Dallas Mavericks have applied for a Disabled Player Exception after season-ending injuries to Dereck Lively II and Dante Exum.
Dallas Mavericks have officially requested a Disabled Player Exception from the league for both Dereck Lively II and Dante Exum, Marc Stein of The Stein Line reports.
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Earlier, Shams Charania reported that Lively will undergo a season-ending procedure on his right foot to address lingering discomfort. The 21-year-old center is expected to make a full recovery.
Lively’s first three seasons in the NBA have been hampered by injuries, limiting him to just 98 regular-season games. This season, he appeared in seven games for the Mavericks, averaging 4.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in roughly 16 minutes per contest.
Exum, 30, will also undergo season-ending knee surgery. He has been dealing with complications from a right knee procedure in the offseason, and a follow-up surgery has been deemed necessary.
Despite injury struggles last season, including a broken hand that limited him to 20 games, Exum showed his value on the floor.
He averaged 8.7 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game while shooting efficiently, connecting on 47.8% of his field-goal attempts and 43.4% from three-point range.
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