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Pelton and Ford Discuss Last Years Draft

Ron Mexico

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Here is what Ford had to say yesterday about Exum:
I've been really impressed with Dante Exum. We knew he was going to be a major work in progress, but I think he's already a better player than Trey Burke, and there are flashes when you can see greatness -- a lot like what we saw from Giannis Antetokounmpo in his rookie season.
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From everything I've seen from Exum, I think he has the chance to be a star.
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Here is his redo on the draft.
1. Cavs - Andrew Wiggins
2. Bucks - Jabari Parker
3. Sixers - Dante Exum
4. Magic - Joel Embiid
5. Jazz - Aaron Gordon
6. Celtics - Marcus Smart
7. Lakers - Dario Saric
8. Kings - Elfrid Payton
9. Hornets - Jusuf Nurkic
10. Sixers - Julius Randle

Peltons redo is pretty much the same but puts smart one step ahead of Exum and says this
It's tough to evaluate how close Exum is to contributing because he's been put in such a small box by Quin Snyder.
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I think this draft is going to take a long time to evaluate but will still go down as a good to great draft. There is still star power in this draft but might take time to see.
 
"It's tough to evaluate how close Exum is to contributing because he's been put in such a small box by Quin Snyder"

Nobody puts Baby in a Corner!
 
Exum isn't better than Burke this year, I don't care how bad Burke can be on defense.
 
Cy said:
Exum isn't better than Burke this year, I don't care how bad Burke can be on defense.
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I think all the Burke hate (along with huge leaps by Hayward and gobert) has made people not realize that he is improving slowly but surely.
 
Hard to judge Exum because he doesn't really do much. 60% of his shots are 3pt shots and he's only making 33% of them. He's a PG who averages less than 4 assists and less than 1 steal per 36. He shoots less than 1 FT each game.

Exum still might become a cross between Kobe, JKidd and Penny, but for now he's just kind of out there doing his job, hoisting threes and playing solid defense.
 
I really think the final 1/3 of the season Quin will let Exum go and play freely. When this happens he will have some ups and downs but we will really start to see the signs of being a good to great player.
 
fishonjazz said:
I think all the Burke hate (along with huge leaps by Hayward and gobert) has made people not realize that he is improving slowly but surely.
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Perhaps it is the rate that we are seeign others improve compared to Burke. But whatever the reason is I am still not seeing it. I'm starting to be disillusioned with him and I don't want to be.
 
Stoked said:
Perhaps it is the rate that we are seeign others improve compared to Burke. But whatever the reason is I am still not seeing it. I'm starting to be disillusioned with him and I don't want to be.
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The others improvements definitely cast a huge shadow over any little improvements trey makes...... but they are occurring nonetheless imo.

I really have liked seeing trey dribble into the paint and keep his dribble if nothing is available and come back out with his dribble intact. (Reminds me of what nash used to do in Phoenix)
He has found the big in the paint more often too (though not enough still) like last night throwing the oop to rudy.

Still shoots a bit too much and too poorly, but it seems like his shot is not as bad as it was earlier in the year
 
fishonjazz said:
The others improvements definitely cast a huge shadow over any little improvements trey makes...... but they are occurring nonetheless imo.

I really have liked seeing trey dribble into the paint and keep his dribble if nothing is available and come back out with his dribble intact. (Reminds me of what nash used to do in Phoenix)
He has found the big in the paint more often too (though not enough still) like last night throwing the oop to rudy.

Still shoots a bit too much and too poorly, but it seems like his shot is not as bad as it was earlier in the year
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Trey has replaced two fadeaway bad jumpers with two tough layups/floaters. Which is a significant improvement.
 
OP can you expand on how Exum is put in a "small box" by Snyder? Quin has said he encourages Exum to be very aggressive.
 
I am usually very far from conspiracy theories, but when reading and listening to the things pundits like Ford say, I can't help but feel like they are being paid by management agencies to say some of the things they say.
 
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