MIL Bucks @ YOUR Utah Jazz.. tonight at 7pm mtn on ROOT

[da ThRONe]

I LOL at the Burke hate some times. Dude was the best college player just two years ago. Why are people questioning his ability to consistently play at a high level. He's a 2nd year player running a completely new system and is embracing a new role. Plus this new role doesn't complement his greatest strength and neither does his teammates.

If there is a PG on the Jazz roster likely to make a Kobe-like boost from one season to the next it's far more likely to be Burke than Exum. Trey has a number of great games in his young career that shows the dominant PG he can be. He just has to eliminate the terrible games. This is what people mean when they talk about a young player showing "flashes". Burke has shown those flashes this year and last. Exum has shown no such flashes.

 

[Revolution 9]

Exums rookie wall doesnt scare me, but his playing with fear does. We've seen Trey turn the corner, but hes always had courage/drive.

It seems like passion/motor/intensity are things you either have or you dont. Which is one big reason Trey is succeeding. Hes worked on his game, and its catching up to how confident/fearless he plays.

Can Exum learn to be more aggressive?

 

[slc]

Exums rookie wall doesnt scare me, but his playing with fear does. We've seen Trey turn the corner, but hes always had courage/drive.

It seems like passion/motor/intensity are things you either have or you dont. Which is one big reason Trey is succeeding. Hes worked on his game, and its catching up to how confident/fearless he plays.

Can Exum learn to be more aggressive?

I agree that Exum does seem to play scared.
But I would rather see him survive his first season uninjured.
Too many high draft choices have ended their first season with a serious injury.
There is no urgency for Exum to break out immediately.
A players second season is most important.
Exum will have the benefit of a full off season of NBA training to prepare for next year.
He seems to be getting enough playing time this season to develop properly.
Let him make it through this season uninjured and see what he does next year.

 

[bezerkus]

I'm REALLY excited about Trey's playing and potential. He needs to find open players a bit more, like he did tonight. I love when players buck the trend of having to have a giant wingspan to play awesome defense and get to the basket. He was a great pick and I hope we don't trade him away.

 

[phippsj]

I thought it was a competitive game, but didn't really seem like a playoff type atmosphere. Way too sloppy to be that imo.

The physicality was, in my opinion. The lack of an offense that can handle a physical defense shows why neither of these teams are threats this year.

 

[Stoked]

The physicality was, in my opinion. The lack of an offense that can handle a physical defense shows why neither of these teams are threats this year.

Their records show that lol. Only the Bucks will make the playoffs. And in the weak east they are 6th. They make second round at best.

 

[Flc]

I LOL at the Burke hate some times. Dude was the best college player just two years ago. Why are people questioning his ability to consistently play at a high level. He's a 2nd year player running a completely new system and is embracing a new role. Plus this new role doesn't complement his greatest strength and neither does his teammates.

If there is a PG on the Jazz roster likely to make a Kobe-like boost from one season to the next it's far more likely to be Burke than Exum. Trey has a number of great games in his young career that shows the dominant PG he can be. He just has to eliminate the terrible games. This is what people mean when they talk about a young player showing "flashes". Burke has shown those flashes this year and last. Exum has shown no such flashes.

I really like Burke as well, but keep in mind that he came into the league two years older than Exum and having played at a much, much higher level of competition with Michigan's March Madness run than Exum had playing against Australian teenagers and a couple minutes here and there in the World Cup.

Trey didn't get better during his rookie year either - he got a bit better from when he started til the All Star Break, hit the rookie wall hard, and then dropped off a lot in the stretch til the end of the season. And he wasn't really able to start figuring things out until halfway through this year after putting in a ton of work with Snyder.

TLDR: Let's stop the hate on Burke, because he's one tough and ambitious player. But let's stop the hate on Exum as well. Aggression comes with confidence and it's hard to be confident when you're exhausted, have no legs, and the game is way too fast with opposing players that are way too big.

I'm not worried about Exum - he's playing like **** now, but that was to be expected. There's a reason people said prior to the draft that he had one of the two highest ceilings but needed the most development.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I really like Burke as well, but keep in mind that he came into the league two years older than Exum and having played at a much, much higher level of competition with Michigan's March Madness run than Exum had playing against Australian teenagers and a couple minutes here and there in the World Cup.

Trey didn't get better during his rookie year either - he got a bit better from when he started til the All Star Break, hit the rookie wall hard, and then dropped off a lot in the stretch til the end of the season. And he wasn't really able to start figuring things out until halfway through this year after putting in a ton of work with Snyder.

TLDR: Let's stop the hate on Burke, because he's one tough and ambitious player. But let's stop the hate on Exum as well. Aggression comes with confidence and it's hard to be confident when you're exhausted, have no legs, and the game is way too fast with opposing players that are way too big.

I'm not worried about Exum - he's playing like **** now, but that was to be expected. There's a reason people said prior to the draft that he had one of the two highest ceilings but needed the most development.

Exum is next level timid though. It's truly historical his lack of FT attempts despite minutes played.

 

[BabyPeterzz]

A man named Orange Juice Mayonnaise is fat. Imagine that.

 

[gregbroncs]

Exum is next level timid though. It's truly historical his lack of FT attempts despite minutes played.

You don't think the serious jump in competition has a lot to do with that?
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Can anybody name another player that came from a foreign high school system straight to the NBA? Most of the guys coming from Europe have played professionally for 2-3 years before coming to the NBA. Simply put I'm not sure there has ever been a situation like Dante's before.

 

[fishonjazz]

I LOL at the Burke hate some times. Dude was the best college player just two years ago.

Jimmer was the best college player too

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Why are people questioning his ability to consistently play at a high level.

Because he has not shown that he can consistently play at a high level.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

The necktie giveaway last night was the best of the year so far.