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Dante's Pre-Draft Measurements and How He Compares

jjscap said:
Agility and sprint measurements are important simply because it works. The quickest PGs in the league always had the top scores with these.
3/4 court sprint: Chris Paul (3.22), Steph Curry (3.28), Damian Lillard (3.34)...........Dante Exum (3.19) [lower is better] https://vine.co/v/MXThYKYmiM6

Also one thing you can't dispute is he has such large hands (9.5" width), which should help with ball-handling and rebounding.
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Would I rather have this 3.19 than a 3.49? Yes, obviously. Athleticism is important. But these mean next to nothing, really. There are plenty of guys who are quicker than Exum who stink or never even set foot on an NBA court.
 
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jjscap said:
Agility and sprint measurements are important simply because it works. The quickest PGs in the league always had the top scores with these.
3/4 court sprint: Chris Paul (3.22), Steph Curry (3.28), Damian Lillard (3.34)...........Dante Exum (3.19) [lower is better] https://vine.co/v/MXThYKYmiM6

Also one thing you can't dispute is he has such large hands (9.5" width), which should help with ball-handling and rebounding.
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The actual measurements are far more accurate (even though guys still cheat those) than the athletic testing that data means next to nothing. If so you believe Cody Zellers is faster than Dante Exum or that Doug McDermott can jump higher than Blake Griffin. A lot of the results are that absurd when comparing two or more players.
 
He's 6'4.5" in socks. That is exactly my measurement and I'm never measured in shoes. I know they play in their shoes, but their height should be measured with socks. Their weight is listed without shoes. Sorry, rant over.
 
sojodave said:
He's 6'4.5" in socks. That is exactly my measurement and I'm never measured in shoes. I know they play in their shoes, but their height should be measured with socks. Their weight is listed without shoes. Sorry, rant over.
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Honestly they should be measured barefoot IMO. Guys cheat with their shoes and socks. A 1/2 inch here or there can really impact their draft status so guys will try to add more where ever they realistically can.
 
da ThRONe said:
Honestly they should be measured barefoot IMO. Guys cheat with their shoes and socks. A 1/2 inch here or there can really impact their draft status so guys will try to add more where ever they realistically can.
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Damn, thought I had an idea to make a ton of money with prospective draftees, but Nike has already beat me to it.

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What was Jordan's hand measurement? Big hands are important in dominance of the basketball was what he showed to us.
 
da ThRONe said:
He couldn't do anything against Smart, but looked good against most of the other U19 PG's.
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I haven't seen the footage, but he scored 7 points in 11 minutes (drew 2 shooting fouls), while slowed by injury. Was Smart only guarding him part of the time?
 
GVC said:
I haven't seen the footage, but he scored 7 points in 11 minutes (drew 2 shooting fouls), while slowed by injury. Was Smart only guarding him part of the time?
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Here's the clip.

[video=youtube_share;TncQcm7gmxk]https://youtu.be/TncQcm7gmxk
 
Smart is a damn pitbull. He will be a great defender. But Exum won't be always like that against him. This guy is competing for the win. But young guys these days, you don't usually see the play and have fun attitude in them like Jordan and such. You only see the win it and look good whatever it takes.

Core 7 is a nice name I love it. Whoever got that as a sig I congrat him. These core players need to enjoy the game of basketball, have fun, or else their development will stop at some point because they will see it only as obligation. I wanna see smiling faces out there!
 
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