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Exum over Mudiay?

Exum over Mudiay?

  • Yes

    Votes: 23 62.2%

  • No

    Votes: 11 29.7%

  • Not on your life

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Total voters
    37
If at some point the version of Dante that was guarding Harden shows up i'd probably prefer him over Mudiay. Post injury i'm not sure if or when the Jazz would get that version. Mudiay can get to the basket at will but it would be nice if he would actually kick it out to the perimeter now and again. Either way, its probably just best to play the hot hand.
 
No. The team needs Mudiay's scoring ability. Offense has been a struggle most of the season even with Mudiay playing well (mainly due to the lack of continuity between the starting 5). Where is it if we swap Mudiay's offense out for Dante's defense? Who on the second unit scores?
 
SCS said:
No. The team needs Mudiay's scoring ability. Offense has been a struggle most of the season even with Mudiay playing well (mainly due to the lack of continuity between the starting 5). Where is it if we swap Mudiay's offense out for Dante's defense? Who on the second unit scores?
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Simple let Dante have the ball. Let him play like the way he was last year before he got injured. He was getting everyone involved and the players were scoring. The problem with mudiay he plays for himself. Or give the ball to Joe!
 
Saying that mudiay has got talent. He just doesn't know how to get all players involved. If basketball was a 1 on 1 game. Mudiay would be a really good player.
 
I still think in the long term that Dante playing well and being given a chance is best for both him and the Jazz.

He fits the team identity in terms of defense first, and his defense will never be predicated by his offense, same as Royce. And if he gives us a bit of offense like he did in that good stretch he had, then great.

If that means that Dante plays ahead of Mudiay long term, or with him, then that's cool too, as long as Mudiay is still playing decently well.
 
Jazz said:
Simple let Dante have the ball. Let him play like the way he was last year before he got injured. He was getting everyone involved and the players were scoring. The problem with mudiay he plays for himself. Or give the ball to Joe!
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Stats tell us that peak Exum is likely going to get shoot in low 40's from the field, about 30% from 3 and average about 2-3 assists off the bench. He's going to generate about 10 points a game from his points/assists. Mudiay is averaging 8.5 points on 51% shooting, 30% from 3, and he's averaging 2.5 assists. Mudiay generates more points for the team from his points/assists and he does so more efficiently.

The idea that the passing is better with Dante on the floor is a fallacy.

Basically the thing that frustrates fans with Mudiay is an optic thing. He's a score first guy. He has tunnel vision at times. He looks for his shot and at times he misses an open shooter. But he makes 50% of his shots. Do you want a shot that goes in 50% of the time? Or you do want Dante on the floor because he's more likely to make the pass that leads to a pass that will lead to another pass that might get a great shot (or might lead to nothing) just because it looks better to the eye?

I'll take the 50% shot every time.
 
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SCS said:
Stats tell us that peak Exum is likely going to get shoot in low 40's from the field, about 30% from 3 and average about 2-3 assists off the bench. He's going to generate about 10 points a game from his points/assists. Mudiay is averaging 8.5 points on 51% shooting, 30% from 3, and he's averaging 2.5 assists. Mudiay generates more points for the team from his points/assists and he does so more efficiently.

The idea that the passing is better with Dante on the floor is a fallacy.

Basically the thing that frustrates fans with Mudiay is an optic thing. He's a score first guy. He has tunnel vision at times. He looks for his shot and at times he misses an open shooter. But he makes 50% of his shots. Do want a shot that goes in 50% of the time? Or do want Dante on the floor because he's more likely to make the pass that leads to a pass that will lead to another pass that might get a great shot (or might lead to nothing) just because it looks better to the eye?

I'll take the 50% shot every time.
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Mudiay is a career 39.8% shooter so I wouldn't be at all surprised if he ends up in the low 40's by the end of the year.
 
SCS said:
Stats tell us that peak Exum is likely going to get shoot in low 40's from the field, about 30% from 3 and average about 2-3 assists off the bench. He's going to generate about 10 points a game from his points/assists. Mudiay is averaging 8.5 points on 51% shooting, 30% from 3, and he's averaging 2.5 assists. Mudiay generates more points for the team from his points/assists and he does so more efficiently.

The idea that the passing is better with Dante on the floor is a fallacy.

Basically the thing that frustrates fans with Mudiay is an optic thing. He's a score first guy. He has tunnel vision at times. He looks for his shot and at times he misses an open shooter. But he makes 50% of his shots. Do you want a shot that goes in 50% of the time? Or you do want Dante on the floor because he's more likely to make the pass that leads to a pass that will lead to another pass that might get a great shot (or might lead to nothing) just because it looks better to the eye?

I'll take the 50% shot every time.
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It's unfair to compare one person's entire career, but then cherry pick small sample stats for another player to prove a point, and disregard that particular player's career stats, where he has for the most part shot poorly and turned the ball over at a high rate, and has been discarded by 2 teams in his still fledgling career.
 
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