SALT LAKE CITY — Earlier this week, Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum posted a photo on Instagram of himself at a beach as the NBA's All-Star break was nearing conclusion. Exum finished the caption on the photo with #backsoon.
Did that hashtag mean the Aussie guard would be ready to play Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road after missing more than a month because of a sprained left ankle?
As it's turned out, the answer to that question is "no."
The Jazz announced on Thursday that Exum will not play in the game after he was reevaluated in the afternoon.