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Exum's Second NBA Game

sahlensguy said:
jordans legs were never skinny. Give the kid a fair shot. Or else you will be 1 who builds him up to tear him down.
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How anyone can think I was serious is beyond me. Dude! It's Air Jordan!

There will never be another Jordan. Did you watch the video? Crazy *** ****. I watched several games of his that year on T.V. and in person...and throughout his career. I was lucky to be in the 10th row right in the corner where he made the shot over Russel in game 6, 1998. So amazing to witness Jordan's career...almost makes me feel better about being old...almost. The funniest thing was Rodman celebrating in front of us by tearing his shirt off and then getting a 44oz. big gulp thrown at him by a dude in the second row. ****ing awesome.

I bet it will take Exum at least one season, probably two to get comfortable, just as Kobe did. Could he become Kobe-like? I think he has the right make-up.
 
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It will take exum AT LEAST 2 years to be as good as prime jordan imo.... probably even longer than 2 years
 
Catchall said:
Compare Exum to Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli, not Jordan and Kobe.
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Yeah, I agree. Asking/expecting someone to become Kobe or Jordan is pretty much ridiculous isn't it? Kind of like expecting a thoroughbred to become Secretariat or Man O War. Not impossible for Dante to become a Seabiscuit though.
 
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Revolution 9 said:
The Jordan and Kobe comparisons are horrible. Come on people.
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The Jordan comparison is horrible. Michael played three years in college and won the championship game in the NCAA tourney. He was far more ready than Exum will be.

Kobe is a much better comparison, although the odds are still very slim that he'll turn out anywhere near as good.

Here's what Kobe did in his second game:
3 mins
0/1 FGs
1/2 FTs
1 pt
1 TO
0 reb
0 ast
0 steals
and a +/- of -8

...which is a darn "impressive" +/- given only 3 minutes of play

https://stats.nba.com/playerGameLogs.html?PlayerID=977&pageNo=3&rowsPerPage=25&Season=1996-97
 
colton said:
The Jordan comparison is horrible. Michael played three years in college and won the championship game in the NCAA tourney. He was far more ready than Exum will be.

Kobe is a much better comparison, although the odds are still very slim that he'll turn out anywhere near as good.

Here's what Kobe did in his second game:
3 mins
0/1 FGs
1/2 FTs
1 pt
1 TO
0 reb
0 ast
0 steals
and a +/- of -8

...which is a darn "impressive" +/- given only 3 minutes of play

https://stats.nba.com/playerGameLogs.html?PlayerID=977&pageNo=3&rowsPerPage=25&Season=1996-97
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Kobe had it rough for a while. Everyone knew he was an incredible talent, and he showed it on and off, but he tried to do way too much quite often in his first couple of seasons.
 
I thought MJ would at least make a few jumpers. Nope. Amazing how all he did was go for the basket over and over again.
 
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Woohoo, we need more role players. Can't ever have enough of those.


I am incredibly disappointed we didn't try harder to move up. It is getting old having so many B level players, and adding another B+ level player does nothing to raise the excitement level. It's gonna be hard being a JF for the next few years.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Woohoo, we need more role players. Can't ever have enough of those.


I am incredibly disappointed we didn't try harder to move up. It is getting old having so many B level players, and adding another B+ level player does nothing to raise the excitement level. It's gonna be hard being a JF for the next few years.
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Dante's lateral quickness and first step(and second...third) plus outright speed alone make him incredibly intriguing and elevates him above your typical B prospect. Factor in his IQ and his youth and you've got an A prospect. There's a reason scouts were salivating over him. As others have said, he's going to take time to become his best.

Remember when Dwight Howard was drafted largely on promise? That's kind of like Dante.
 
colton said:
The Jordan comparison is horrible. Michael played three years in college and won the championship game in the NCAA tourney. He was far more ready than Exum will be.

Kobe is a much better comparison, although the odds are still very slim that he'll turn out anywhere near as good.

Here's what Kobe did in his second game:
3 mins
0/1 FGs
1/2 FTs
1 pt
1 TO
0 reb
0 ast
0 steals
and a +/- of -8

...which is a darn "impressive" +/- given only 3 minutes of play

https://stats.nba.com/playerGameLogs.html?PlayerID=977&pageNo=3&rowsPerPage=25&Season=1996-97
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Although he did get benched all the way through his rookie season regardless of how good he was and how high was his potential. And he was in LA. Dante is so much more pumped advertisement-wise I think and he is in SLC which will give him the "situation" of many valuable young players to develop simultaneously and collectively. But comparison is valuable because it tells us that regardless of how bad these young players perform in the early stages of their careers, they can step up to a much higher level that expected. I am much higher on Exum now than I was a year before.
 
Kanter grabbed 11 boards in his first step on the floor. Then he went downwards on boards. Now he is trying to get back the things he lost because of bad coaching or whatever. What I meant is these guys all still have a way to go, let alone a rookie with nice skills like Exum.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Woohoo, we need more role players. Can't ever have enough of those.


I am incredibly disappointed we didn't try harder to move up. It is getting old having so many B level players, and adding another B+ level player does nothing to raise the excitement level. It's gonna be hard being a JF for the next few years.
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So you'd support trading Favors, Exum, and our unprotected pick next season (likely top-10, with the chance of being in the lottery) for Wiggins? Because that was allegedly the counter offer from Cleveland after they rejected Favors, the #5 and #23. I realize Wiggins, Parker and Embiid were considered Tier-1 prospects, but Exum has to be Tier 1.5. He has ELITE size and speed. Not just good...ELITE!

Is he raw? Yes. So were Kobe, Garnett and McGrady coming out of HS. WE have to realize Dante isn't even a 1-and-done prospect. Yes, that puts him a year behind the other prospects born in 1995. I'm ok with that. There are questions with all three of the top prospects: Parker isn't even being projected as a SF anymore due to his weight. So now he's a short PF. Wiggins? Limited range. Embiid? Health. WE didn't have to give up ANYTHING to get Exum, nor take back a contract (like Jack at $6M+). Getting Exum at #5 was an absolute STEAL!
 
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