviously scores it as well, it makes it tough,” said Austin Reaves, who had 22 points. “That’s the challenge when you have a guy like that on the other team that you’re trying to slow down. And Exum, you got to tip your hat to him. Coming into the game, we knew he hadn’t shot the ball well from 3 and tonight he hits seven of them. So, you tip your hat and you move forward.”</p><p>The Lakers’ rare <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/los-angeles-lakers-in-season-tournament-championship-indiana-pacers-lebron-james-anthony-davis-mvp">non-In-Season-Tournament</a> hot shooting night — 15-0f-29 from 3, including 5-of-6 from Taurean Prince — was almost entirely negated by Exum and Grant Williams (5-for-7).</p><p>“It’s amazing,” Ham said about the long-range production from Doncic, Exum and Williams. “17 out of 26, that’s a ton. And all the while trying to deal with Luka.”</p><p>Despite Dallas’ deadeyes, the Lakers (14-10) — who hadn’t lost since Nov. 30 — still had a chance to overcome a sloppy first half and steal a road win. In the end, Ham was pleased with his team’s resiliency coming off the success in Las Vegas.</p><p>“What we can control is not allowing them to get 12 free throw attempts in the first quarter and 24 points off our 15 turnovers,” said the Lakers’ head coach. “At the end of the day, they got up to a couple of double-digit leads. We could’ve folded the tent but we kept fighting all the way til the end. … It’s encouraging.”</p><p>Davis pushed through a tweaked hip to put in 37 points (15-for-21 FG) and 11 rebounds. LeBron, in 40 minutes, finished with 33 points (14-for-27 FG), nine assists, and eight rebounds. Both stars will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/los-angeles-lakers-lebron-james-anthony-davis-injury-victor-wembanyama-san-antonio-spurs">determine their status</a> for the second leg of the road back-to-back, against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James: ‘Tip your hat’ to Mavs’ Dante Exum after career game vs. Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavs-fans-go-wild-over-dante-exum-exhuming-career-with-epic-3-point-barrage-vs-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavs fans go wild over Dante Exum exhuming career with epic 3-point barrage vs. Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mavs-news-dallas-fans-go-wild-over-dante-exum-exhuming-career-with-epic-3-point-barrage-vs-lakers.webp"></figure><h1>Mavs fans go wild over Dante Exum exhuming career with epic 3-point barrage vs. Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-12T19:31:17-08:00">December 12th, 7:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-12T19:31:17-08:00">December 12th, 7:31pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Chris Smith is a writer and sports enthusiast from Aurora, Illinois. He currently serves as an Associate Editor, covering all sports at ClutchPoints. Smith earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner. In his free time, he enjoys watching basketball, distance running, playing NBA 2K, and eating good food.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks finished a nail-biting Western Conference matchup on top of the Los Angeles Lakers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-bloodied-luka-doncic-goes-at-refs-anthony-davis-elbow-to-the-face" rel="noopener">Dallas’ 127-125 win</a> was largely a result of another tremendous effort from Luka Doncic. However, Dante Exum fired Mavs fans up after his refreshing display of shooting <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-seth-curry-lakers-ankle-injury" rel="noopener">against the Lakers</a>.</p><h2><b>Dante Exum experienced a perfectly timed revival during the Mavs-Lakers game</b></h2><p>Exum finished the night with 26 points, four rebounds, three assists, and shot an impressive 78% (7/9) on three-pointers. The 28-year-old looks to have found a meaningful role with Dallas after spending time overseas. Now, fans are <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=exum&amp;src=typed_query" rel="noopener">singing his praises</a>:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dante Exum against The Lakers tonight <a href="https://t.co/lsjyNmid70">pic.twitter.com/lsjyNmid70</a></p><p>— G.Multani (@geemultani24) <a href="https://twitter.com/geemultani24/status/1734768165861953782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dante Exum to the Lakers <a href="https://t.co/SMhrZFyuu5">pic.twitter.com/SMhrZFyuu5</a></p><p>— + (@GottaShyne) <a href="https://twitter.com/GottaShyne/status/1734770818645680317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Exum exceeded well above his season averages of 6.4 points and 28% shooting on three-pointers. His ascent is a great sign for a Mavs team that is missing the services of Kyrie Irivng and recently injured Seth Curry. Exum was not the only role player who showed up Tuesday night:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">role players when they face the Lakers</p><p>Dante Exum &amp; Grant Williams are 11-13 from 3  <a href="https://t.co/eM8vVoHs6L">pic.twitter.com/eM8vVoHs6L</a></p><p>— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1734766938172387696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Grant Williams ended the night with 19 points after going on a three-point barrage of his own. In addition, Williams’ defense and presence against the Lakers helped the team get opportune stops. Things seemed to flow in the right direction for the Mavs, whose attack was once again spearheaded by Luka Doncic.</p><p>Doncic scored 33 points and dished an incredible 17 assists to go with six rebounds. The 24-year-old guard continues to make a case in the league’s MVP race. He and his teammates have helped Dallas to a top-three spot in the Western Conference.</p><p>The Lakers’ In-Season Tournament celebration was spoiled by the Mavs. Nevertheless, Anthony Davis and LeBron James each poured in over 30 points to give LA a chance to win.</p><p>Hopefully, Dallas can continue its win streak and cohesiveness as it looks to take over the West.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs fans go wild over Dante Exum exhuming career with epic 3-point barrage vs. Lakers

