It really looked like an Achilles, he did the classic look back to see what happened before hitting the deck. So sad it actually looked like they coming to give him some court time as well.

I know it sounds bad, but he probably should consider playing at a lower level. His body clearly cant hack it. I'm surprised hes lasted this long, given he had played no where enar as much as the kids in the US did over the years and was scouted innacurately (against Aussie kids) and somehow went 5th overall.

If a team wants to keep paying him, power to him.. but yeah, pretty clear to see, he is not at an NBA level of athlete and never was

Sad but really best case given what it could have been.

I still hold out hope. He's still relatively young. Shaun Livingston went through similar issues through his first 10 years as a pro but finally got his body right by age 28 and became a valuable role player.

Dante can still do it, if he wants to.

He won't get any more big deals for sure, but as a buy-low candidate on a minimum contract he'll get offers for sure.

Doubt it

Terrible news...wish his all the best in his recovery.

I was really looking forward to seeing what he could do with a fresh start.

A lot of dopes on here with sweet f all idea. Dante will be back as he's very athletic. And to the vic metro tosser comment did your son get dunked on

758 Not sure which keyboard warrior anonymous you are. How about introducing yourself with a permanent username that way we can discuss things accordingly

"...or anything more than a role player..."

Oh no, the shame of being a role player in the NBA. Something that only a couple of dozen Australian men have ever achieved. But sure, keep trashing the kid.

When was the last time anybody talked about him being a star?

He was drafted 7 years ago and got role player money in his last contract and has been traded (along with draft assets) for another role player. Literally nobody expects him to be a star anymore (and hasn't for some time). Bringing up his draft position every time he has a set back as if it is still relevant is pointless and wears thin.

If he can ever stay healthy, he'll be a good role player at NBA level.

So some factual evidence for anonymous Dante is playing in the best league in the world and playing minutes. Did your son get schooled by Dante?

Ah yes, like noted star #5 picks from the years either side of him: Alex Len, Thomas Robinson, Mario Hezonja, Kris Dunn. Are we still waiting on them to become stars and bringing up their draft position if they get injured? Did they all have management "hide" them too? No? Interesting.

Or could we, say, just accept that the drafting process involves quite a lot of guess work and that lots of players drafted highly simply end up as role players.

Exactly. A lot of people get sucked into thinking NBA scouts/teams know what they're doing when it comes to drafting players but in reality they're only slightly better informed than fans otherwise guys like Kwame Brown or Anthony Bennett wouldn't have been #1 picks let alone #5 like Exum.

The hate on here is an absolute joke just quietly. I hope he returns quickly because it does look like time may be starting to run thin at NBA level for him if he can't strung a decent chunk of the year on the floor. It’s fair to say he his output has been under what was hyped about him but let’s get behind the kid instead of trying to fulfil visions of grandeur about being a tough guy one day... only behind a keyboard...

Putting aside all this hate etc, has there been an update on his injury? Calf? Achilles?

"What's the difference between anonymous and a pseudonym like Doggr."

The difference is when I see a pseudonym post horse shit, I know how much stock to put in anything they say going forward. When an anonymous user posts anything, I just assume its going to be horse shit until proven otherwise.

Just ignore anon's anyone who lacks the decency to create a name/ID isn't worth talking to. Why Isaac hasn't cut out this anon posting BS boggles the mind it's destroying this board.

I can understand why some people post anonymously here as there can be some incessant abuse to people with IDs, but that abuse usually comes from those who are also anonymous

Horse shit aside what's your injury speculation then champ. Don’t want to distract too much from OP post

"Calling other people horseshit.... think Angus has tickets on himself"

Not quite. Try reading it again. If I were to say, for example, "anon #931's reading comprehension skills are horse shit", I wouldn't be saying anon 931 him/herself is horse shit, just that one particular attribute.

Typical hate from clueless morons who have something against those who've made it to the big show (typically anons too), exum has had some really good games so I think he can bounce back, the guy is still quite young still so plenty of time to bounce back, just hope he can get over these injuries and bounce back

Anon 700, you should inform us of how lemanis tastes and feels

I'm sorry for my childish comments.

Either hoops doesn't like me putting clowns in there place or there’s some fool trying to imitate me ;)

Getting paid to sit around.