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When Dante Exum suffered a fractured left hand, it was thought that the veteran guard would miss the rest of the season. Now, Exum might make an earlier-than-expected return for Dallas. Exum has been upgraded to questionable for the Mavericks home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. Exum was injured in the Mavs loss to the Houston Rockets on March 14. At the time, … [Read more...] about Dante Exum Could Return Earlier Than Expected From Fractured Hand

Jason Kidd has said he wasn't involved in the Dallas Mavericks' decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and that Nico Harrison looped in at the eleventh hour. "The trade was made and J-Kidd says he didn't know about it until the eleventh hour, I'll just say my understanding is he didn't exactly toss himself in front of the oncoming train to try to prevent it … [Read more...] about Jason Kidd Didn’t Try To Stop Mavericks From Trading Luka Doncic When He Learned Of Deal

The Dallas Mavericks are expected to have cost themselves nine figures in revenue over the next few seasons due to the Luka Doncic trade, sources tell ESPN's Tim MacMahon. Attendance has been down since the Doncic trade and so many fans canceled season tickets after the trade that the Mavericks offered limited refunds in attempts of generating some level of goodwill. The … [Read more...] about Mavericks Likely Cost Themselves Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars With Luka Doncic Trade

Luka Doncic's return to play at the Dallas Mavericks for the first time since his trade to the Los Angeles Lakers drew the largest non-Christmas NBA audience with an average of 2.26 million viewers. The game had a peak audience of 2.79 million viewers and was up 71 percent against the comparable game from last year. Doncic scored 45 points in the Lakers' 112-97 win over the … [Read more...] about Luka Doncic’s Return To Dallas Draws Highest Non-Christmas Day Audience Of Season

Nico Harrison wanted Luka Doncic to travel with the Dallas Mavericks during a five-game, 10-day road trip in late January as he continued his rehabilitation from a calf strain. Doncic had believed he had suffered the calf strain on Christmas because he returned too soon from a previous injury. Doncic's camp also believed plane rides could create a possible setback and that he … [Read more...] about Luka Doncic Choosing Not To Travel With Mavs During Late January Road Trip Frustrated Execs