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His son was finally aggressive and had a decent game...
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Sadly, Michigan is just ok without the leadership of Burke. Ahh the good ol' days.
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BTP said:
He didn't improve his long range shooting! I don't think he deserves any top10 mentions. Consistency is a big issue right now.
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Well his only 19 playing in a pro league, but yeah the outside shooting is the big thing holding him back from being in the 6-8 range. I am wondering at 19 how good of a 3 point shooter Mirotic was.
 
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Well his only 19 playing in a pro league, but yeah the outside shooting is the big thing holding him back from being in the 6-8 range. I am wondering at 19 how good of a 3 point shooter Mirotic was.
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In Mirotic's age 19/20 season he did 41.2% on threes in 29 regular season games in the Spanish ACB. His playoff production dropped a little. He posted 6.6 points per game on 39% long range shooting in the Euro League.
I really like Saric, but I don't think a turnover prone point forward without a reliable long range shot is worth a top10 pick in this draft. There's less risky picks with a similar ceiling when you factor in overall production imo.

https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=MAD&pcode=000796&seasoncode=E2013

You can see a summary here how he performed in each year. I'm a big fan of Mirotic and I'd be super thrilled to have him in Utah.
 
Hi guys, here is a new member from Germany (but I´m tukish:cool:). I follow your forum for a while reading a lot but now i decided to write a little bit. First of all sorry for all my language problems, growing up with turkish and german an later on started to learn your language + french, so there could be a lot of mistakes (especially spelling and grammar).

As a turkish NBA Fan, you have to follow Utah (right now a little bit upset about Kanters situation but anyway), so I`m proud to be part of the tanking.:)

So here is my first informative contribution. News from december 10th:
Dante Exum not impressed with 37-point game in Australian Schools Championships quarter final in Kilsyth
EVEN the very best of prospects have bad games, and Dante Exum felt like he had one last Wednesday.
The 18-year-old was playing for Canberra's Lake Ginninderra College in the quarter-finals of the Australian Schools Championships, held at Kilsyth Stadium.

The Lakers went into the quarters as the top-ranked team and they came up against fourth-ranked Concordia College from Adelaide.

Exum scored 37 points, pulled in 12 rebounds, dished out seven assists, had two steals, a block and didn't turn the ball over once as his side pulled out a 94-89 win.

His assessment?

"It was horrible," Exum said.

"I didn't play to the best of my ability. I ended up with 37 points or something, but still it was a horrible shooting performance.

"So, hopefully, I can improve from that."

Those 37 points came on 11-of-30 shooting, including just one-of-12 from deep.

His ability to get to the line made up for those blemishes, and was probably what got the Lakers home in the end, as he made 14-of-17 from the stripe.

Most players at Kilsyth won't compile those stats in the entire tournament, but as a prospective future NBA player, Exum holds himself to a different standard.

The Melbourne-raised son of former NBL player Cecil Exum, Dante was born to play ball and he's got all the physical attributes to do it well.

He's got the height (198cm), the length and the speed to be rated among the very best prospects for next year's NBA draft.

Whether he'll nominate for it or opt for a year at a US college is still in the air.

For now, he's enjoying his surroundings.

"I just like to get out on the floor and have a good time with my friends," Exum said.

"I think that's the main thing about this tournament that's appealing to me."

Despite his size he's listed as a point guard, and Exum is a willing and able passer.

Not a point guard in the prototypical Chris Paul mould; Exum isn't the floor general, calling plays and directing traffic.

He doesn't so much run plays as pull them out of thin air.

Either off a simple ball screen or off the dribble, he gets past defenders with ease and to the rim in a hurry, where he's adept at finishing or finding the open man.

The undersized Concordia defenders could do little to stop Exum in close; at times he would simply elevate and stretch over them to drop the ball in.

He's a weapon in transition, gliding past defenders with ease.

With his side down by 14 heading into the final quarter, Exum started attacking the rim on every play, taking advantage of Concordia's foul trouble, and got his side the win.

Even though he didn't shoot well on Wednesday, he followed it up the next day by shooting at 50 per cent from three-point territory, recording a triple-double as the Lakers moved into the gold medal game.

He knows it's all part of the learning process.

"I try not to go away from it," Exum said.

"I've been working on it in practice for a while now. I still want to get in these games and shoot the ball with confidence.

"I want to learn to get out of shooting slumps like that. Sometimes I need to learn to stop."
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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader...final-in-kilsyth/story-fngnvmqa-1226779496678
 
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dd11 said:
Hi guys, here is a new member from Germany (but I´m tukish:cool:). I follow your forum for a while reading a lot but now i decided to write a little bit. First of all sorry for all my language problems, growing up with turkish and german an later on started to learn your language + french, so there could be a lot of mistakes (especially spelling and grammar).

As a turkish NBA Fan, you have to follow Utah (right now a little bit upset about Kanters situation but anyway), so I`m proud to be part of the tanking.:)
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Yes! Another Jazz fan in Germany! Two questions for you.

Can I come over, and will you prepare a Turkish Doner mit allem for me?
 
Very nice contribution dd 11
Nice to have ya posting
 
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