NBA Prospect Walker Makes Debut for Gators

On Tuesday night, Billy Donovan unleashed Chris Walker, the much-hyped, potential month-and-done NBA prospect. The freshman had finally gained clearance from the men and women behind the curtain in Indianapolis to compete after missing the first semester due to academic issues. Walker wasn’t the best player on the floor during his debut in No. 3 […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Dante Exum Hopes to Join Lakers or Magic

So which teams could use (Dante) Exum? While (Randy) Livingston said “really any team because he has so much talent and so much upside,” Exum has two in mind: the Lakers and Orlando Magic. “Definitely L.A. is one option,” he said. “If I get the opportunity to go to L.A. and play for the Lakers, […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Dante Exum Wants Heavy Minutes as Rookie?

While there’s still months of hard training and workouts with prospective NBA teams ahead of the draft on June 26, (Dante) Exum wants to be picked up by a club with big plans for him. “I don’t want to go to a team, somewhere like the (Los Angeles) Clippers, that have Chris Paul and I’ll […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Dante Exum Seeking Out Advice from Kobe

Canberra schoolboy Dante Exum plans to sit down with Kobe Bryant to learn the secrets behind the superstar’s successful leap from high school to the NBA. ”A reason why I signed with the agent I’m with is he has Kobe Bryant, and he’s been through this when he came into the NBA,” Exum said. ”I […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Australian Phenom Exum Declares for Draft

Australian phenom Dante Exum has decided to declare for the 2014 NBA draft, his family and agent told ESPN.com on Tuesday. Exum has agreed to hire agent Rob Pelinka and Brandon Rosenthal of Landmark Sports Agency. Pelinka’s clients include Kobe Bryant, James Harden, Andre Iguodala and Andre Drummond. Exum and his family met eight different […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Thunder’s Durant Not Focusing on MVP Award

It’s still too early to make any real MVP statement, but this is absolutely the kind of game you file away in the memory bank for later. The way Durant carried his team — again — against a good team behind a transcendent performance… that’s what MVP seasons are made of. “That’s premature man. It’s […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021