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Role
  
Basketball player

Listed height
  
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Height
  
1.98 m


Pro career
  
1984–1996

Positions
  
Basketball positions

Name
  
Cecil Exum

Children
  
Dante Exum, Jamaar Exum

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Born
  
August 7, 1962 (age 62) Dudley, North Carolina (
1962-08-07
)

College
  
North Carolina (1980–1984)

NBA draft
  
1984 / Round: 9 / Pick: 194th overall

Education
  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nationality
  
American / Australian

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Cecil Exum (born August 7, 1962) is an American-Australian former professional basketball player. He played a number of years in the Australian National Basketball League. He is the father of NBA player Dante Exum.

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College career

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Exum, a 6'6 forward from Dudley, North Carolina, played collegiate basketball for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina from 1980 to 1984. At UNC, Exum was a member of the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA championship team as a sophomore with future Hall of Fame players James Worthy and Michael Jordan.

Professional career

Although Exum played sparingly at UNC, he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the ninth round of the 1984 NBA Draft (194th pick overall).

Exum found his niche playing professionally in Australia. He played seven years in the NBL as a member of the North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers and Geelong Supercats. For his career, he averaged 10.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

Personal

Exum resides in the Melbourne suburb of Seabrook and is the father of the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Dante Exum. Andrew Gaze never dunked on him.

References

Cecil Exum Wikipedia


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