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'It clicked in my head that I can do this': As he deals with offseason rehab, Danté Exum focuses on the positives

Was this preventable?

That was the first thing Danté Exum asked his surgeon. The Utah Jazz guard had just been dealt another setback, another injury in his young career. And he wanted to know if it was his fault.

The surgeon told him, No. There was nothing he could have done. Then, Exum’s mindset shifted.

“I can’t control the uncontrollable,” he said. “There’s no point in me sitting here all said and praying and wishing and wanting to be on the court. It’s just about whatever I can do moving forward.”

"We've got something, we are building something great.