The growing confidence in Exum and Lyles offensive play....

[FalseFlagg K]

No offense but Exum did not impress me with all that perimeter passing tonight. Had a few flashes but pretty much looked like his rookie year from my perspective. He has to become more aggressive on offense. Not occasionally, but every time down the court. He's doing nothing to break down the D with all that perimeter passing. He has to work on his crossover and do more to penetrate and create open shots for himself and his teammates. Still has a lot to learn to run the offense like Hill IMHO. Not down on him, loved that miracle three, his athletic ability and his composure, but he's still a bit green and under-aggressive on offense I believe.

Regarding Lyles, like to see him given more of a green light. Instrumental in cutting the deficit down the stretch tonight. He has good instincts and a high BB IQ I believe.

if Lyles BB IQ is so high why is he such a crappy defender ??????

As for X, so few turnovers mean he isn't attacking the throat of the defense anywhere near enough. I'd love to see them all play a little more loose and attacking ..

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Problem is I don't think he has the green light to open up his game yet.Up until 3 games ago he hardly got to touch the ball.Let alone play any PG.So now that he's playing PG he gets to touch the ball a lot more . The last three games he has averaged 11 ppg without turning the ball over.
Lot of guys are tired of the passing around the perimeter by all the Jazz players that slows the Jazz offense to slowest pace in the NBA .Exum is just running Coach Snyders slow down offense.

Coach may be too much of a control freak if that's the case. Kid has elite athletic ability needs to use it.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

if Lyles BB IQ is so high why is he such a crappy defender ??????

As for X, so few turnovers mean he isn't attacking the throat of the defense anywhere near enough. I'd love to see them all play a little more loose and attacking ..

Lyles is not an elite athlete like Exum also may be a little lazy on the defensive end, still I like his instincts and aggression.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

No offense but Exum did not impress me with all that perimeter passing tonight. Had a few flashes but pretty much looked like his rookie year from my perspective. He has to become more aggressive on offense. Not occasionally, but every time down the court. He's doing nothing to break down the D with all that perimeter passing. He has to work on his crossover and do more to penetrate and create open shots for himself and his teammates. Still has a lot to learn to run the offense like Hill IMHO. Not down on him, loved that miracle three, his athletic ability and his composure, but he's still a bit green and under-aggressive on offense I believe.

Yeah, seems odd to complain about his aggressiveness after this game, as he had some pretty impressive drives to the hoop last night. He isn't going to become a #1 option overnight. Kid is making progress, and if anything, I think last night showed he's capable of becoming the player we've all hoped for.

 

[Siro]

I gotta say, Exum has taken a big step this year. I find myself more optimistic about his potential.