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silesian said:
Exum made a strategic mistake by prioritizing preservation of his draft status over development when he was a kid. Wrong trajectory.
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You can't obviously say how things would have gone differently, and while Exums body does seem to have increased injury risk, a lot of his injuries were pretty freak as well.

Either way, I don't think signing a $16 million dollar contract as a 19 year old was the wrong choice. He could have gotten horribly injured playing in the Australian league at age 20 and had a very different future
 
silesian said:
Exum made a strategic mistake by prioritizing preservation of his draft status over development when he was a kid. Wrong trajectory.
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I don't see how staying out of the NBA would have helped him stay healthy once he got to the NBA. I also don't think staying out of the NBA would have actually helped his development. NCAA was not a better development program than what the Jazz offered him.
 
silesian said:
A little. But he is so ball dominant, if you look at turnovers per touch, I bet it is not bad. A good metric would be TO per team possession while he is on the floor.
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Ya it's definitely not bad. Maybe a little high but no biggie

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Mavs are up by like 30 with 9 minutes left so Luka will probably be sitting out the rest of the game but so far he has 27 points, 14 assists, and 12 rebounds with 9 minutes left in the game.
Dude is a machine
 
Simone played 37 minutes tonight. 32 minutes in his previous game.
 
Jaanipoeg said:
Either way, I don't think signing a $16 million dollar contract as a 19 year old was the wrong choice. He could have gotten horribly injured playing in the Australian league at age 20 and had a very different future
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Not wise for an 18 year old to take a year off basketball (2023-14) to preserve his draft status. His agent knew his brand had peaked and if he crapped out in college ball his stock would fall. Good short term, bad long term strategy.
 
silesian said:
Not wise for an 18 year old to take a year off basketball (2023-14) to preserve his draft status. His agent knew his brand had peaked and if he crapped out in college ball his stock would fall. Good short term, bad long term strategy.
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It worked for a ton of players, including Exum
 
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