The team defended well with Exum off the floor.
Exum = elite defense is all hype and no substance.
What is Exum's value?
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The team defended well with Exum off the floor.
Exum = elite defense is all hype and no substance.
gregbroncs
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Separate thoughts I guess I should have made the last statement in a new paragraph. My point was, that fans are underrating Exum because he's not flashy on offense. Sorry I was a little harsh, it was unintended.
The point of the last sentence was that he has little value to other teams because they have not seen him much and it's a bad risk to take on a guy with his injury. He has little trade value at this time due to those circumstances.
gregbroncs
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Except that PG's are killing us this year and they didn't to end last year when he was starting.
FalseFlagg K
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and they killed us for the first few months last year.
Who remembers the epic Kanter/Burke PnR defense ??
b_line
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The team is defending fine. Fine is not elite. When Exum, gobert and favors were starting to get her the jazz were far and away the best defense in the league.
Do you have on/off numbers to support the Exum defense love? I can't find them. What I can find is Gobert-Favors on/off numbers. Remember they were both injured for significant amounts of time this season.
Cappy_Smurf
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This. Utah wasn't just beating a few teams in a nice but meaningless run. We were knocking off the top teams in the west and also winning on the road convincingly. Best road team since s&m. There were quite a few people here who thought we might actually be better off without Exum due to his offensive limitations, but even though Burke improved his game this year, the team hasn't looked nearly as good as they did when they were clicking last year.
Exum's defensive impact was the real deal, and if he was healthy, Utah would be challenging for HC in the playoffs this year. I'm not sure why anyone would even question that, unless maybe they aren't watching the games and are just stat watching. Kind of like with Rudy. If you just look at Rudy's block stats, he seems good but nowhere near the dominant force he is. Stats can't begin to explain Rudy's defensive impact. Same with Dante, to a lesser degree.
Exum's combination of length and quickness on the perimeter is sorely missed this year, without question. Combine that with Favors and Gobert underneath, and Utah is a team NOBODY wants to deal with. Let's just hope Dante makes a strong recovery, and Jazz fans have a lot to look forward to.
gregbroncs
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Just look at how many easy buckets PG's are getting for themselves and their teammates because our current crop of PG's are no where near the level of Exum on defense. I've never been a believer in on/off court stats.
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When your eyes are too busy looking at the stats,it's easy to miss all the opposing PG's filled with confidence going at the present Utah PG's.
With Dante his speed and his length didn't give opposing PG's a clear view of what and where they wanted to attack and he became a part of a dominate defense with Gobert and Favors NOT matched this year.
Do you have any stats to back this up? Point guards in the NBA have there way with every team these days. Dante gave up a lot of buckets to opposing point guards last year too.
I see your point. Thanks for clarifying. Just a miscommunication. Peace.