It took just three games for injuries to once again take the breath away from Jazz fans and the future away from players. Dante Exum was injured in his third preseason game against the Phoenix Suns and at this stage, a return to the court in the 2017-18 NBA season looks unlikely.
Fortunately, the Jazz are already familiar with the next-man-up mentality needed to get past this seemingly endless string of injuries. As Quin Snyder so eloquently put it after Gordon Hayward’s departure, “adversity is opportunity in disguise”. And the same thing holds true with the injury to Dante Exum.