In what can’t be considered a surprise to anyone who follows basketball, several NBA agents who have met with Dante Exum in Australia believe he will enter the 2014 Draft.
“I would be shocked if he doesn’t enter the draft,” one agent who recently met with Exum’s family, told Yahoo Sports. “He knows he’s a lottery pick, and knows several teams have him very high on their boards. His family knows that this is an opportunity that may not come again.”
Said another agent who tripped to Australia: “This is a bright, thoughtful kid – a great family – and they’re taking their time to think all this through. But in the end, I didn’t sense anything that would hold him back from [the draft]. … I can’t imagine him not coming out.”
DraftExpress.com projects the 6-foot-6 Exum as the No. 5 pick behind Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid.
Exum has already visited Indiana and has said he plans to trip to Oregon, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and North Carolina, where his father, Cecil Exum, played.
“I’ll believe it when I see it,” one assistant coach told SNY.tv of the visits.
Yahoo reported that Exum is expected to move to the U.S. to begin training once he makes a decision.
