Barcelona were insistently looking for a replacement for the outside line after accumulating three very important casualties, those of point guard Nick Calathes and guards Álex Abrines and Cory Higgins, and they have found an ideal candidate. His name is Danté Exum, he has extensive experience in the NBA despite his youth and would serve as a combo for the positions of ‘1’ and ‘2’. Information advances it Chema de Lucas (Movistar +) and the arrival of the player could be specified soon.
Exum’s latest experience is in the Rockets, which they renewed in summer and then cut it before the season began. In July and August he played the Olympic Games with Australia and achieved bronze being important along with other compatriots such as Jock Landale, Joe Ingles or Patty Mills.
Exum has spent seven years in the NBA since he was selected to it in 2014 (in 5th position). First, five years in the Jazz. Then two years in the Cavaliers. To the Rockets He bequeathed at the beginning of this 2021 by means of transfer.
Abrines, Higgins and Calathes are out due to various injuries and none of them are expected to return before the end of 2021. That is why this option for a temporary contract has been valued. It would take three months and, depending on performance, it could be extended until the end of the season. For Exum it is also a test, as he has not played in European club basketball and has suffered a series of injuries that have sapped his productivity. Right now he is 26 years old.
In the NBA he has played 245 regular phase matches. In no season has he reached 10 points per game. His long arms allow him, in turn, to be important in the defense of the passing lanes, in line with a maxim from Sarunas Jasikevicius in his teams.
