With the offseason looming this past summer, the Jazz had a decision to make — bring back restricted free agent guard Dante Exum, or go after someone else instead.
Even for a team with a propensity for valuing continuity, and with a great deal of time and effort already invested in the former No. 5 overall pick, it apparently was no sure thing that the 6-foot-6 point guard would be back for a fifth season with the Jazz.
He had, after all, missed the entire 2015-16 season with a torn ACL, and was limited to just 14 regular-season games this past season after separating his shoulder in the preseason.