Can Exum be fixed?

[Getting Traded]

When we see Exum just glide by everyone on the court and lay in a shot, you think this guy could really be good. But what are his problems and can they be fixed?

To me the biggest problem he has is toughness. First of all, he needs to grow a beard and get some tattoos on his arms. But I don't know if he even can grow a beard yet.

Second, he needs to fix his shot. It is still very awkward. For some reason his butt sticks out instead of his body being straight up like Donovan or any great shooter, for instance -- think Korver or Redick or Thompson. He kind of looks like a chicken when he shoots -- and that pun is intentional.

Third, some people question his handle but I see that as the least of his problems.

Finally, I think it's all about attitude with Dante. He needs to take some lessons from Jingling and other Aussies like Bogut and Dellavedova.

 

[sonofthebigdog]

Just tell him this is the Rocky Mountain Revue and the Rockets are just stiffs in Summer League.

 

[Deleted member 5000]

I've not given up on him, he just maybe 30 years old before it clicks.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Why is everyone so down on the guy. He looked good in a limited regular season... did some good things in this game against the team that is the second best team in the nba... has some turnover issues but I really didn’t expect him to play better in the playoffs than the regular season. Dude also has FA lingering over his head.

I think he’s made a lot of progress... we may have forgotten how far away he looked last year.

 

[enchilada_style]

I think he can be fixed if the Jazz think he can be fixed.

 

[MVP]

Do we know other players with amazing potential based on physical attributes but who needed fixing which actually got fixed and turned into stars? CJ Miles? Kirk Snyder? Burks? Saer Sene? DeShawn? Kris Humphries? Gerald Green?....we of course have Gianis as example but I think the odds that Exum will follow his path is very slim.

 

[Getting Traded]

Why is everyone so down on the guy. He looked good in a limited regular season... did some good things in this game against the team that is the second best team in the nba... has some turnover issues but I really didn’t expect him to play better in the playoffs than the regular season. Dude also has FA lingering over his head.

I think he’s made a lot of progress... we may have forgotten how far away he looked last year.

I don't think I'm being down on the guy -- while my comments are a bit tongue in cheek, I think I'm being realistic. I think he has potential but he needs to fix some things to reach it.

 

[LoPo]

I've used this comparison before, but here we go:

Andre Roberson
6'7" SG
5 Years experience
269 career starts
Career 4.6ppg, highest season average has been 6.6ppg
48% fg, 26% 3p
4 rpg, 1 apg, -1 spg, -1 bpg
Salary averages $10 million per season

Even though they have 3 hall-of-famers and a great center, OKC really missed Roberson down the stretch. With him, they probably beat us in the first round. He is what you would call "invaluable" to their team.

Dante Exum
6'6" PG/SG
4 Years experience (3 if you count that he didn't play in 15-16)
67 career starts
Career 5.7 ppg, highest season average has been 8.1 ppg
40% fg, 31% 3p
2 rpg, 2 apg, -1 spg, -1 bpg
Salary TBD in summer 2018

At the very least, Exum could be a Roberson type player for us. Roberson has a 2 year head start and has been a starter for a while now. He knows his role. Exum hasn't had a role carved out for him yet. However, if we don't trust him to run the offense, just do with him what OKC does with Roberson - limit his touches. Mitchell is emerging as a PG/SG anyway. If Exum grows offensively, then great. Regardless, we will need perimeter defenders like him if we are going to contend in the coming years.

 

[infection]

I fail to see how getting him fixed would help us (or him). He needs to be more aggressive (and potent), not less.

 

[enchilada_style]

I fail to see how getting him fixed would help us (or him). He needs to be more aggressive (and potent), not less.

lol this is silly

 

[enchilada_style]

I've used this comparison before, but here we go:

Andre Roberson
6'7" SG
5 Years experience
269 career starts
Career 4.6ppg, highest season average has been 6.6ppg
48% fg, 26% 3p
4 rpg, 1 apg, -1 spg, -1 bpg
Salary averages $10 million per season

Even though they have 3 hall-of-famers and a great center, OKC really missed Roberson down the stretch. With him, they probably beat us in the first round. He is what you would call "invaluable" to their team.

