With the Fifth Pick... Dante Exum

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With Dante here If we were to somehow sign Patty Mills the Jazz would instantly become Australia's favorite team. That team would draw attention from non basketball followers, tbh.

theres gonna be a preview of the Aussie invasion at this summers FIBA's

trade Burke. Sign Mills.

 

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After a night to sleep off whatever that just was....

I'm ok with the pick. He was the best fit/player for us left @ 5. I'm not convinced he is going to be special. He's not a sure thing, and has a lot of question marks.
Watching videos of him I'm liking his speed in the open court. His shooting is suspect, but his form looks decent. I think he'll be a solid shooter eventually.

He going to be interesting to watch in summer league that is for sure. Can't wait to see Burke and him in Vegas. Hopefully, they can build a little early chemistry.

I'm happier with him than had we got Noah, Smart, or Randle.

Let's hope we get lucky, and picked a stud.

Was there a "sure thing" in the top 5?

















No

 

[♪alt13]

If you don't see anything special in this video, you're probably a Aaron Gordon fan.

Did you watch the video?

 

[kabenac]

Of any player we've drafted I think I'm most looking forward to seeing Exum play... because we really don't know what to expect!

I think he's going to be able to score at will inside (this is great since this is a weakness of Burke's) and improve our fast break game and I think he's going to improve his shooting pretty easily.

He seems like a composed, intelligent guy.

 

[Lost_Jazz_Fan]

Exum right now from the vids makes me think of Barbosa. My hope is that he can become better than that down the road but it's not a bad starting point by any means either.

Hoping he pans out for us.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Exum right now from the vids makes me think of Barbosa. My hope is that he can become better than that down the road but it's not a bad starting point by any means either.

Hoping he pans out for us.

Good comparison - tall, long, lightning quick guards who play mostly below the rim. In Barbosa's 4th season he averaged 18 ppg on 48% and 43% 3pt. That's pretty damn good, but he couldn't keep it up.

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[BTP]

Did you watch the video?

I watched every game of him in Prague LIVE, I rewatched the video. I even elaborated in this thread, what I find special about Exum.

 

[Hantlers]

Was there a "sure thing" in the top 5?

















No

Agree to disagree.

Wiggins is a sure thing. Is he going to be LeBron like he was hyped to be? No, but he is a sure thing as a starter and impact player, IMO.

 

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Agree to disagree.

Wiggins is a sure thing. Is he going to be LeBron like he was hyped to be? No, but he is a sure thing as a starter and impact player, IMO.

you're probably right. But, he was either totally unavailable anyways, or would have come at a steeeep cost. I don't think he was ever available.

 

[♪alt13]

I watched every game of him in Prague LIVE, I rewatched the video. I even elaborated in this thread, what I find special about Exum.

Well there you go tell me more.

If he was awesome in Prague that vid did not show it. No way he even approached 30% fg in that vid. There were some decent passes that would have been assists if his team mates could finish, but it's hard to blame them for something he did poorly as well. There was nothing in that vid that made Exum look particularly special. I want to like his game I really do, but I've yet to see anything worthy of a top pick. So far it's been 100% hype and I'm not ready to sign on til I see it.

If you know of a better vid please post it.

 

[BTP]

Well there you go tell me more.

If he was awesome in Prague that vid did not show it. No way he even approached 30% fg in that vid. There were some decent passes that would have been assists if his team mates could finish, but it's hard to blame them for something he did poorly as well. There was nothing in that vid that made Exum look particularly special. I want to like his game I really do, but I've yet to see anything worthy of a top pick. So far it's been 100% hype and I'm not ready to sign on til I see it.

If you know of a better vid please post it.

I have never searched for these on youpoop. But you can see some sick crossovers in this video. And if you don't think his shake isn't Rose-ish off the dribble, I don't know.

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Also he's already really good at absorbing contact with his rail thin body. He adds strength and that will get even better. Also you can see instances where he's creative to avoid contact and finish.

His feel for shooting is better than his mechanics. Since then he's worked a ton to improve that and we'll witness that mid July.
I think his shooting will be above average once he getts repetitions in.
Does mechanical flaws and some shots fall in, others barely rattle out.

Free Throw% was low for everyone during the tourney. I think it's normal when you avg 36 min like Exum and play every 24hours for 2 full weeks.
He also had moves to get his pull up in the air mostly uncontested. And with his length and quickness advantage that will translate.

He missed very few open guys and sometimes was able to keep dribbles alive when he saw help in position or scanned the court for an open guy.

 

[cowhide]

I watched the Hoop Summit and his game against Spain and I can definitely see why he went top 5. Against Spain he was getting tripled team and still broke guys down. He does have a quick step and blew by the Harrison twins twice. His outside shot looked fine to me. The biggest thing he has to work on his sometimes he got into the wrong position (caught in the air) leading to a turnover.

I am more excited about the kid after seeing some video.