Cecil Exum (born August 7, 1962) is a retired basketball player who is a naturalized Australian citizen. He played a number of years in the Australian National Basketball League.
Exum, a 6'6 forward from Dudley, North Carolina, played collegiate basketball for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina from 1980 to 1984. At UNC, Exum was a member of the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA championship team as a sophomore with future Hall of Fame players James Worthy and Michael Jordan.
Although Exum played sparingly at UNC, he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the ninth round of the 1984 NBA Draft (194th pick overall).[1]
Exum found his niche playing professionally in Australia. He played seven years in the NBL for the North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers and Geelong Supercats.[2]
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