Dante Exum Rumors

Shams Charania: The Grizzlies were among several teams interested in trading for Prosper this offseason before the Dallas Mavericks decided to waive and stretch his contract to sign Dante Exum. Now Memphis lands the athletic frontcourt piece as a free agent.

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Dallas Mavericks PR: The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have re-signed guard Danté Exum. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a related move, Dallas has requested waivers on forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper.

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Keith Smith: The Dallas Mavericks have officially re-signed guard Dante Exum.

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Keith Smith: Factoring in unlikely bonuses for Caleb Martin and PJ Washington (unlikely bonuses count towards the apron calculation), Dallas was just under $600K under their second-apron hard cap. After waiving-and-stretching Olivier-Maxence Prosper, the Mavs are almost $3.6M under the second apron. That's enough room to sign Dante Exum to a vet minimum deal at $2.3M.

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Michael Scotto: Just In: The Dallas Mavericks will waive-and-stretch Olivier-Maxence Prosper, league sources told @hoopshype . The former 24th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft is being waived to make room for Dante Exum and duck the second apron. The 23-year-old is expected to draw free agency interest

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Bobby Marks: Friday at 5pm ET. is the deadline to waive and stretch a player. The move was needed to sign Dante Exum. The Mavericks were $1.6M below the 2nd apron prior to the waiver. The Exum cap hit will be $2.3M

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The reason: Friday at 5 PM ET is the deadline for a player to be released via the league's waive-and-stretch provision. More than one well-placed league observer has conveyed to me that Dallas might ultimately be forced to waive-and-stretch one contract to clear the way for signing Exum rather than attaching draft capital to a player such as Prosper just to make a move.

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Yossi Gozlan: The Mavericks have two second-round picks to trade as an incentive for a team to take on Olivier-Maxence Prosper. They could waive and stretch him to create apron space to sign Dante Exum and keep draft equity. Deadline to stretch a player’s 2025-26 salary is Friday, August 29.

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Marc Stein: The Mavericks have ramped up their efforts to create the needed roster space to complete the signing of Dante Exum, sources tell @Jake Fischer and me. The push has focused on finding a new home via trade for Olivier-Maxence Prosper. More NBA from us: tinyurl.com/ty6tnur3

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Dante Exum considered the Knicks as a possible destination before he agreed to a deal with Dallas on Wednesday.

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Shams Charania: Free agent guard Dante Exum has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell ESPN. Exum considered two other contenders but returns to Dallas to share ball-handling duties to start the season with D'Angelo Russell.

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Bobby Marks: Dallas was a projected $1.6M below the 2nd apron before Dante Exum. A corresponding move will be needed to trim some salary. Exum cap hit will be $2.3M

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Marc Stein: With teams afforded 21 roster spots in the offseason, Dallas does not need an immediate trade to make roster room to bring back Dante Exum, who league sources say has agreed to a deal today to become the Mavericks’ 16th standard NBA contract.

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League sources say that the Mavericks also have interest in re-signing guard Dante Exum, who becomes a free agent Monday. But signing Russell or any other veteran guard with their taxpayer midlevel exception would take Dallas' roster to a full 15 standard contracts. There won't be room for Exum if the Mavericks get to 15.

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