All Star-caliber player, averaging 16 pts, 8+ assists and top 8 in the league in steals. At least a second option on offense.
All NBA first or second defensive team.
All NBA first or second defensive team.
Official Public Declaration of Exums Future
- Thread starter Ron Mexico
- Start date
I think so. The kid is really, really, really smart. The game is moving way too fast for him at the moment and he's clearly hit the Rookie Wall, but you can tell that he has amazing Vision - not just court vision, but vision like top tier chess players have. It's only a matter of time before he can start deconstructing defenses.
My take on his 'lack of aggression' isn't a mindset issue, so much as a lack of strength. Hayward drove only a fraction of the times that he's doing this year as a result of increased strength. Give the kid a summer to get stronger and we'll see what next year looks like.
Hotdog
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I think 90% of Dantes shortcomings right now are directly tied to his confidence level. He looks like he plays not to make mistakes. He might be a whole different looking player in a couple years when and if he gains the necessary amount of confidence to play in the league.
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framer
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Dante's the youngest point guard to ever play in the league, correct? There have been other 18 and 19 year olds, but none of them have played the point, let alone excelled at it. I think there is a lot of apples to oranges going on here. There's Levine, but he isn't really setting the world on fire either. . .
b_line
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He has arguably been worse than exum
The Blue Elephant
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Shaun Livingston, Sebastian Telfair, Monte Ellis, and Louis Williams were definitely younger than Dante when entering the NBA and played PG. All were drafted out of high school.
jope
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And Exum is the worst performer of that group, with group lows in (per36) scoring, rebounding, fta, fg%,ts%, stl% and PER.
also, you forgot stephon marbury, kyrie irving, tony parker, jrue holiday, eric money, marquis teague, and zach lavine (all 19 in their rookie seasons)
I'm not sure per-36 is the best way to compare incredibly young players with drastically different minute totals in their rookie season.
There is no way he is the youngest ever to play PG. Maybe youngest to ever start. There had to be people coming straight out of HS who were younger than Exum.
The thing that sucks about Exum is that he isn't trying new things ever. He has been playing the same for a while now without any noticeable signs of improvement. That is a bit worrisome. I'm never really excited to watch Exum play.
JazzyFresh
Banned
My ONLY concern is that he doesn't even try to drive the lane. Even at times when it's needed late in the shot clock. I personally think he's just too afraid to make mistakes on a team that's also trying to find itself. He can't really take to many chances because other guys out there need the ball in their hands at this juncture; and they deserve it more because they are further along in the building process. You can't really have one guy out there forcing things, taking the team out of it's rhythm when everyone needs work. Right now he's more or less just trying not to screw what they're building up. Hopefully next year he can start to take the reins a little bit more.
That being said, it does drive me nuts that he wont even take the risk at times.
That being said, it does drive me nuts that he wont even take the risk at times.