Dante Exum
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| No. 11 – Utah Jazz | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
13 July 1995 Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Utah Jazz | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–present | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||||||
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Danté Exum (born 13 July 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was considered one of the best prospects for the 2014 NBA draft prior to graduating from high school in 2013. He chose to bypass college and was ultimately selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 draft.
Exum was born in the Melbourne suburb of East Melbourne to American parents. He played for the Keilor Basketball Association as a junior and attended Lake Ginninderra Secondary College in Canberra where, in conjunction with, also attended the Australian Institute of Sport. Along with basketball, he grew up playing Australian rules football but gave it up to focus on basketball.
In April 2013, Exum participated in the Nike Hoop Summit for the World Select Team, where he recorded 16 points, three rebounds and two assists in a 112–98 win over the USA Junior Select Team. In October 2013, he graduated from Lake Ginninderra and had the option to enroll in college and play college basketball during the 2013–14 season, but he decided against it.
Exum competed for Lake Ginninderra in the Australian National High School Basketball Championships in December 2013, and helped them win the eventual title.
On 28 January 2014, it was announced that Exum signed with agents from Landmark Sports and that he would declare for the 2014 NBA draft.
On 26 June 2014, Exum was selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. On 11 July 2014, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Jazz. The following day marked the start of the Utah Jazz Summer League, and over five games in the tournament, Exum averaged 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.4 steals in 26.7 minutes per game. He made his NBA debut in the Jazz's season opener on 29 October 2014, recording five points, one assist and one steal in 9½ minutes of action in a 104–93 loss to the Houston Rockets. Three days later, he scored 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc in a 118–91 win over the Phoenix Suns. On 22 January 2015, he had a season-best game with 15 points and five assists in a 101–99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. On 1 April 2015, he had a career-high 12 assists in a 98–84 win over the Denver Nuggets. He appeared in all 82 games (41 starts) as a rookie and averaged 4.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 22.2 minutes. Exum became only the 10th rookie in Jazz history to play in all 82 games, scoring in double figures in 13 games and leading the team in assists 11 times. He helped the Jazz to a 24–17 record as a starter and was selected to compete in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge during the NBA's All-Star Weekend in New York.
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