Dante Exum recently hired Rob Pelinka as his agent and plans to use Pelinka's connection to Kobe Bryant in order to receive advice from the NBA superstar.

''A reason why I signed with the agent I'm with is he has Kobe Bryant, and he's been through this when he came into the NBA,'' Exum said.

''I guess having him as a mentor who can guide me through what he did and how he became successful is something which is pretty good. I haven't chatted to him yet, but the agent said Kobe knows who I am and he said he'd definitely have a chat to me.''

Exum is widely regarded as a top 10 prospect in the upcoming NBA Draft.

Exum said he also received input from Joe Ingles, Patty Mills and Andrew Bogut when he decided to declare for the draft.