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How did Exum look last night?

I'm not sure if he's ready for more minutes, at least from a conditioning standpoint. I think Quin is smart to play him 15-20 a game now, and hopefully he'll be ready for more when the playoffs come.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
I’m ready to fully endorse the DMX backcourt future. My only fear is that we are basically left with the same weakness we have now. A big man who doesn’t play outside so clogs up driving lanes and a PG who isn’t a big shooting threat. And even Rubio has that weird *** fall away shot off the dribble. Does Exum have anything like that?

He has such an amazing first step that he’ll always be useful. A 25 minutes off the bench scoring threat is exactly what this team needs. But I don’t know why Exum would sign up to be a bench player if he keeps up his current pace.

Keep Exum, acquire more shooters I guess is the short version.
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Yeah, Exum has a floater. Rubio does the fall away thing in the paint because he cant rise up over anyone and he doesnt have floater.
 
David Stern said:
My personal hope is that Rubio is willing to take a bench role in the future.. Dante/Donovan/Exum all play together right now anyway, and that lineup seems to do pretty well.
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Rubio only has 1 year left. He's having a career year this year and maybe he does the same again next season and then "Hill's" the Jazz. Then DL could say "see ya later" because Dante is ready to be the starter.

Really doesnt matter who starts. All three could get 30 mins in a 3-man rotation. Or you keep them slightly under to create some PT for Royce.

I do think the Jazz need to find a shooter at the 4, though.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He needs more minutes... not sure where they come from but I need more Dante.
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Agreed.
Dante > O’Neal so he should get more of those. Rubio could use some rest to be at his best and healthiest for the playoffs. Give X a few of his minutes.
 
May just be me and I wont mention specifics but has anyone else noticed some weird energy between X and ONeal on the court?
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
You're right. The only jumpers I've seen him take are catch and shoot. Why doesn't he take pull-up jumpers? Maybe he hasn't developed one yet? I agree Lonzo has a bad shot, but does shoot off the dribble and I've seen him make some unlikely shots that way in his unorthodox manner. In the past, I've seen some pull-up jumpers by Dante and they're pretty ugly.
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He was taking and making them pretty comfortably in Summer league and I think he took a couple in preseason. There's a lot of pressure in these games and he's still getting his stroke back. There's nothing about his form that would keep him from shooting off the dribble especially when guys are going to start giving him a ton of room to try to stop the drive. Like most stuff with Exum it's never going to look pristine because he just has kind of a uniquely awkward looking game.
 
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