The Utah Jazz are once again worried about Dante Exum.The Australian bruised his shoulder joint in the Preseason game against Phoenix on Friday – and could miss the whole season.
The 22-year-old had fallen badly against the Suns in a move to the basket and had to leave the field immediately afterwards.Jazz coach Quin Snyder had already said before the tests that it didn’t look “good”.
According to ESPN, an MRI examination has now revealed that Exum has contracted a shoulder joint dislocation on the left shoulder, and ligaments are also damaged.On Sunday it will be decided how to deal with this situation.It is clear that Exum could miss the whole season.
For Exum, this is the second serious injury to his young NBA career.He had to completely suspend his sophomore season after getting a cruciate ligament rupture in the summer of 2015.
The No. 5 pick of 2014 scored 6.2 points and 2 rebounds per game last season, but his role was supposed to get much bigger this season.Now the minutes will probably go to Rookie Donovan Mitchell and Raul Neto for the time being.