Mavericks Guard Dante Exum Suffers Serious Wrist Injury, Surgery Could be Required

Could Dallas Mavericks guard Dante Exum’s 2024-25 encore season be over before it even starts?

Sources inform Shams Charania of The Athletic that the veteran incurred what is being called “a serious right wrist injury,” exact terms of which have yet to be divulged. Surgery may be needed to deal with the ailment, Charania adds. That said, Dallas is currently considering a variety of potential methods for dealing with the injury.

Exum, a former lottery pick by the Utah Jazz, signed a veteran’s minimum deal with Dallas as a reclamation project last year. He blossomed into a key defensive presence off the bench for a Finals-bound Mavericks club, providing critical point-of-attack coverage on the kinds of athletic guards All-Star starters Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving could never hope to contain.

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