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Exum needs to play over Mack

Ron Mexico said:
Maybe, I am hoping Hood is back pretty soon. I also think any minutes are good for Exum but I strongly prefer him at PG over SG.
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Well he is going to 100% get minutes these next few games as Im sure Hood will at least miss a week. I'm getting slightly worried about it though as no news has been reported on him.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Well he is going to 100% get minutes these next few games as Im sure Hood will at least miss a week. I'm getting slightly worried about it though as no news has been reported on him.
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You never know since Jazz reveal nothing and reporters never ask about injuries. But it didn't look bad. I'm hoping it was just a scare and he felt a twinge and they simply held him out for precaution. I have not seen if he practised yet though, that would be a big indicator.
 
Ron Mexico said:
You never know since Jazz reveal nothing and reporters never ask about injuries. But it didn't look bad. I'm hoping it was just a scare and he felt a twinge and they simply held him out for precaution. I have not seen if he practised yet though, that would be a big indicator.
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I'd assume they are off tonight since they play tomorrow. I guess we will know when reporters are able to interview team after shoot-around tomorrow.
 
If we played Exum all of Macks minutes the last 4 games we still win because we blew out all those teams. Even if he is a downgrade it is not by much and he would be that much better. Maybe he needed to rest a little after starting so much.


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apart from looking physically ok, didn't Jabari Parker play like crap the first half of the season when he came back last year before kicking on the latter half of the season ? Hopefully Exum can do that.
 
DownUnder said:
apart from looking physically ok, didn't Jabari Parker play like crap the first half of the season when he came back last year before kicking on the latter half of the season ? Hopefully Exum can do that.
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He did, but he was also getting a healthy 28.8 minutes a game pre all star break while looking like crap, before upping it to 36.6 minutes a game post all star break when he started to get his groove back. Exum will need minutes to work off rust and continue to develop. I don't think practices and spot minutes will do it if they want Exum to be a factor in the playoffs.

At the same time, they might not be thinking of Exum as a factor in the playoffs for this season. Trust that Snyder and management are putting the Jazz' best interest first.
 
What was interesting when Mack made some good plays yesterday. Harpring said after the plays "thats why hes playing over Exum", "because of those plays right there". Thats great Matt, but what about all the other plays where he dribbles the ball into traffic, and has ridiculous turn overs? Mack is ok, he has some good games, but he has a lot of crap games too.
 
Exum needs to play.

At the end of the day, this team currently constructed, even if healthy is not top 4 in the west. Lets not kid ourselves. We're not going to the western conference finals this year, next year, the year after at the very least. Why not play the guy that has the potential to turn us into an elite team instead of playing a guy who's pretty much reached the apex of his skill set? You could honestly find another 10+ shelvin macks running around the league currently (sorry to burst the shelvin mack bubble)

If Dante shows no signs of improvement towards the end of the year however ship his *** off ASAP whilst people might still give us something for him. Who cares that we're on a 4 game winning streak? This doesn't mean **** in the big picture, we're sacrificing our long term success for short term success when it's entirely possible to do both.
 
thebiggdaddy said:
Exum needs to play.

At the end of the day, this team currently constructed, even if healthy is not top 4 in the west. Lets not kid ourselves. We're not going to the western conference finals this year, next year, the year after at the very least. Why not play the guy that has the potential to turn us into an elite team instead of playing a guy who's pretty much reached the apex of his skill set? You could honestly find another 10+ shelvin macks running around the league currently (sorry to burst the shelvin mack bubble)

If Dante shows no signs of improvement towards the end of the year however ship his *** off ASAP whilst people might still give us something for him. Who cares that we're on a 4 game winning streak? This doesn't mean **** in the big picture, we're sacrificing our long term success for short term success when it's entirely possible to do both.
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I agree with a lot of this but I worry about retaining our talent - namely Gordon and Hill. I think the guy on KSL (Andy Larsen up above) that writes about the Jazz suggested this is a "win now" move but I hope we can balance things better.

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Jason said:
I agree with a lot of this but I worry about retaining our talent - namely Gordon and Hill. I think the guy on KSL that writes about the Jazz suggested this is a "win now" move but I hope we can balance things better.

And by the way, THANK YOU for registering and posting! Welcome to the community!!! :)
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