Douchebag K
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listen bloke get with the Exum program or i'll get your missus to slap you around some more and teach you a lesson
Dante Exum Interview and Q&A
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listen bloke get with the Exum program or i'll get your missus to slap you around some more and teach you a lesson
Dali
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Keefe
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You just answered your own question.
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My two cents is the problem with Dante is not talent, it's his fragile body. No matter how much talent he has, if his body can't withstand the rigors of the game, then it's pointless to continue to keep supporting him. It all depends on if he can stay healthy. Another serious injury and he is done, and should go back to Australia and play there.
MVP
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What talent? He has quick first step and can stay in front on his man decently.... not really any other basketball talent. Probably most overrated international player drafted in top 5 since Tzikitishvili. One would argue Milicic or Olowakandi had better carrier than Exum so far.
MVP
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Agree. There were tons of players who looked like they had not much basketball talent except one elite skill ( like Ruffin and rebounding for example), but what does Exum have besides quickness and size for guard? Poor shooting, poor handles, average passing, turnover prone, low basketball IQ, I just do not see anything exciting or promising in him.
MVP
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LMAO. So he played 2 minutes of good defense vs Harden in one game and now he is declared Harden stopper? I would take Royce guarding Harden over Exum anyday.
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Quickness is definitely a talent you can't teach like size. So far as skill, that's another matter. I think people are conflating the two
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latin jazz
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You are damn right, I completely forgot about our Canadian disaster. Well, that makes Exum second most overrated then.
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I wanted to bring him back at the time but wanted better terms... 2/20 with a non guarantee should have been doable or like a 3/21. I guess the move at that point would have been to make some other team overpay or have him take the QO.
It is the doubling down that makes the Dante experiment that much tougher to handle.
Bennett has a career 10.1 PER, and put up a 14.7 his last season. RXum is currently 8.1 and 11.2, and for some reason has gotten twice the minutes (and counting).
The Jazz Wonderbra
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Dante loves LA. Even if he develops, the writing is on the wall that he is out long term. Expiring contract fish bait for sure. He isn't coming back even if we are good. The most we can hope for is that he really thrives for a season and someone pays up for his RFA rights or his heart.
latin jazz
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PER is terrible to judge players. Valanciunas had a higher PER than Curry last season. Is he better?.
Bennet is just terrible and the worse player. No way around it. He is not an NBA player.
Dante loves LA. Does LA love Dante?
Keefe
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In the five years since, has he shown he can do much else?
Full disclosure, I’m Australian. I’m a Dante homer and I agree he has shown bugger all yet. I also agree he had a short leash and was told to stand in the corner his first season (the only one he was not injured and played much). He may end up very good if healthy, or a bust. Can we not wait and see (I know it’s been 5 years, but they were injury plagued). He came straight from Aussie high school. He’ll, i averaged more points and boards than him when I played in that competition and I suck.