Dante Exum
6'6" PG/SG
4 Years experience (3 if you count that he didn't play in 15-16)
67 career starts
Career 5.7 ppg, highest season average has been 8.1 ppg
40% fg, 31% 3p
2 rpg, 2 apg, -1 spg, -1 bpg
Salary TBD in summer 2018

At the very least, Exum could be a Roberson type player for us. Roberson has a 2 year head start and has been a starter for a while now. He knows his role. Exum hasn't had a role carved out for him yet. However, if we don't trust him to run the offense, just do with him what OKC does with Roberson - limit his touches. Mitchell is emerging as a PG/SG anyway. If Exum grows offensively, then great. Regardless, we will need perimeter defenders like him if we are going to contend in the coming years.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I've used this comparison before, but here we go:

Andre Roberson
6'7" SG
5 Years experience
269 career starts
Career 4.6ppg, highest season average has been 6.6ppg
48% fg, 26% 3p
4 rpg, 1 apg, -1 spg, -1 bpg
Salary averages $10 million per season

Even though they have 3 hall-of-famers and a great center, OKC really missed Roberson down the stretch. With him, they probably beat us in the first round. He is what you would call "invaluable" to their team.

Dante Exum
6'6" PG/SG
4 Years experience (3 if you count that he didn't play in 15-16)
67 career starts
Career 5.7 ppg, highest season average has been 8.1 ppg
40% fg, 31% 3p
2 rpg, 2 apg, -1 spg, -1 bpg
Salary TBD in summer 2018

At the very least, Exum could be a Roberson type player for us. Roberson has a 2 year head start and has been a starter for a while now. He knows his role. Exum hasn't had a role carved out for him yet. However, if we don't trust him to run the offense, just do with him what OKC does with Roberson - limit his touches. Mitchell is emerging as a PG/SG anyway. If Exum grows offensively, then great. Regardless, we will need perimeter defenders like him if we are going to contend in the coming years.

I don’t know about that comp... Exum is a good defender but Roberson is much better and is strong as hell... I don’t think Exum will be as great.

Offensively Exum can be so much more than Andre... he is able to get past his guy he just needs to be smarter about when he attacks and develop more as a shooter.

I think we retain him at something fair and next year we can judge him more harshly. If he gets a crazy offer 13+M per year I will help him pack. I trust our development staff more than other teams and think Exum can be good but he will need help to get there.

 

[LoPo]

I don’t know about that comp... Exum is a good defender but Roberson is much better and is strong as hell... I don’t think Exum will be as great.

You are 100% correct. I don't think Exum will ever be as good of a defender as Roberson. Mainly, I was just trying to point out that Roberson's defense warrants his poor offense. So many in this forum want to bash Exum because he's not finishing or running the offense all that well. In my opinion, we don't need that as much since Mitchell has emerged. We just need Exum to be as good of a defender as possible (not quite as good as Roberson) and almost average to average on offense (which is much better than Roberson).

 

[Carbon13]

I think the lowest hanging fruit is he needs to get stronger. He looks like a ***** when he drives but i think its more physical than mental.

 

[JazzForLifee]

I feel like Exum's drive is 100% every time.

He will be more effective if he learns to do some hesitation moves. Hope he figures it out

 

[LoPo]

I feel like Exum's drive is 100% every time.

He will be more effective if he learns to do some hesitation moves. Hope he figures it out

There is so much Exum could learn from Mitchell in an off-season.

 

[Magic Spray]

Reproductive science says yes!

 

[fishonjazz]

You are 100% correct. I don't think Exum will ever be as good of a defender as Roberson. Mainly, I was just trying to point out that Roberson's defense warrants his poor offense. So many in this forum want to bash Exum because he's not finishing or running the offense all that well. In my opinion, we don't need that as much since Mitchell has emerged. We just need Exum to be as good of a defender as possible (not quite as good as Roberson) and almost average to average on offense (which is much better than Roberson).

Good post.

 

[Deleted member 5000]

Someone is going to overpay for him. At the right price sure, he looked fire with DM45 in summer league but lets see it in the playoffs. Put up or shut up time for Exum in Utah.

He's just not a floor general. 3 turnovers in 9 minutes, 1 assist. One good defensive play on a dude who put up over 40

 

[Ron Mexico]

Exums shot was looking decent in preseason and even regular season. It didn't have hitches and he had some confidence in it. He lost confidence in shooting and it is killing him in the post season. He is being dared to shoot but refuses and when he does he hesitates. If he can hit open 3s most of the rest of his game will be fine.

Exum needs playing time and lots of it. Hopefully he can get that the beginning of next season.

I am okay with playing him and seeing what we get each game in the postseason and base his playing time on that.