Top Australian teenager Dante Exum will bypass college and enter the 2014 NBA Draft after hiring Rob Pelinka as his agent.

Exum, 18, and his family met with a number of agents in the lead-up to the decision and also toured colleges with excellent basketball programs like Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina and Michigan (Pelinka's alma mater).

In a statement to ESPN, Exum and his parents, 1984 NBA draftee Cecil and mother Desiree, said they were looking forward to the new relationship.

"We are excited to be working with Landmark Sports (Pelinka's agency)," the statement said.

"Our family felt The Landmark Team represented our style and manner of treating people, and in doing businesses.

"We also all shared a common commitment to achieving excellence in all things. The fit is just great and we are really pleased to now begin the work."

The AIS product is rated as the best point guard in the draft class, which is expected to be one of the strongest in a decade.

In joining up with Pelinka, Exum joins a stable which includes NBA stars like Kobe Bryant, James Harden and Andre Iguodala, a team-mate of Australian Andrew Bogut.

"We are thrilled and honoured to be working with Dante and his family," Pelinka, a member of the Michigan team during its famed 'Fab Five' era, said in his statement to ESPN.

"As the NBA continues to expand its brand around the world, we feel like Dante's international story comes at a perfect time.

"We also believe that, with continued hard work and focus, Dante is destined to be a 'franchise' point guard in this next generation of great NBA players."

Exum is slated to be taken in the top five picks of the draft but his standing will not be fully known until college stars like Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Marcus Smart, Andrew Wiggins, Aaron Gordon and Julius Randle announce their intentions.

The Melbournian turned heads at last year's Hoop Summit in April - a gathering of the US's top young prospects.

He backed that up by averaging 18 points and four assists at the under-19 championships in Prague, during which he racked up 33 points against Spain and 28 as Australia lost the bronze-medal game against Lithuania.

A lightning-fast first step, strong finishing ability around the hoop and a solid shooting stroke make him a dangerous and wily scorer, while his long arms and basketball IQ, combined with his 198-centimetre frame, make him a superb defender.

He is also a more than capable passer, last week dishing out 15 assists as he led his Canberra high school, Lake Ginninderra, to the national school basketball title.

The declaration will be welcomed by star Golden State Warriors centre Bogut who was concerned Exum's stock could have dropped if he entered college and got injured.

Exum will join fellow Australians Bogut, San Antonio Spurs players Patty Mills and Aron Baynes, and Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Matthew Dellavedova in the world's top basketball league.