Former Purdue Guard Dakota Mathias Signs Exhibit 10 Contract with NBA Team
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Former Purdue guard Dakota Mathias has agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the NBA's Indiana Pacers. The team made the announcement in a series of roster moves on Monday.
By signing the Exhibit 10 contract, Mathias will suit up for the Indiana Mad Ants, the G-League affiliate of the Pacers. The former Boilermaker played for Indiana during the 2024 NBA Summer League.
The Pacers also announced that they have waived guard Kyle Mangas and forward Cameron McGriff.
Mathias played in five games for the Pacers during Summer League action. He averaged 6.6 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. He also shot better than 46% from the floor.
Mathias has appeared in 14 career games in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers and Memphis Grizzlies. He averaged 3.9 points per game in those games.
Prior to his professional career, Mathias played for the Boilermakers from 2014-18. He flourished his senior season, averaging 12.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He scored more than 1,000 points during his time at Purdue, finishing his career with 1,140 points.
After leaving West Lafayette, Mathias spent time with the 76ers, Grizzlies and their G-League affiliates. In 2023, he played with the RatioPharm Ulm (Germany) in the Basketball Bundesliga.
Per the Indianapolis Star, "An NBA Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year, non-guaranteed deal that puts a player on a G League roster and allows him to play with the NBA team during training camp. Contracts can be converted to two-way deals, which would allow the player to split time between the NBA and G League teams."
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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