Cecil Exum
Personal information | |
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Born | Dudley, North Carolina | August 7, 1962
Nationality | American / Australian |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Southern Wayne (Dudley, North Carolina) |
College | North Carolina (1980–1984) |
NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 9 / Pick: 194th overall |
Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |
Playing career | 1984–1996 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 50 |
Career history | |
1989 | North Melbourne Giants |
1990 | Melbourne Tigers |
1991 | North Melbourne Giants |
1992–1996 | Geelong Supercats |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBL statistics | |
Points | 2,104 (10.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,354 (6.9 rpg) |
Assists | 359 (1.8 apg) |
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 National Basketball Association (NBA) player Dante Exum.
College career[]
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).[1]
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.[2] For his career, he averaged 10.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.[3]
Personal[]
Exum resides in the Melbourne suburb of Seabrook. He is the father of the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Dante Exum.[4]
References[]
- ^ 1984 NBA Draft, accessed August 13, 2011
- ^ 2010-11 NBL media guide Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 13, 2011
- ^ Statistics from Cecil Exum in NBL (Australia)
- ^ Former Keilor Thunder basketballer Dante Exum is shooting for NBA selection. Herald Sun. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American emigrants to Australia
- American expatriate basketball people in Australia
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- Denver Nuggets draft picks
- Geelong Supercats players
- Melbourne Tigers players
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- North Melbourne Giants players
- Small forwards
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople