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Dante Exum's "BAD" play is being blown way out of proportion.

People ought to stop being overly sensitive to the possibility that Exum is a bust.
 
Dante is far from the worst PG that I've seen play for the Jazz. I guess you forgot Palousio and Fart -- Fart was by far the worst. His stench still lingers in my memories.
 
MT Steve said:
People ought to stop being overly sensitive to the possibility that Exum is a bust.
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It'd be far more sensible if he just wasn't prematurely labelled a bust or tipped to be an all star for about another year. The worst thing about his ACL is we're no closer to knowing what he's going to be than when he was drafted.
 
It just comes down to the upside for me... what can he realistically become... what is his ceiling.

I think we can safely bury the penny hardaway type comparisons... I'd say a better Ricky Rubio but I think Rubio is a much better passer and floor general than Dante can be... besides the actual Ricky Rubio can be had for a steal.

So what will Dante be and how long until he becomes a player who helps us win? I just think the injury completely threw the timeline off... if he was going to be special I think we'd have some sort of indication.

The worst thing you can do when you make mistakes is double down and stick with the same idea. If there was a trade that would net a first rounder I'd move on... if we can't get anything we may as well wait and see... I just hope DL isn't putting any of his eggs in that basket right now... if he comes around and figures things out it's a bonus imo but I wouldn't really be planning around him at all at this point. Sorry Dante
 
Stifle Tower said:
Exum has yet to play any basketball.
Can't count youth and HS, because, you know, it's a completely different game in Australia. Then he sat out a year. First year with the Jazz? Hey, he was a rookie dealing with culture shock. This season? Nope, can't count it. You need 2 years to recover from an injury. So Dante will really be a rookie next year.
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At this rate, exums TRUE rookie year won't be until he is out of the league in a couple years
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It just comes down to the upside for me... what can he realistically become... what is his ceiling.
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I think Exum's ceiling is Brian Shaw: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/shawbr01.html

Shaw was a big guard (6'6) with a quick feet for someone his size and a somewhat good court vision. He wasn't a typical PG of the 90s, as far as I remember, since he didn't seem to be able to get into the lane and create. As far as running the offense, he just did the basics. Shaw never become a full-time SG also, because couldn't be counted to score due to a lack of shooting touch or explosive moves.
 
gregbroncs said:
nobody is going to watch 2 full game films just to see if some random poster is unbiased. I agree with your point, I agree with your take, but nobody is going to do that.
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Who asked you too?? He played 7 minutes each game... And Ive put in links and times... its literally 10 minutes of work.
 
Jazz4ever said:
Why would we bother, it's an obviously highly biased review. It's never Exum's fault right? Lack of communication from his teammates, not having full strength in his knee yet? C'mon that is ****ing weak.
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Dude, why bother replying at all if you havent looked? As they say, Opinions are like *******, everyone has them. I was just trying to bring a different perspective. Some f***tards on here think Payton schooled Dante in the 1st qtr when Orlando put up 42... He played on him for 2 minutes! Rest of his time was on DJ who he kept to 0.
 
Can I clear something up...

I created this thread because I was genuinely asking if anyone was seeing what I was?? Surely, there are a few basketball coaches or people interested in analysis on here??

I never asked for anyone's opinion on Dante, I already know it!!! Through the pages and pages of opinions in other threads.

F*** me for trying to dig a little deeper aye.



#JazzNation
#InSnyderWeTrust
 
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elan_prodigy said:
Can I clear something up...

I created this thread because I was genuinely asking if anyone was seeing what I was?? Surely, there are a few basketball coaches or people interested in analysis on here??

I never asked for anyone's opinion on Dante, I already know it!!! Through the pages and pages of opinions in other threads.

F*** me for trying to dig a little deeper aye.



#JazzNation
#InSnyderWeTrust
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I agree with what you said and also don't understand why we turned to Neto as an alternative to Dante given Dante wasn't exactly being scored on rather the opposing point guard happened to be scoring whilst Dante was on the court (on switches). Whilst for the brief period Dante was on the court against the Suns we ran the offence through Hayward who had a mismatch.
 
I think a good comparison with Dante, so far as our expectations and the board's reaction, is Kanter. I remember we all were optimistic about Kanter's potential and gradually he was improving but after a couple of years we became frustrated with him. Finally, Kanter himself became frustrated and asked to be traded. Now you can't say Kanter is a great player but with OKC he certainly has developed into a solid offensive player though still pretty bad on defense. But since he was a high pick we expected him to become a franchise player which he never will be. Same thing with Dante. He has some obvious weaknesses right now and I think physical strength is a major one. His lack of offensive ability is also apparent, and part of that is lack of confidence. However, he does have some strengths: quick first step and good court vision, two important assets for a PG. As for his defense, I thought in the beginning of the year, he looked pretty good. Not sure why that has fallen off. But I think our inflated expectations have caused us to downgrade his value.
 
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