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He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks earned a 125-112 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on the road Friday. Luka Doncic led the charge once again with 32 points, 10 assists, and six rebounds. Dante Exum, however, played a pivotal role in Dallas’ victory as well.</p><p>Exum finished the game with 23 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. He <a href="https://twitter.com/dallasmavs/status/1733373993971744833" rel="noopener">addressed his strong performance</a> after the game, via the Dallas Mavericks on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>“We know they’re (Blazers) a young team, they’re going to play hard,” Exum said. “So it was just about coming out here and grinding. And we did.”</p><p>Kyrie Irving <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-forced-to-leave-vs-blazers-scary-fall-dwight-powell-collision" rel="noopener">suffered an injury scar</a>e during the game. An initial report suggested that Irving left the arena in a wheelchair, but Mavs head coach Jason Kidd later refuted that report. Regardless, there is certainly concern about Irving’s injury.</p><p>Exum commented on how the Mavs came together and still found a way to win despite losing a superstar in Irving.</p><p>“When Kai went down, it was just about team, everyone getting involved,” Exum continued. “That’s what we did. I’m glad that we were able to get the win.”</p><p>Exum features the potential to become a big part of this Mavs team. He has proven that he can contribute at a high level and help Dallas win games.</p><h2><b>Dante Exum’s impact on Mavs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mavs-news-dante-exum-gets-real-on-big-performance-in-win-vs-blazers-2.webp"></figure><p>Exum, 28, has played in 18 games so far for the Mavs. He is averaging 5.8 points per contest in 12.7 minutes per game. Again, as mentioned earlier, it would not be surprising to see Exum begin to receive more minutes on a consistent basis.</p><p>Exum explained his mindset in his current role for the Mavs, and how it impacted his game on Friday.</p><p>“I came in with the same mindset. I’m going to pick up full-court and help as much as I can offensively, I can get downhill. The shots haven’t been falling so far but I’ve been staying confident. And you know, look, tonight I went 2-2 from three.”</p><p>It will be interesting to see how the Mavs utilize Dante Exum moving forward. He could emerge as an X-Factor of sorts for the Mavericks.</p><p>Dallas will look to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-takeaways-luka-doncic-dallas-jazz" rel="noopener">win their third consecutive game</a> on Monday in a road clash with the Memphis Grizzlies.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
7.8	2.7	2.9	0.1	0.4

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
7.8	2.7	2.9	0.1	0.4

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