Game 4: 11/3/2014 Jazz at Clippers. 8:30PM on ROOT
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I think I need to admit a glaring mistake I've made before when evaluating a certain aspect of Exum's play - his off the ball movement. I was completely wrong and it's shocking how wrong I was... In the SL and with Australian national team when he was off the ball he'd just sag off to the corner and do nothing but wait there. This is something really weird to see from a player who supposedly has a great basketball IQ, and I just automatically concluded that his off the ball movement is lacking, but I never considered that the offense just might be set up like that and that it might be him following instructions. I've been noticing lately the way he moves in our current system. It's quite beautiful actually. He sees plays developing, he's making the extra step to the left or to the right in order to be free one pass away at the 3, and today he made some awesome cuts inside. I was totally wrong. His offensive off the ball game looks to be at the very least good and maybe even verging more on great...
The improvements he's making game to game are awesome. I simply love the potential. I feel like some of his passes are soft right now and he needs to make them a bit more solid and on the point. But with the way he's been taking steps forward, I have no doubt he will soon be fixing even this small problem...
The improvements he's making game to game are awesome. I simply love the potential. I feel like some of his passes are soft right now and he needs to make them a bit more solid and on the point. But with the way he's been taking steps forward, I have no doubt he will soon be fixing even this small problem...
Hayward/Exum are going to be a great future duo because of their combined IQ.
Burks is good too, but he isn't on their IQ level.
Burks is good too, but he isn't on their IQ level.
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I dunno, I think he does a pretty good job of sucking.
Also, Hayward is perfect from the FT line this year.
Probably just jinxed him for next game though.
Probably just jinxed him for next game though.
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The fourth went like I feared. I knew that a close game would be too tough for us right now. Paul/Crawford/Griffin all have qualities that let them win close games. Our guys have them at times, mainly Hayward and Trey, but they aren't yet consistent.
That being said, I loved the fight out of our guys. We could have easily gone into the fourth down by 15 but we came back and made it a close one.
Good improvement all around even if a few players had some missteps.
That being said, I loved the fight out of our guys. We could have easily gone into the fourth down by 15 but we came back and made it a close one.
Good improvement all around even if a few players had some missteps.