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Dante Exum is the latest NBA bit by the injury bug while participating in international competition. The torn ACL in Exum's left knee was a non-contact injury while coming to a jump stop.  The injury will most likely keep Exum out for the entire 2015-16 season. The Utah Jazz selected Exum with the 5th in the 2014 draft and was expected to make an huge impact for a young Jazz roster. Exum averaged 7.9 ppg and 3.9 apg in his rookie season (abcnews.go.com) This on top of the Paul George injury from last year's USA scrimmage game brings me to the point that NBA franchises should reconsider allowing their players to compete in international basketball. NBA teams are investing million of dollars into athletes for them to win NBA games. Not to say that international competition is not important but to have players risk an season-ending injury to play in a "world basketball tournament" just doesn't seem like a good idea. I'm all about players having free will ...

So I'm on twitter and came across something that scared me. Someone said that Paul George is better than Carmelo Anthony. I said "At what sport?" Melo has proven himself to be one of the top players in the league and if you don't want to give him that credit then definitely a top scorer.  I'll hand it to Paul George defensively. But who's to say that's not a reflection of how the Pacers play basketball? I honestly don't like Paul George game. He is inconsistent offensively but wants to dominate the ball, he allows Lance Stevenson to do whatever he wants to do, and I just don't see him as a top player in this league. Melo has a scoring title, consistently top 5 in scoring and has not shown any signs of fear towards LeBron or Kobe (even though they are better.).  Paul George is up and coming and I don't want to sound like I'm hating on him but I refuse to fall into the hype just yet. George defensively is better than Melo but Melo offen...