Exum wants to be that guy at the end of games. (Article)

[jope]

You didn’t bother to read the article did you if you had, you’d have read how he’s been working in the gym tirelessly so he can play injury free and how he’s been working on his game. His goal is to one day be that guy so he’s working on his body to be more durable and in the gym working on his game. The point of the article is he has that fire in his belly and is hungry and determined to be great.

Good lord this is an article showing he’s putting in the time necessary to get better, and show how hard he’s working and has a great mind set. And you idiots are too damned lazy to actually read the article and all of the comments are negative toward him.

He’s going to be a huge reason we are going to be successful.

We’ve got a guy that we can put on the likes of a Harden or Curry and make it a lot more uncomfortable for them, he has passion for the game and still working hard even though he’s had two seasons derailed, a horrific knee injury and a stupid player making a stupid play in pre****ing season. Even through all the crap he’s gone through he’s still fighting and working hard, and all you idiots can do is ignore the article and complain about his shooting, turnovers and **** out of his ****ing control, ****ing idiots!!!!!

Mods lock this ****** thread and ban the ****ing idiot (me) for starting such a stupid *** thread, what a stupid idiot I am for thinking you idiots would actually read this thread and see the fighter Exum is!!!!


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This is hilarious. I honestly hope you are true to this hyper-sensitive persona in real life. Picturing your reaction to a potential mess-up on your order at McDonalds has me cracking up.

Anyway, if by "article" you mean "one relevant paragraph of a fan-run blog" that you linked to, then yes, i did read it. Doesn't change the validity of what I said. He has a long way to go to even get close. Lets be real, 99% of players in the NBA have the desire to be great, and yet 99% of them don't quite get there. Am i glad he isn't complacent? Yes. But none of the guys on our team are, and such personalities have been consistently valued by the front office since Fes, Kanter, and Boozer had tarnished that ideal. He needs to work on his fundamentals and health. He will never be a go-to clutch guy if he cant stay healthy, and cant learn to dribble, facilitate, or shoot under pressure as a rotation guy, let alone as a primary target of the defense.

He needs incremental progression. hell, him playing 60 games and 22 mpg would be a big win for this season, given the lack of contribution he's given us so far in his career.

But you do you

 

[fishonjazz]

He’s a better shooter then Simmons, on par with the likes of Magic and Kidd (first few years)


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Fair enough. He is behind magic and kid in almost everything else though. (Not all his fault due to injuries though)

 

[fishonjazz]

This is shaping up to be the best team we have ever had, at least in terms of popularity and charisma. Love the banter back and forth. And, hell, it might end up being among the best Jazz teams on the court too. 60 wins at some point is within reach, maybe next season. Our teams have only cracked that number, what, twice? If this team wins 62 games, let's say, and makes a serious push in the playoffs, say conference finals, can we say they are on par with the late 90's version of the team with the Holy Trinity at the helm? Crazy to think about it, but that is not a huge stretch. I love it!!


edit: I looked it up (I know, right?) and they have cracked 60 3 times. The most we have ever won is 64, and we won over 60 two years in a row ('97 and '98 not surprisingly).

I agree. I’m about as high on this jazz team as I have ever been. Can’t wait for the season to start. I’m biting at the chomp

Drinking the kool aid hard. Have been procrastinating cancelling Comcast and now I might just wait till next year cause Comcast is fantastic for jazz games.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I agree. I’m about as high on this jazz team as I have ever been. Can’t wait for the season to start. I’m biting at the chomp

Drinking the kool aid hard. Have been procrastinating cancelling Comcast and now I might just wait till next year cause Comcast is fantastic for jazz games.

Drinking the none Exum kook aid that is


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[str8line]

This is hilarious. I honestly hope you are true to this hyper-sensitive persona in real life. Picturing your reaction to a potential mess-up on your order at McDonalds has me cracking up.

Anyway, if by "article" you mean "one relevant paragraph of a fan-run blog" that you linked to, then yes, i did read it. Doesn't change the validity of what I said. He has a long way to go to even get close. Lets be real, 99% of players in the NBA have the desire to be great, and yet 99% of them don't quite get there. Am i glad he isn't complacent? Yes. But none of the guys on our team are, and such personalities have been consistently valued by the front office since Fes, Kanter, and Boozer had tarnished that ideal. He needs to work on his fundamentals and health. He will never be a go-to clutch guy if he cant stay healthy, and cant learn to dribble, facilitate, or shoot under pressure as a rotation guy, let alone as a primary target of the defense.

He needs incremental progression. hell, him playing 60 games and 22 mpg would be a big win for this season, given the lack of contribution he's given us so far in his career.

But you do you

But he has that 1% speed.

 

[416Klawzz]

To be the guy at the end of the game, he can't get his injury prone *** hurt lol

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

To be the guy at the end of the game, he can't get his injury prone *** injured lol

His injury history is a little over exaggerated. He played 82 in year one, then the knee injury playing for his national team then played 66 games, but also had a ton of DNPCD’s then an idiot decided to jump on his freaking head unnecessarily in preseason. That certainly wasn’t his fault. To me the injury history isn’t that big a concern.


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[Kyoto]

I've been down on exum ever since his first season, he's always looked scared out there on the court. I'm wiping the slate clean this season though, I hope he makes me eat crow. The kid deserves to have a breakout year with all the crap he has gone through

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[Thee Jazz Fan]

I've been down on exum ever since his first season, he's always looked scared out there on the court. I'm wiping the slate clean this season though, I hope he makes me eat crow. The kid deserves to have a breakout year with all the crap he has gone through

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He didn’t look scared in SL or preseason, or those 14+ games in regular season play and post. Open your damn eyes, idiot!!


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[Carbon13]

the only guy I’ve seen have as many injuries as Exum early on and become a star is Frank Gore. So there is a precedent and stranger things have happened.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

the only guy I’ve seen have as many injuries as Exum early on and become a star is Frank Gore. So there is a precedent and stranger things have happened.

Shows what you know!!! Gore didn’t get injured early in his career, idiot


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[The Jazz Wonderbra]

If he is to become a star then it will all come down to whether he can shoot or not. Right now he can’t shoot.

I think staying healthy is the bigger issue than whether or not he can shoot. His defense will keep him on the court and his ability to get to the rim is amazing. Should he learn to shoot then he will get minutes at the end of games alongside Spida.

His injury history is a little over exaggerated. He played 82 in year one, then the knee injury playing for his national team then played 66 games, but also had a ton of DNPCD’s then an idiot decided to jump on his freaking head unnecessarily in preseason. That certainly wasn’t his fault. To me the injury history isn’t that big a concern.

Ummmmm... so... Let's see here.
2013 - PRIOR to his rookie season he didn't play for a year.
2014 - Rookie year he got some time but he SUCKED BAD!
2015 - KNEE - ZERO Games after summer league
2016 - Came back and SUCKED again. Got 66 games but was injured for the rest
2017 - SHOULDER - Played 14 games at the end of the season and looked pretty good in the playoffs
Total Games played: 162
Total games Jazz played with him on the team: 328 + playoffs

To put that into perspective... he has played pisspoor 49% of the eligible games. Most of that time was lost on injuries. When he was available he played poorly and only averaged under 18 mpg. Jabari Parker has played 183/328 games + playoffs during that same time. That's a pathetic 56% of eligible games played. But that's a good 7% higher than Dante. I am sure that you will argue that Jabari seems more injury prone than Dante. Welp... stats my friend. Stats.