Dante Exum has been in and around the Australian basketball system for almost a decade but before Tokyo 2020, he had never worn the green and gold at the Olympics.
He did not need to though to understand what it all meant.
The 26-year old had been there before, in the locker room after the 2014 World Cup loss, left only with that hollow feeling that he could have done more.
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Exum would have made his Olympic debut long before this year had it not been for a string of cruel injury setbacks, including a torn ACL while representing Australia in 2015.
He was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft but has been…
