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spycam1 said:
He came straight out of high school. From ****ing Australia.
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I'm with ya. So was Seattle jazz fan. He was bashed for saying exum had not played real competition and would not be very good really on.
People were drinking the koolaid and watching exum highlight videos ave talking about his speed, athleticism and comparing him to kobe, penny, etc
 
Vermin said:
Yeah may be he could play like the number 6 pick https://m.espn.go.com/nba/playercard?playerId=2990992&src=desktop
Or any of the other injured and/or underwhelming players picked ahead of him. My point is be patient.
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My point was that before the season started (after we drafted exum) some of us were saying that exum was going to be bad early on due to not having played against anyone.
Others were talking about all these big time tournaments that he dominated against all these great players and how he was going to be blowing by guys and using is size and athleticism to get to the rim and what not.
 
fishonjazz said:
I agree.
I remember seattle jazz fan taking about how maybe exum had not played against any competition and how he would not be very good.
Everyone bashed him for that opinion and talked about how he was playing against all this great competition in ask these tournaments and dominating and taking about how great he would be.

Now everyone acts like they expected him to struggle this much
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I expected him to struggle. I warned people around here that if they expected him to be a monster from the very first season they didn't have realistic expectations. I just didn't expect him to struggle THIS WAY. I expected him having trouble finishing around the rim because of lack of experience and strength, not because he'd be scared ****less to even drive to the rim. I expected him to make a ton of TO because of probing the defenses and making some stupid passes that he can learn from. In other words, I expected him to struggle while trying, not to struggle without even trying to push himself.
 
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I love Gobert so much. What a find that was. If Exum makes as a big leap in his second season I'll be very happy.
 
Really nice first half by the jazz.
I'm off to bed.... have to be up at 4:45 in the morning.
 
stitches said:
I expected him to struggle. I warned people around here that if they expected him to be a monster from the very first season they didn't have realistic expectations. I just didn't expect him to struggle THIS WAY. I expected him having trouble finishing around the rim because of lack of experience and strength, not because he'd be scared ****less to even drive to the rim. I expected him to make a ton of TO because of probing the defenses and making some stupid passes that he can learn from. In other words, I expected him to struggle while trying, not to struggle without even trying to push himself.
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To be fair, he get PUMMLED down in the paint. He has to get stronger which in turn should increase his confidence down there. I don't want him injured and that's what would happen if he were to drive to the rim agreesiy very often. We know he can do it. Probably not wise for him to do it much this year. I also think he has improved his handles since the preseason.
 
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