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I've been saying it during this entire pre-draft period, but just more reasons why I wouldn't touch Exum at #5...

A Western Conference scout recalled watching Exum face Schroder, a German point guard who was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks last year.

“Let me tell you, Dennis Schroder kicked the [expletive] out of him in every one-on-one drill,” the scout said. “It was sad, because here was this young, gangly kid, and Schroder was tying him into knots.”

The Western Conference scout called Exum a “very good prospect” but stopped short of saying he was anything more.

“Again, is he not a tremendous prospect? I’m not going to say that,” the scout said. “Is he a potential All-Star? I don’t know. Is he someone who if I was drafting, and I haven’t seen him play other than a one-on-zero workout, would I consider drafting him top five? No [expletive] way.

“I saw him play every conceivable level of basketball. He’s not a point guard. Just because you can dribble in a straight line and dunk doesn’t make you a point guard.”
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But it could also be a smokescreen. If this scout has seen him play at every conceivable level of basketball and watched him against Schroeder, I wonder if it's none other than our very own international scout, Rich Sheubrooks, who is charge of assembling the international team for the Nike Hoops Summit. Sheubrooks has been an international scout for some 13 years (Memphis and Charlotte before the Jazz snagged him).
 
Core4 said:
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But it could also be a smokescreen. If this scout has seen him play at every conceivable level of basketball and watched him against Schroeder, I wonder if it's none other than our very own international scout, Rich Sheubrooks, who is charge of assembling the international team for the Nike Hoops Summit. Sheubrooks has been an international scout for some 13 years (Memphis and Charlotte before the Jazz snagged him).
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Certainly a possibility.

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Everybody on this board has talked about the importance of swinging for the fences with this pick. Exum fulfills those wishes if we're stuck at 5. It would definitely suck to swing and miss. No doubt.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Exum also got shutdown by Marcus Smart when he played USA. The dude isn't a PG for sure.
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This.

In the very little bit they went at each other in the U19 game, Smart looked like an adult going against a jr high kid. Watching that gave me pause.
 
[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];848792 said:
Everybody on this board has talked about the importance of swinging for the fences with this pick. Exum fulfills those wishes if we're stuck at 5. It would definitely suck to swing and miss. No doubt.
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I'd rather swing and miss, than take a sure thing that's not becoming great.
Look at it this way:
You take Randle, you don't have a single 2 way player, not a single elite scorer. That means no mans land for multiple years and would encourage management to get in some revenue, while telling the fanbase: NEXT YEAR WE CAN MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND IN 3 YEARS WE CAN MAYBE BE A 4 SEED. Happy Birthday.

You swing and miss, at least you blow up the nucleus and start from scratch. The reset would give a new chance at getting a #1 pick, being more lucky in the lottery. Getting a good position in a multiple superstar prospect deep draft.
 
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