Welcome to the big leagues, Dante Exum!
The rangy eighteen year old point guard from Melbourne, Australia is now a member of the Utah Jazz after being selected fifth overall in the shit fashion parade that is the 2014 NBA Draft, happening right now in New York City.
The guy who most talent evaluators agree has the best name in his entire draft class followed highly touted college prospects Andrew Wiggins (1st pick, Cleveland Cavaliers), Jabari Parker (2nd pick, Milwaukee Bucks), Joel Embiid (3rd pick, Philadelphia 76ers) and Aaron Gordon (4th pick, Orlando Magic), falling into one of the most depressing arranged marriages ever with a small market minnow which has been languishing in NBA obscurity since the departure of Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton.
The 6’6” combo guard is the highest picked Australian player since Boomers teammate Andrew Bogut, who was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Bucks back in 2005.
NBA scouts have been high on Exum ever since his dominant showing at the Nike Hoops Summit in America last year and his performance at the FIBA U-19 World Championships where his most off the wall statistical performance included 33 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists against Spain in the semifinals.
To the highlights! Congratulations young man.
