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What will Dante Exum Be When All is Said and Done?

It all depends on how his mental game develops. Does everyone remember his first summer league. I think he scored like 12 points and was in attack mode. And then the next game he tried attacking and got hit hard in the back of the head. Since then he was very timid to go to the hole. Not saying that the hard foul alone cause his timid-ness. But how great he becomes will depend on his mental will. From what I heard on draft day is that he's very strong willed and always wants to get better. If he never quenches that thirst so to speak, and is always hungry than I can see him being a Westbrook light but with better defense. But it depends on how bad *** the kid wants to be.


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themanknownassting said:
It all depends on how his mental game develops. Does everyone remember his first summer league. I think he scored like 12 points and was in attack mode. And then the next game he tried attacking and got hit hard in the back of the head. Since then he was very timid to go to the hole. Not saying that the hard foul alone cause his timid-ness. But how great he becomes will depend on his mental will. From what I heard on draft day is that he's very strong willed and always wants to get better. If he never quenches that thirst so to speak, and is always hungry than I can see him being a Westbrook light but with better defense. But it depends on how bad *** the kid wants to be.


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Second the superior defense to Westbrook. Russ is a bad defender and I don't understand it.


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Didn't he go like a whole bunch of games in a row without attempting a free throw? Thats actually kinda crazy that he didn't at least accidentally get to the line. Like getting fouled in a loose ball situation or while dribbling when the team was in the penalty. Or a team intentionally fouling at the end of the game when they were down.
I cant remember how many games in a row he didn't attempt a free throw but i think it was some really big number. Like 20 or 30 games.

He really really really needs to become more aggressive and less of a biotch on the offensive end. The one summer league game last summer was very encouraging and was exactly what i want from him. But it was one game. One summer league game.

Also his shooting needs to get A LOT better. 31% from three, 35% from the field, 62% from the line. Thank god he apparently changed his shot. he made less than one 2 point field goal per game! He averaged 0.4 free throw attempts per game!

He has a lot of improving to do. mostly mental.
 
PG_AB said:
Penny was 22 his rookie season they're on totally different timelines..

Penny wasn't exactly the best 3pt shooter either so the bar wasn't set all that high in that aspect..

Dante's a good passer though and capable of 7+ assist.. both are high BBIQ players

Obviously Penny was much better around the basket, and in general had way more tricks in his bag, but it's still too early to write Dante off..

If you look closely they just kinda have the same sort of lanky PG type of movements too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyxcjbJP1z0
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Penny's movement looks more like McGrady if anything. And a lot of these highlights are pull up jumpers which Dante sucks at. So not really seeing the comparison at all.
 
Penny had advanced ball-handling, I remember listening to a podcast where either Grant Hill or Steve Smith said that most taller point guards when being pressured would try to protect the ball by turning their backs toward the defender but Penny was one of the few ones who never did that because of his superb handle can get out of anything.

Dante's handle not that hot.
 
I think Jason Kidd is the closest comparison for him. He will be the same age as Kidd in his rookie NBA season where he averaged 11.7 points and 7.7 assists. I think Exum will be a longer, more athletic, better three point shooting version of Kidd with a little less court vision. I think Exum will average some where around 12 points and 5 assists next season. I think the floor for a healthy Exum is an above average borderline all star starter in the NBA. The ceiling is high for him. I expect he will average 15+ points and 10+ assists in his prime years.
 
magic said:
Penny's movement looks more like McGrady if anything. And a lot of these highlights are pull up jumpers which Dante sucks at. So not really seeing the comparison at all.
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So you think Dante's game is just going to be what he did his rookie year but with better %'s? Look at his highlights from his game's pre-draft. Look at his one SL game from this past year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2agAYgrM5o
 
couscous said:
Ha-ha the overrating is so strong here, are we seriously saying Dante will be top 20 PG of all-time here by comparing him to Penny or JKidd ... Setting up for major disappointment
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Well he did have that really good summer league game so he probably will be the next penny or jason kidd. And cooley looked pretty good in that same summer league game so i figure cooley will be the next karl malone.
 
couscous said:
Ha-ha the overrating is so strong here, are we seriously saying Dante will be top 20 PG of all-time here by comparing him to Penny or JKidd ... Setting up for major disappointment
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I said God. We are talking Magic/Curry/Stockton/Exum.
 
fishonjazz said:
Well he did have that really good summer league game so he probably will be the next penny or jason kidd. And cooley looked pretty good in that same summer league game so i figure cooley will be the next karl malone.
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Except Cooley was like 25 years old and didnt look good at all.
 
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