The Dallas Mavericks are going through historic absences attributable to accidents. Dante Exum suffered a damaged bone in his left hand on Friday night time, changing into the most recent Mav with a long-term harm. That leaves Dallas with simply eight wholesome gamers.
Making issues much more sophisticated for the Mavs is that two of their wholesome gamers are two-way gamers Kessler Edwards and Brandon Williams. Edwards has solely three NBA video games of eligibility left, whereas Williams has simply six. Dallas has 14 video games to play within the season.
The Mavericks do have an open roster spot, however are slightly below their first-apron laborious cap. Meaning Dallas cannot signal a participant till there solely 4 days left within the NBA season, which would go away the Mavs with two video games to play.
NBA groups are required to decorate at the very least eight gamers for every recreation. In some circumstances, groups have had injured gamers gown, however then not play in video games.