It’s not Luka Doncic, but the Dallas Mavericks are set to get a contributing piece back in Friday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons.

Marc Stein: Dante Exum is said to be on course to make his season debut tonight after missing Dallas' first 48 games following wrist surgery. Exum is expected to play limited minutes in Detroit in his long-awaited Mavericks return. More NBA from me: tinyurl.com/yrmzrx83 + @DLLS_Sports

Mavericks point guard Dante Exum, who has missed the first 48 games of the season while recovering from surgery on his right wrist, appears set to make his season debut on Friday, reports NBA insider Marc Stein ( Twitter link ).