The Dallas Mavericks are dealing with 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 difficult 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 exhausting cap. Which means Dallas cannot signal a participant till there solely 4 days left within the NBA season, which would depart the Mavs with two video games to play.
NBA groups are required to decorate at the least eight gamers for every recreation. In some circumstances, groups have had injured gamers costume, however then not play in video games.