0% chance of either of those happening. The Jazz are very very high on Snyder as their coach and are fully committed to him. Snyder and DL are very high on Exum but Snyder does push him hard. Fortunately Exum is tougher than you and is working hard to get more playing time, not just expecting it because he was a high pick.
The Jazz' love affair with Exum is making me question Dennis Lindsey's ability as a GM. If he weren't the 5th pick in the draft or on the Jazz, I'm not even sure Dante Exum would be in the NBA right now. He isn't good.
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DL's love of Favors is what blows my mind. He is making close to twice as much as Exum and yet HE DOESN'T EVEN FIT NEXT TO GOBERT! Sure, I would love for our 6th man to be better, but our 2nd highest paid player has had one awesome game ALL YEAR.
I feel exactly the opposite. He isn't short sided and him and Snyder are in sync on this. I think they would feel the same if he was undrafted.
I don't know why the money matters so much. We were over the cap regardless so we were not signing anyone else. We paid him a little extra to stay on and take a smaller role. Plus it earned the Jazz a ton of flexibility to get the 1+1 deal. It was a great move by the Jazz. There is 0 chance we were getting anyone near his level in FA, especially on an extremely team friendly deal.
I don't think he is more important than Mitchell. But he has been playing better and helping the team. That's also including the fact that many of the things he does aren't in the stats. Such as blocking out on rebounds. He is our only guy who does this consistently.
Gobert is averaging career highs in points, field goal %, rebounds, free throw attempts, assists and a career low for turnovers. It's his second highest season for steals.
