Trade Radar · open rumor · Sunday, October 11 · 2 d ago

Injury Notes: Mavericks, D. Murray, Haliburton, Bryant

Reported by Grant AfsethRead the original report ↗

Three Mavericks remained sidelined on Sunday for the team’s second straight preseason game in Macao, writes Grant Afseth of DallasSportsJournal.com. Big men Santi Aldama (right knee) and Dereck Lively II (right foot) continue to recover from their respective surgeries, while guard Marcus Sasser is dealing with left adductor soreness. Head coach Dusty May gave a […]

Confidence

48%

Reporter starting tier	50	4 calls on the ledger, tier used until 5
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−2	2 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Santi Aldama

Mavericks · F-C · 14.0 pts · 6.7 reb · 2.9 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $17.01M · next season $17.01M

Marcus Sasser

Mavericks · G · 5.2 pts · 1.0 reb · 2.0 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $5.20M · expiring

Dereck Lively II

Mavericks · C · 4.3 pts · 5.3 reb · 1.9 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $7.24M · expiring

Dallas Mavericks

$197.9M · over the cap · 18 contracts · cap sheet

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