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My Take
Dante Exum is a fascinating what-could-have-been case to me. An Australian out of Melbourne who skipped college and went fifth overall to Utah in 2014, he arrived with huge expectations as a long, athletic guard. Injuries kept getting in the way, which is the cruel part of his story, but I admire that he stayed in it, eventually landing with Dallas and representing Australia for that 2020 Tokyo bronze. At 198cm he's got rare size for a guard. I find players who weather repeated setbacks and keep contributing more compelling than smooth, uninterrupted careers. He earned that medal.
Overview
Danté Exum ( DAHN-tay EK-səm; born 13 July 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He chose to bypass college and was ultimately selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. Exum has played for the Australia national team and won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dante Exum
- Name (Japanese)
- ダンテ・エクザム
- Reading
- だんて・えくざむ
- Born
- July 13, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
- Origin
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 198 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Thomas Carr College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.