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Remembering what Exum did for the Jazz and why management stands so firmly behind him

It started with Dante locking the P.O.A down and Rudy(and Fave) locking the post. Which left our long athletic wings being hyper aggressive on D. I really just want the best player available to us either at #12 or through a trade. Am kind of stuck on Valentine but wish we could nab Chriss.

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FTR, I believe Exum will be a star.

I also believe a lot of you knuckleheads will think he is a bust after this season. There is a reason why I want the Jazz to sign a starting PG. Exum isn't ready yet.
 
green said:
FTR, I believe Exum will be a star.

I also believe a lot of you knuckleheads will think he is a bust after this season. There is a reason why I want the Jazz to sign a starting PG. Exum isn't ready yet.
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Im not saying that you are wrong but I wonder how many eventual stars looked like busts in their 3rd year at 21 years of age.
 
Looking at his stats from his rookie year.... Offensively he needs to improve a ton. Maybe more than anybody ever to get to "star" level (Hyperbole? Maybe, maybe not)

34% from the field, 31% from three, 62% from the line (wtf).
Per 36 he averaged 7.8 points, 3.9 assists, and 2.6 rebounds. 0.8 steals per 36, 0.3 blocks.
Gets to the line less than once per 36. (0.6 times per game)

Good news is that he can't be any worse offensively
 
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Good news is that he can't be any worse offensively
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Compared to what other 19 year old starting PG from ANY other team.........so easy to put your expert judgement on this 19 year old because he finished out as a starter on this Jazz team...How did the Jazz finish out ? Very curious to who you compare Exum too of other 19 year old starting PG's
 
tleikheen said:
Compared to what other 19 year old starting PG from ANY other team.........so easy to put your expert judgement on this 19 year old because he finished out as a starter on this Jazz team...How did the Jazz finish out ? Very curious to who you compare Exum of other 19 year old starting PG's
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Give me who you think is the worst 19 year old starting point guard that you can think of ever. And we can compare.

Look I understand that he was a super raw rookie. I'm saying that he needs to improve a ton to be considered a star. Do you disagree? Or do think he will be a star with only a little tiny bit of improvement?
 
fishonjazz said:
Im not saying that you are wrong but I wonder how many eventual stars looked like busts in their 3rd year at 21 years of age.
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Exum is such a weird case for a ton of reasons, but the biggest being he went from playing high school basketball in Australia to the NBA. I don't think that has ever been done. Oh, and he took a year off. Then he took another year off due to injury. In his three years since playing HS ball, he has played one year in the NBA and two with no games.

Most foreign players play professional ball to some extent before coming to the NBA.

Exum needs a couple of years to catch up to speed...and he decided unwillingly to take a year off after his rookie season. That's why I said three years. Next year is his rookie year. I'd be ecstatic with 9 pts, 4 assists 2 rebs. 2017 is his second year. I'd love to see 12 pts, 5 assists, 3 rebs.

Then 2018 have him break out. Get up to 18-20 pts, 8 assists, 5 rebs.
 
Playing Rudy and Exum on offense is like playing 3 on 5. In today's NBA, you can't have 40 percent of your starting lineup be complete 0s offensively.
 
The Thriller said:
Playing Rudy and Exum on offense is like playing 3 on 5. In today's NBA, you can't have 40 percent of your starting lineup be complete 0s offensively.
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Sounds logical, but the results say otherwise. The Jazz were dominant with this lineup after the allstar break in 2015.
 
I stumbled upon Exum's pre-draft thread on RealGM and someone posted this.

Anyone else notice some awkwardness on his one footed leaps and his knees locking a lot when he's standing or walking around? Watch the grande finals game when he's close to the camera in the corner and when he's at the FT line. Might be nothing, but scares me a little, my knees did the same thing to the tune of two acl tears and I get this unavoidable cringe when I see anything close to it.
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Kind of eerie :/. Hopefully since the Olympics are coming up we will get some kind of update on how he is progressing since being cleared for contact.
 
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