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Utah loves Dante Exum at 5

AKMVP said:
In NBA Exum will be killed before he gets to the rim. 188lbs skinny kid who was landing on his *** everytime he was driving vs inferior competition, just wait until he sees Pekovic in the paint, he will be living on perimeter more than driving in the paint.
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It would suck so bad to watch someone die while playing basketball.

Unless it's Rodman.

Psych.

Super psych. That would be great.
 
jope said:
I think his weight has nothing to do with him getting to the rim.

he only weighs about 10 or so lbs less than alec burks, who got to rim at will last season. He's also the same weight as Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook (who no one would say have any trouble getting to rim), and only 5lbs less than damian lillard, etc. etc. etc.

It may affect his ability to finish with contact, but his actual ability to blow by his man (which i think we will see become common occurrence) and get into the paint will be there from day one.
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Dude, you comparing ripped super athletic NBA bodies to skinny kid who is weak as straw. And he will not be blowing by anybody in his first year, trust me. Only time he played in real game vs real athleticism he lasted 11 min and racked 4 turnovers. Dude is destined to be biggest bust since Darko.
 
AKMVP said:
Dude, you comparing ripped super athletic NBA bodies to skinny kid who is weak as straw. And he will not be blowing by anybody in his first year, trust me. Only time he played in real game vs real athleticism he lasted 11 min and racked 4 turnovers. Dude is destined to be biggest bust since Darko.
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Exum is only 18 and yet his body and strength is being compared to players several years older so that is a weak comment. I have no idea if he will pan out or not, but he is a reasonable gamble vs the other players that are likely available at #5. I wouldn't be disappointed at this point with Exum, Gordon, Vonleh or Smart. In fact I would take any of them at #5 over anyone in last year's draft.
 
default said:
Exum is only 18 and yet his body and strength is being compared to players several years older .
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never seen that anywhere... Link? dude did not even bench pressed in combine while Smart was shattering records.
 
[size/HUGE] boobs [/size];844888 said:
Direct, wasting no time cutting to the chase. I like that.
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Penalty!!!


1 infraction for breaking character!
 
If exum falls to us that means his workouts probably didn't go so well.

Having only hype at my disposal, I reserve my judgement.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Of course it's a smokescreen. It's funny that people continue to believe this stuff year after year.

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The Jazz have never shocked us with a draft pick. We all knew they liked Hayward, Kanter, Deron, etc.

We all know the Jazz will draft Aaron Gordon unless Exum falls to us.
 
Great to hear the Jazz are high on Exum

Would be amazing if he dropped to pick 5, hes the next great PG of the NBA

Hes better than Wiggins and Parker who are both overhyped
 
heyhey said:
If exum falls to us that means his workouts probably didn't go so well.

Having only hype at my disposal, I reserve my judgement.
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This having Exam fall after being the 4th guy in a four player draft up until now is concerning. Which in most cases you just right it off as good luck, but you don't have the film against a high level for an entire season like you do with all the college guys.
 
Beantown said:
The Jazz have never shocked us with a draft pick. We all knew they liked Hayward, Kanter, Deron, etc.

We all know the Jazz will draft Aaron Gordon unless Exum falls to us.
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I'll give you Deron, but i'd be interested in seeing the links where they liked Kanter and G-time. Also, what about Burks, Gobert, Maynor, Koufous, Brewer, etc.

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seattlejazzfan said:
I'll give you Deron, but i'd be interested in seeing the links where they liked Kanter and G-time. Also, what about Burks, Gobert, Maynor, Koufous, Brewer, etc.

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Same thing, if you listen to David Locke or Chad Ford these were obvious. Locke talked about how much they loved Gobert. Brewer and Burks slipped to us so those were obvious picks.

Same thing with Maynor, Locke knew the Jazz liked him but he was very against drafting Maynor.

Again, none of the draft picks are shocking. The only time it was shocking is when a player falls to us that is obviously higher on the draft board or the Jazz pull off a trade like the one for Trey.
 
Beantown said:
Same thing, if you listen to David Locke or Chad Ford these were obvious. Locke talked about how much they loved Gobert. Brewer and Burks slipped to us so those were obvious picks.

Same thing with Maynor, Locke knew the Jazz liked him but he was very against drafting Maynor.

Again, none of the draft picks are shocking. The only time it was shocking is when a player falls to us that is obviously higher on the draft board or the Jazz pull off a trade like the one for Trey.
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Oh shoot, I missed the links. Will you please point them out for me? TIA.

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I am actually not super high on Exum to be honest. I thought schrooder (sp?) looked fantastic in the film I saw of him, never to be heard from again.

So, I have to keep some healthy skepticism when it comes to Exum and his resume. Probably be happy if we drafted him at 5 though. Fit and upside seem nice.
 
I think Exum is a sure-fire PG; otherwise I doubt he'd be as highly regarded.

If we draft Exum, Burke becomes immediately expendable, IMO. He's more valuable to us as a trade asset than he would be as a backup PG. Burke + 23 for a late lotto pick, or Burke straight up for a 2015 unprotected 1st.
 
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