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If not Rubio then what?

Yep let’s give Exum til he’s 30 to find his shot and learn how to finish at the rim. He just hasn’t had enough time.
 
Jrue Holiday - total minutes last season 3288
Dante Exum - total career minutes 3465

X did not play that much, he'll benefit from getting more minutes.
Saying he's not a good player based on raw stats is silly. Dude posted +7.8 NETRTG last season coming back from injury. Laughable, man.
 
jjscap said:
Exum's case is unusual. He joined the Utah Jazz directly from an Australian high school. He basically didn't know how to play organized basketball.
And he missed 1.5 seasons because of injuries so he's handicapped 2-3 years at least! I actually consider this season his 2nd/3rd year and am not ready to give up on him. And despite his still ugly looking jump-shooting form, he looks unstoppable oftentimes with ball in his hand. He has elite speed, defense, court vision, size. That's a lot of elite attributes.

He played as much as a regular starter would play in a single season only! He desperately needs minutes.
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Right. We took him 5th even though he never played organized basketball and he never played organized ball despite videos of him doing just that, getting to the line a million x a game in high school, and the fact that his dad played at UNC, and was drafted and then played professionally in Australia.

Yep, the kid never played organized ball.
 
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I think y’all are overreacting here. Wait until Rubio turns the corner which I have no doubt he will.

Suggestion: have your crow with alioli sauce.
 
Exum is probably an NBA player, but no one in NBA history has done as little as he has and gotten $11 million a year.

Peel away the excuses and I’m not sure what the excitement is about. It’s almost cult-ish.

Glad we preserved cap for next year by passing on Bjelica so we could have the honor of paying Exum twice what he would’ve been signed for, striking out because we doubled down on Rubio and Favors, then keep Favors next year because “if not Favors then what?”
 
NUMBERICA said:
Exum is probably an NBA player, but no one in NBA history has done as little as he has and gotten $11 million a year.

Peel away the excuses and I’m not sure what the excitement is about. It’s almost cult-ish.

Glad we preserved cap for next year by passing on Bjelica so we could have the honor of paying Exum twice what he would’ve been signed for, striking out because we doubled down on Rubio and Favors, then keep Favors next year because “if not Favors then what?”
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You got a short memory cuz dudes like Mozgov got 17 million a few years ago.

And yeah, the Exum love is weird. I think it's just him being the #5 pick, so we assume he has a lot of potential (which he does in the physical sense).
 
Anyway, Exum is fine. I am not concerned with the nominal PG slot with Mitchell, Exum, and Allen. At least as long as the Jazz actually address roster deficiencies at all in the next year.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
You got a short memory cuz dudes like Mozgov got 17 million a few years ago.

And yeah, the Exum love is weird. I think it's just him being the #5 pick, so we assume he has a lot of potential (which he does in the physical sense).
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Mozgov has played games. He has played well in significant chunks. You can chant about how missing games was unfair, but that’s the definition of doing little.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Mozgov has played games. He has played well in significant chunks. You can chant about how missing games was unfair, but that’s the definition of doing little.
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The previous season Mozgov had averaged 6 point and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes. Exum averaged 8 and 3 in 17 minutes last year and had a good playoff series.

I mean, I think Exum's defensive ability is worth his contract. It isn't Roberson level, who got 10 million a year, but he has significantly more offensive game than Roberson.

My gripe with Exum is just that he doesn't seem to have the potential to really eclipse that. I don't think his contract is a problem.
 
As long as Exum is healthy he is tradeable on his current deal. He’s been fine and has showed some progress... dude couldn’t take a normal layup a couple years ago... now he drives and it looks pretty natural. I’m bullish that his shot will improve. I mean it’s a really low bar but he’s had a few threes that were half way down that rattled out.

The thing that gives him upside imo is that he’s long for his position and super fast. He has shown he can get where he wants to... he has shown he can draw fouls and finish (his percentage could improve at the rim but he’s not Rubio bad). He can make decent passes when the defense collapses... sooooooo if the set shot comes around to 35% ish he becomes very difficult to guard. Right now teams don’t have to close hard.

The weird thing with us is our catch and shoot and corner threes are all down across the board... a few more of those should start falling and Dante is one that I think could improve.
 
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