NBA Free Agency: Ranking the top 10 points guards on the open market

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – APRIL 23: Dante Exum #11 of the Utah Jazz drives around Raymond Felton #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first half during Game Four of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Vivint Smart Home Arena on April 23, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images) /

6. Dante Exum, Utah Jazz (restricted)

Stats: 8.1 points, 3.1 assists, 48% FG

Dante Exum only played in 14 games this past season for the Utah Jazz and has been decimated by injuries through the first three seasons of his career, but let’s not forget that he was a highly touted player out of Australia.

He is just 22 years old and was the 5th overall pick just three years ago. To say that Exum will not pan out in the NBA would be a bit premature, and flat-out unfair. Exum is going to get another shot here, but I’m not sure it’s going to be in Utah.

If there’s a team out there that is in the midst of a long rebuild, they should give Exum a call. He’s a low-risk, high-reward type of prospect that would be too costly on the open market.

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