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Dante Exum Over Smart: Massive Failure

Hekate said:
His 3pt shot is still iffy but it looks more likely to improve than it ever did. He shot %38 in the playoffs. He is already great at breaking into paint even with limited space.

Even with marginal improvements to his shooting, the confidence that he built up this season and experience will help him become a better player. This was his first full season and he grabbed the starting job on a team that made the playoffs.
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For his sake, I hope he becomes what you see.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Its fair if you decide to sell a pick and punt if there are 7-8 legit nba players selected in the next 15 picks. We aren't talking about one guy. We did it again too... They have a low probability of hitting but if you tout your development team and then sell the chance to feed that development team multiple times... you get to receive some criticism.

We were selling picks for cash considerations while operating at the salary floor.
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Everyteam sales picks for cash. It's common practice. I am in same boat as you. I know how hard free agency is For Jazz so they need to be drafting two players minimum every year. Need to utilize the g league team and like you said develop these young players. Problem is the fans are always pushing for roster changes and trades. The jazz did it and now we all see how it turned out with Conley.. now maybe the fans will back up some on always wanting to flip the rosters. A girlfriend of mine is sibling with someone that works in Jazz PR department and it's no secret that the jazz made roster moves last years because of soci pressure. They wanted to keep core and wanted to keep drafting and building around Mitchell but media tricked them into thinking donovan could win a chip now and they tried and it backfired. They need to go back to drafting and developing, like you mentioned
 
I hated Smart so much I didn't want him in a jazz jersey. I also knew there was going to be a drop in talent once Aaron Gordon went and there was. Look at picks 5-12. I rmember people being super high on Noah Vonleh and I never understood why.
 
prodigy said:
It's surprising there wasnt more hype for Jokic in such a weak draft.
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I and another poster whose name I forgot was the only ones hyping him up. It's kind of weird he and Mudiay were in the same draft, they played off each other perfectly in the combines that Mudiay's stock must have went up some.

I was so sad when we sold the pick and he went just after that.
 
prodigy said:
It's surprising there wasnt more hype for Jokic in such a weak draft.
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He was so fat... stopped drinking a two liter of coke a day. He's just a weird player so I kinda get why people thought he might not work.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He was so fat... stopped drinking a two liter of coke a day. He's just a weird player so I kinda get why people thought he might not work.
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His body is still disgusting, tbh. And, he has some significant physique barriers to overcome (e.g. his extremely internally rotated shoulders) if he wants to improve his body.

He hasn’t shown himself to be the type of worker who wants to overcome these barriers. His defense will bear the brunt of all this.
 
JazzyBelle said:
Everyteam sales picks for cash. It's common practice. I am in same boat as you. I know how hard free agency is For Jazz so they need to be drafting two players minimum every year. Need to utilize the g league team and like you said develop these young players. Problem is the fans are always pushing for roster changes and trades. The jazz did it and now we all see how it turned out with Conley.. now maybe the fans will back up some on always wanting to flip the rosters. A girlfriend of mine is sibling with someone that works in Jazz PR department and it's no secret that the jazz made roster moves last years because of soci pressure. They wanted to keep core and wanted to keep drafting and building around Mitchell but media tricked them into thinking donovan could win a chip now and they tried and it backfired. They need to go back to drafting and developing, like you mentioned
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Not every team sells picks... and it wasn't a pick in the 50s. It was dumb and the reasoning behind it was dumber.

If Jazz management are making moves because of fan pressure then they dumb AF and we need new management.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
they have a low probability of hitting but if you tout your development team and then sell the chance to feed that development team multiple times... you get to receive some criticism.
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i feel bad for our development team TBH. trying to teach lateral quickness to niang and verticality to bradley gotta be one of the toughest jobs in the business
 
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