07-03-2023, 07:16 PM
Hollinger notes on Mavs being one of the early NBA free agency winners. I would say it is a little early and their final grade will be what they do over the next few weeks. Regardless, after his positive notes about our draft and now this, it is welcoming. We very rarely get postive comments from him. Probably well deserved too.
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Dallas brought Dante Exum back from Europe’s KK Partizan Belgrade after a nearly two-plus-year hiatus; he hasn’t played in the NBA since January 2021. Since then, he figured out how to shoot (38.8 percent from 3, 84.7 percent from the line last season across all competitions); he was one of the best players in Europe last season and will still only be 28 when the season starts. This was a canny pull on a one-year minimum.
The Mavs also got a great value by bringing back Dwight Powell for three years and a mere $12 million, and added shooting with Seth Curry’s return; it appears the Powell deal’s dollars are lined up to keep Dallas just below the apron if it uses its full $12.4 million midlevel exception on another player.
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Dallas brought Dante Exum back from Europe’s KK Partizan Belgrade after a nearly two-plus-year hiatus; he hasn’t played in the NBA since January 2021. Since then, he figured out how to shoot (38.8 percent from 3, 84.7 percent from the line last season across all competitions); he was one of the best players in Europe last season and will still only be 28 when the season starts. This was a canny pull on a one-year minimum.
The Mavs also got a great value by bringing back Dwight Powell for three years and a mere $12 million, and added shooting with Seth Curry’s return; it appears the Powell deal’s dollars are lined up to keep Dallas just below the apron if it uses its full $12.4 million midlevel exception on another player.
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