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-about 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 pair 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, gives Dallas backcourt depth whereas nine-time All-Star Kyrie Irving recovers from a knee damage that’s anticipated to sideline him till at the 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.