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Miami's Matthew Cleveland Strikes Deal with the Dallas Mavericks

Updated June 27, 2025, 4:31 p.m. 1 min read
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The Miami Hurricanes basketball team has gone under a full rebuild after the disaster that was last season.

However, there was still a positive impact on the team under the team's leader, Matthew Cleveland.

Cleveland will now get a shot in the NBA as the Dallas Mavericks take a chance on the former five-star recruit.

Everyone knows how historically bad the Canes were last season, which also minimized what Cleveland did in a career year.

Among ACC players, Cleveland finished the regular season sixth in scoring (17.6), first in number of 30-point games (three), fourth in field goal percentage (.511), and fifth in number of 20-point games (14).

Cleveland was the only ACC player this year to score 30-plus points in three games.

In conference play, Cleveland averaged 21.3 points, good for second among all ACC players in scoring.

The Atlanta native scored in double-figures in 21 of 28 games played this season and tallied a career-high 32 points in two games.

Cleveland scored 20-plus points in seven straight games, the only Miami player to do so in the last 20 years.

Cleveland finished the season with All-ACC honors but was not placed on any team.

The Canes losing so much hurt his stock, but now he has a chance to shine on the biggest stage in the NBA..

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