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WHAT DID I SAY? dante exum cant even break down the korean defense.

freakazoid said:
I wish we would have drafted Jabari. Or Wiggins. Stupid Jazz.
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What is stupid is this wish because the Jazz had no chance of drafting either one. They were both off the board. Typical Jazz fans. Get all excited about the player the Jazz draft and before they even play a real NBA game you start trashing the kid. Same with all the draft picks the last few years. Look how everyone turned on Burke after the summer league game. Funny thing the majority of Jazzland wanted Burke and were excited to get him. People were all goo goo over Exum except for a few and now they are trashing the kid. Exum just turned 19 what were you expecting from the kid. World Cup has little to do with the NBA, right now Turkey is beating the USA team.
 
Exum sucks.

Should have packaged him and Burks for Al Jefferson.
 
All mental. He tore it up at hoop summit when he was just playing ball. He was over thinking things in summer league and is being used very differently on his national team. Once he calms down and just plays ball he'll be fine.
 
stitches said:
He was having trouble against pressure defense. I think it was mainly because of troubles with his handle. Other than that he was consistently beating his man off the dribble, the problem is that he seemed to lack the confidence do to anything aggressive after he did that. I think the physicality of the game has hit him hard and he's not used to playing like that and getting so much resistance. I'd hold judgement for his prospects at least for one year, but there certainly are some worries that I have.
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It's going to be a couple of years before we know what kind of pick it was. I think that getting him in Utah, working with Quin Snyder and building his body to an NBA level will help him immensely. I'd still put him out there now and force him to learn how to play, but I don't expect significant results until at least next year - maybe even two.

He's clearly not ready for the NBA now, but he wasn't drafted to come in and be an All-Star on Day 1. The Jazz will be patient and develop him the right way. Thankfully they have built a front office and coaching staff that believes in player development. He's going to get the attention and coaching that's needed to hone the physical abilities into a quality basketball player.
 
Who should the Jazz have taken then?
After him is Smart, Randle, Stauskas, Vonleh, Payton, McDermott.
Everyone had Exum ahead of all of them.
None of them are playing in the FIBA Cup.
Exum may not look good but he's getting valuable playing time against elite world players.
Exum was the right player to take for the Jazz.
 
slc said:
Who should the Jazz have taken then?
After him is Smart, Randle, Stauskas, Vonleh, Payton, McDermott.
Everyone had Exum ahead of all of them.
Exum was the right player to take for the Jazz.
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Could you imagine the outrage on this board had the Jazz taken someone like Randle or McBuckets? I was a big supporter of Vonleh. But that was when we thought the choice would be between Gordon, Vonleh, Randle, etc. Exum was definitely the right pick when he fell. No, he's not going to come in and average 20/10 this season. And there will be some crying "bust" as he gets 18 mins/per and struggles. But these are the same who probably would have said the same thing about John Stockton for his first couple of years in the league.
 
Wait you mean a draft pick is NOT a sure thing?!?! When the **** did this happen?!?!? Someone text Stern RIGHT NOW dammit!!!!!
 
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