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Et tu Brute said:
What did he do to earn the right to put up those shots?
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Maybe that's better question to ask Snyder and Jazz coaching staff? We do not know what is happening in Jazz practice. Maybe Mitchell wowed coaching staff by being aggressive, listening to what coach says and making those shots during practice? For all I know his shooting mechanics are great, not like Exum's who's jumper may not be as ugly as Lonzo's but it is one of the uglier shots in whole NBA. Dante has only himself to blame for not being aggressive or making open shots when given the opportunity. Plus his conditioning was really poor during his rookie year, even if somebody would have spoon fed him some extra minutes he would be not able to handle them. He used to suck air and have his hands on his hips after just couple minutes of play. Mitchell on the other hand has amazing stamina highlighted by his scoring outbursts in 4th quarters. Exum's rookie PER and all other advanced stats were historically bad. Like seriously terrible. For example look how bad he was in pick and roll - Although he's only used them 18.3 percent of the time, he's racked up just 0.35 points per play. According to NBA.com, that's the worst among NBA point guards and fifth worst among every player in the league. So please do not blame coach and his staff, they know better than me or you or all Jazzfanz combined.
 
Et tu Brute is beyond delusional. Waaaah, why didn't Exum take all the shots. Waaah, Mitchell is treated so much better. Only Australian players should run the offense. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

****ing lunatic.
 
MVP said:
Maybe that's better question to ask Snyder and Jazz coaching staff? We do not know what is happening in Jazz practice. Maybe Mitchell wowed coaching staff by being aggressive, listening to what coach says and making those shots during practice? For all I know his shooting mechanics are great, not like Exum's who's jumper may not be as ugly as Lonzo's but it is one of the uglier shots in whole NBA. Dante has only himself to blame for not being aggressive or making open shots when given the opportunity. Plus his conditioning was really poor during his rookie year, even if somebody would have spoon fed him some extra minutes he would be not able to handle them. He used to suck air and have his hands on his hips after just couple minutes of play. Mitchell on the other hand has amazing stamina highlighted by his scoring outbursts in 4th quarters. Exum's rookie PER and all other advanced stats were historically bad. Like seriously terrible. So please do not blame coach and his staff, they know better than me or you or all Jazzfanz combined.
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Quin and DL complained every other interview about how Exum was being timid, and that they'd like him to be more aggressive and make mistakes. Instead, he struggled with his dribble (remember the hilarity when teams discovered Exum awful handles and how they'd pressure him as soon as he touched the ball?), passed it off as soon as he could, and parked himself in the corner. But apparently, he was instructed to be terrible.
 
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First Jazz rookie to record 5 20+point games in first 3 weeks of his career. You understand that even our All stars Malone, Stockton, Hornacek, D.Williams, Boozer, AK47, Okur, Hayward and Millsap never achieved anything even close to that?
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Hate to say it. This may show how meaningful those 20 point games are...
 
Siro said:
Et tu Brute is beyond delusional. Waaaah, why didn't Exum take all the shots. Waaah, Mitchell is treated so much better. Only Australian players should run the offense. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

****ing lunatic.
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Thank you for articulating my thoughts so eloquently.

Especially the Aussie thing.

I'd bet my house you voted for Stein or Hillary.
 
Et tu Brute said:
Thank you for articulating my thoughts so eloquently.

Especially the Aussie thing.

I'd bet my house you voted for Stein or Hillary.
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Does that bother you because they're not Australian? You think Exum should be president?
 
I like how the OP keeps ignoring the team dynamic this year is different than any year since Exum has been on the Jazz. No Hayward, no Hill taking the majority of the shots and Johnson and Gobert hurt adds to even more available shot attempts. Favors has been inconsistent, or disinterested in taking some of those now available extra shot attempts so that would've left Exum to see if he would be willing to take some of those attempts.

I think it really sucks that Exum is hurt this year, this would've or could've been the year for him to prove himself, I still have faith in him to turn out at the very least as a Shaun Livingston type of player (injured and almost forgotten but ends up proving to still be a good player with a long career). If he was healthy I would love to see what the DMX back court could've accomplished, Exum is much more of a willing passer (too willing at times) but that could be what would've helped that dynamic grow.

Lastly Donovan wasn't given permission by Snyder to take those shots, Donovan just took them cause he believed in himself (some times too much) and didn't worry if it was okay if he did. Yes he's (so far) been inconsistent and a lot of games not efficient in his scoring but such is the life of almost every rookie in the NBA when they are seemingly a teams top 1 or 2 scoring threats on most nights. Again that feeds into what I first said Exum never had this opportunity because of the team dynamic that Donovan has. Although to be fair to Donovan he still would've never asked for it he would take it either way until the coach sits him (which is what would've happened if Hayward was still here) because he just has that killer instinct in him and its seemingly the only way he knows how to play.
 
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I like how the OP keeps ignoring the team dynamic this year is different than any year since Exum has been on the Jazz. No Hayward, no Hill taking the majority of the shots and Johnson and Gobert hurt adds to even more available shot attempts. Favors has been inconsistent, or disinterested in taking some of those now available extra shot attempts so that would've left Exum to see if he would be willing to take some of those attempts.

I think it really sucks that Exum is hurt this year, this would've or could've been the year for him to prove himself, I still have faith in him to turn out at the very least as a Shaun Livingston type of player (injured and almost forgotten but ends up proving to still be a good player with a long career). If he was healthy I would love to see what the DMX back court could've accomplished, Exum is much more of a willing passer (too willing at times) but that could be what would've helped that dynamic grow.

Lastly Donovan wasn't given permission by Snyder to take those shots, Donovan just took them cause he believed in himself (some times too much) and didn't worry if it was okay if he did. Yes he's (so far) been inconsistent and a lot of games not efficient in his scoring but such is the life of almost every rookie in the NBA when they are seemingly a teams top 1 or 2 scoring threats on most nights. Again that feeds into what I first said Exum never had this opportunity because of the team dynamic that Donovan has. Although to be fair to Donovan he still would've never asked for it he would take it either way until the coach sits him (which is what would've happened if Hayward was still here) because he just has that killer instinct in him and its seemingly the only way he knows how to play.
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In regards to Donovan, that is the mentality real players, not role players take. He has that "It" factor that very few at this level seem to have. Not saying he's LeBron but the fearless attitude and absolute confidence in every situation is a godsend to this team.
 
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