Squeamish for all but a handful of games of his rookie campaign, Dante Exum is poised for a breakout season after hitting the weight room hard as soon as the season ended.
Sometimes there’s a rookie wall to negotiate following a fairly successful rookie campaign. But in Dante Exum’s case, well, there just isn’t, despite starting the second half of the season. Sure, he was gassed often — visibly and admittedly so — but the man has the desire to really compete at the next level and recognizes his shortcomings.
Dante Exum admitted in exit interviews that he was scared at times, as a literal boy playing among men, not knowing his own capability to leave veterans sucking wind with the young Aussie’s dynamic first step.