How did Exum look last night?

[Et tu Brute]

I was most impressed by his ability to draw fouls and get to the line for the team. His FTs looked good.

I think this is his real X factor tbh

 

[utahjazzz]

Exum > Mitchell

Snyder just has not given Dante a
chance to be hinself on the court, make mistakes and improve.

 

[Et tu Brute]

No I dont.

For any of those stats they are only accurarte with tonnes of data. A small sample size with lead to greater variances.

Well durrh.
But the same sets of data shouldn't lead to great variation though.
Small sample sizes impact the conclusions u make, but the raw numbers are not inherently flawed. So Exum is actually performing at those current high standards - not that it means anything, but over an incredibly short number of minutes he has had a certain impact.

I guess this logic could be wrong.

 

[Hitman]

Exum > Mitchell

Snyder just has not given Dante a
chance to be hinself on the court, make mistakes and improve.

Mitchell came into the league ready to play. Exum was a project. You are an idiot.

 

[eacioban]

The question is not who is better.
Dante is having an impact since his return with a +17 net rating, which is crazy.

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[MVP]

Have you not talked about how good or bad he is? Pretty sure you have. Wait 30 or 40 games first please.

Or is that we can only talk about how he is looking if he is looking bad. If he looks good then hold off on praising him until there is a bigger sample size but if he sucks then let’s talk about it right?

I think you confusing something. Never said he is bad after just few games. I based my opinion on whole time he was here.

 

[tleikheen]

Mitchell came into the league ready to play. Exum was a project. You are an idiot.

If you watch the games it's become obvious Exum is past being a project.His production on the court shows that.

 

[MVP]

Mitchell came into the league ready to play. Exum is project. You are an idiot.

Fixed it.

 

[MVP]

If you watch the games it's become obvious Exum is past being a project.His production on the court shows that.

Oh, just stop it. He is still a project, or you have no clue what the difference is between established player in the league and project.

 

[MVP]

The question is not who is better.
Dante is having an impact since his return with a +17 net rating, which is crazy.View attachment 5708

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I like Roland rating better. Check it out - http://www.82games.com/1718/1718UTA.HTM

It as well very interesting to see the difference in his impact while playing PG or SG.
http://www.82games.com/1718/17UTA5.HTM

 

[Flc]

*cough*

What? Historically, PGs have made the biggest jump between year two and year three. Everyone was shocked when Deron made a huge jump between year one and two, because it was a "year early."

By the end of Dante's third season, we'll have a good idea as to what we have. He'll likely still have several additional jumps to make, but they'll be minor in comparison to his development over the course of the next two years.

I imagine that at summer league this year, we're going to see quite a bit of the same Dante - only with a more aggressive mindset and inferior competition.

There's a difference between a mental lack of aggressiveness ("he's soft") and a lack of aggressiveness that stems from not having the strength and finishing skills to make anything happen at the end of a drive. In Dante's case, it's clearly the latter - mentally soft players don't play defense the way Exum does.

The issue, for me, is that people decry the absence of drives to the basket as if he's got some internalized mental issue when that just isn't the case. And frankly, I think that's why some people are so concerned for him - there's a big difference between a limited skill set and a limited mindset, because skills are much easier to fix.

Kid is going to be more than fine.

The thought that Exum and Gobert are going to be together for at least the next five years makes me very, very happy.

Also, note that NBA point guards typically make the biggest leap (moderate to major) between their second and third years, with a lesser leap happening between year one and two (minor to moderate.) Since Dante missed all of last year, this is essentially his second season, meaning that by training camp next year, we should see the extent to which he'll be a superstar vs. a strong, solid starter.

Exum is going to be so damn good. Granted, this isn't against top caliber competition, but he's very difficult to guard. As soon as he grows up a bit more and has the skills to finish, he's going to demand double teams. As long as he develops a competent mid-range jumper and continues being consistent with his 3-ptrs, he's going to have the same skill set as Harden and Westbrook, but with a higher IQ. There's a lot of work to get to that point, but I can see the player he's going to become much more clearly now. Same feeling I had when Hayward had that ridiculous 35 point game against LA his first or second year in the league.

I've said this repeatedly, but I'll do it again. NBA point guards typically experience the most explosive growth between the second and third year of their NBA career. It's likely that Jazz fans expect a quicker timeline because our last marquee point guard draftee, Deron Williams, had his major jump between year one and year two. It's important to note, however, that Deron's earlier jump is highly irregular when compared with the majority of NBA point guards. It is by far the most difficult position in the NBA to learn, due to the leadership requirements on offense and the mental precision that is needed.

Because Exum missed a year with the ACL, we can hope for this growth to occur going into next year, though it might be slightly delayed given the lack of continuity between his first year and his second (technically his third, since we aren't counting the ACL year.)

TLDR: next year we'll have a much better idea of who Exum is going to be as a player. My gut tells me he's about to make a gigantic leap.

Above posts were written over the course of the last two seasons. The most explosive growth for NBA point guards happens, typically, between year 2 and 3. Exum's injuries messed with that a bit but it's looking like, once you factor them out and the time he spent off the court for them, he's right on target.

 

[elan_prodigy]

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Above posts were written over the course of the last two seasons. The most explosive growth for NBA point guards happens, typically, between year 2 and 3. Exum's injuries messed with that a bit but it's looking like, once you factor them out and the time he spent off the court for them, he's right on target.

Exactly.

Those who wrote him off as a rookie and then again as he was recovering from injury are the worst kind of sports fans.