Pacers Officially Sign Well-Traveled Guard To Camp Deal

August 28, 2024

The Indiana Pacers have officially signed shooting guard Dakota Mathias to an Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per the RealGM transactions log.

Mathias, 29, is 6-foot-4 and went undrafted out of Purdue in 2018. He appeared in eight games with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2020-21, followed by six games with the Memphis Grizzlies a year later.

He has also spent time professionally in Spain, Germany and the G League. Along with that, he played for the Pacers in the NBA Summer League in July, averaging 6.6 points and 1.2 rebounds.

Like most of these Exhibit 10 signings, Mathias could get an opportunity to compete for a two-way deal, though he’s likely headed to the Indiana Mad Ants.

An Exhibit 10 contract is a non-guaranteed minimum-salary deal. It doesn’t count toward a team’s cap unless the player makes the final roster. It also can be converted to a two-way deal before the season begins or mean guaranteed money if a player is waived and then stays on the G League club for at least 60 days.

This move coincides with the Pacers officially waiving guard Kyle Magnus and forward Cameron McGriff, both of whom are headed to the Mad Ants.

Magnus, 25, is 6-4 and is a product of Warsaw (Ind.) High School and Indiana Wesleyan University. He went undrafted in 2021 and played for the Mad Ants last season after a couple years overseas.

He then spent July with the Los Angeles Lakers summer team in Las Vegas.

McGriff, 26, is 6-7 and went undrafted out of Oklahoma State in 2020. He has bounced around between overseas and the G League, appearing in three games with the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2021-22 season and averaging 4.7 points and 5.0 rebounds.