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Exum having no place in the rotation and Jazz making playoff push

MT Steve said:
I like how tleikheen tells everybody to stop making things personal and then proceeds to personally insult everybody that disagrees with him, usually in the same post.
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Next level trolling tbh
 
I'm glad Ex is getting some more time. IT seems pretty clear to me that if he gets more time his confidence (and performance) will continue to increase. He's had 3 good games in his last 5, one where he was just ok, and one that was pretty bad. I'd be fine with that for the next little while. The hope for me was always that he could be ready to really contribute by the playoffs. It's been a strange path, but it seems like he is still on track. Unfortunately when Rodney comes back he'll be back to DNP's. Whenever Exum has had a consistent role he's made incremental strides this season. To me that is encouraging even with the bumps in the road.

I think next season, assuming Hill is back he'll be the backup PG. I imagine that one of the SG's will be gone, Mack will be gone, and Neto will be the third PG.
 
gregbroncs said:
Exum's defense against the Pelicans was fantastic.
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I like that Quin is making Dante earn his minutes. . . and that he's been doing it lately. If Exum can be a legit rotational player, it helps this team. Having bench guys like JJ, Exum, Burks and Jingles is awesome. Wasn't too long ago that the bench was the worst in the league. . . now it's one of the best.
 
gregbroncs said:
Exum's defense against the Pelicans was fantastic.
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Didn't see the game but his box score stats look impressive as well (5 for 7). That's three pretty strong games in a row. I believe he's turned the corner, that is to say that I always thought it was more of a confidence thing than anything.
 
He still seems like he's on roller skates at time on defense, but he's playing much better as of late. He's either starting to realize he can play in the NBA or he's getting healthy. Hopefully both.

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Today's game was the first I've watched live in a while and Dante looked great, loved watching his aggressiveness with the ball in his hand tonight, his willingness to get into the lane was encouraging.
 
JazzyFresh said:
He still seems like he's on roller skates at time on defense, but he's playing much better as of late. He's either starting to realize he can play in the NBA or he's getting healthy. Hopefully both.

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I had read that historically this is about the time that players really come back from an ACL. That about half way through the first season back is when their play takes off. This could be what we are seeing with Exum. He is doing new things on the court that are just great to see.

Like last night he was passed the ball on the perimeter to the left of the key. He engaged his man 1 on 1 and drove to the right towards the center of the key. Then he made a hard spin back towards the left and had his man beat. But as he came out of the spin he immediately made a bounce pass into the paint that hit Gobert right in his hands. Exum finished with a team high 5 assists and split the PG minutes with Hill.

If this is how Exum plays than I think Mack just lost his spot.
 
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Stoked said:
I had read that historically this is about the time that players really come back from an ACL. That about half way through the first season back is when their play takes off. This could be what we are seeing with Exum. He is doing new things on the court that are just great to see.

Like last night he was passed the ball on the perimeter to the left of the key. He engaged his man 1 on 1 and drove to the right towards the center of the key. Then he made a hard spin back towards the left and had his man beat. But as he came out of the spin he immediately made a bounce pass into the paint that hit Gobert right in his hands. Exum finished with a team high 5 rebounds and split the PG minutes with Hill.

If this is how Exum plays than I think Mack just lost his spot.
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https://streamable.com/1leh0

Beautiful play. Reminded me of Tony Parker

https://streamable.com/f9m19

I thought this was really impressive as well. Showed Dante's length. Look at the release point of the alley-oop pass to get it over Davis
 
MDAV28 said:
https://streamable.com/1leh0

Beautiful play. Reminded me of Tony Parker

https://streamable.com/f9m19

I thought this was really impressive as well. Showed Dante's length. Look at the release point of the alley-oop pass to get it over Davis
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His recent play has been encouraging, still he's young and he will drop off again in the future but things look a lot better now than they did in early January. He's definitely playing with more confidence, reminds me of the player I used to see when he was playing for the Emu's.
 
b_line said:
Can't wait to see what they get for trading Mack to the cavs.
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I was thinking about this too. Seems obvious trade partner, but Cleveland doesn't really have anything that makes sense... They have like 2019-2020 second round picks but I don't really see why the Jazz would give up the depth of having Mack for that...

One thing to consider that seems crazy but you get home court in the playoffs, you NEVER know what will happen. Jazz are in the business of winning now, not collecting second-rounders.
 
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