Free agent guard Dante Exum has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks, sources advised ESPN on Wednesday.
Exum thought of two different contenders however returns to Dallas to share ballhandling duties to start out the season with D’Angelo Russell.
Exum has averaged 8.0 factors and a couple of.8 assists per recreation throughout his two seasons in Dallas and is valued as a flexible perimeter defender. He was restricted to solely 20 video games final season due to a fractured wrist and damaged hand.
Exum’s return, together with the signing of Russell with the taxpayer midlevel exception, supplies Dallas backcourt depth whereas nine-time All-Star Kyrie Irving recovers from a knee damage that’s anticipated to sideline him until at least January.
The Mavs might want to make a corresponding roster transfer to stay beneath the wage cap’s second apron after re-signing Exum, in line with ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon contributed to this report.