Is Exum The Worst Player in The NBA Who Gets Minutes?

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Chad "slick pimp" Ford

Utah Jazz
Chances of winning the lottery: 4.3 percent

The Jazz have a wealth of young talent right now. Dante Exum, while young, looks like he could be a potential superstar. Rudy Gobert is having a breakout sophomore campaign. Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward have immense talent, as well. And Enes Kanter, Trey Burke and Alec Burks also have potential.

The Jazz don't really need more young talent, but if Okafor comes calling, they'll grab him, avoid having to pay Kanter a huge deal this summer in restricted free agency and put the best young front line in the NBA out there every night. Between Gobert and Favors' defense, and Okafor's offensive skills (think a better version of Al Jefferson, Jazz fans), the Jazz will be set for the next decade. We'll also be watching Russell closely here. His ability to play two positions and shoot the basketball is very attractive. The Jazz, I'm told, like him a lot.

 

[Hotdog]

^ very insightful info from Chad


I needed that.

 

[b_line]

^ very insightful info from Chad


I needed that.

Does it help you to be a better fan? I bet you didn't even know Gobert played for the jazz before this.

 

[fishonjazz]

Exum was projected to be the biggest project in the draft.

No.
During the draft some dude (capela? Cabaclo?) got drafted by Toronto and the commentators said he is two years from being two years away.

He is a bigger project.

I think that big guy the nuggets drafted was supposed to be a bigger project too. (Nursif or something?)

 

[fishonjazz]

Peyton Manning threw the most picks in nfl history his rookie season.

Exum would never do that.

He would just hand the ball off or take a knee ;-)

 

[Jamezz]

and Okafor's offensive skills (think a better version of Al Jefferson, Jazz fans)

These are major words. While Big Al's defense left much to be desired, his old-school post up offensive talent has been unseen for years, a thing of beauty. If this is the case, adding a big like Okafor could make us such an overall force in the low post.

 

[fishonjazz]

Chad "slick pimp" Ford

Whoa, pump your brakes..... nickname is already taken

 

[Jamezz]

Whoa, pump your brakes..... nickname is already taken

#10 baby

 

[zman1527]

and Okafor's offensive skills (think a better version of Al Jefferson, Jazz fans)

These are major words. While Big Al's defense left much to be desired, his old-school post up offensive talent has been unseen for years, a thing of beauty. If this is the case, adding a big like Okafor could make us such an overall force in the low post.

A thing of beauty? I think a lot here disagree with that! Al-ball was boring as hell.

 

[Jamezz]

A thing of beauty? I think a lot here disagree with that! Al-ball was boring as hell.

I'm strictly talking about his post-up moves. You can't deny he's got the most effective pump fake and the widest range of moves to score under the basket, as well as a decent mid-range shot. He posts up in style, with great coordination and anticipating the defender's moves at all times. His impact on the team's offense may have not been a thing of beauty but individually you can't deny the skills.

 

[The Thriller]

I dunno. Jimmer, Jeremy Evans, Jsmooth, Boozer, and the NY Knicks roster is pretty bad.

 

[Siro]

and Okafor's offensive skills (think a better version of Al Jefferson, Jazz fans)

These are major words. While Big Al's defense left much to be desired, his old-school post up offensive talent has been unseen for years, a thing of beauty. If this is the case, adding a big like Okafor could make us such an overall force in the low post.

Typical pre-draft overhype. Remember how last draft was supposed to have like 6 players who are going to come right in and destroy everyone? I actually recall people saying that Randle would be an immediate upgrade over Favors. LOL!

 

[Siro]

A thing of beauty? I think a lot here disagree with that! Al-ball was boring as hell.

Al is probably the most gifted post player in the NBA.

Edit: jumped in before noticing that Jamez said the same thing.

 

[MT Steve]

and Okafor's offensive skills (think a better version of Al Jefferson, Jazz fans)

And if not, I'm sure Chad Ford will retroactively adjust his pre-draft rankings to account for that.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

If I'm Jerry Springer, then you are one of my guests.

NAOS!

You are the father of annoying!!!

We going to the DNA test as proof he's the father???

 

[Hotdog]

We going to the DNA test as proof he's the father???

Already did that.

When Jerry announces whether or not the person is the father, it's after the DNA tests I believe.

 

[str8line]

If someone asked me to bet them $500 on Dante becoming a very good player in the NBA I wouldn't hesitate to do it. He has something special and time will show it.

 

[Spinoza]

Jazzfanz is pretty interesting


If someone like Colorado Jazz posted something like what OP just posted, there would be negs to go around, and shots at the OP's intelligence.

I'm not saying that I don't somewhat agree with Cy here, but I just find it interesting how people react to certain people regardless of what the content of the post is.


I think Jazzfanz is loaded with a bunch of mindless drones that don't dare to lead and are just followers. A lot of people don't dare to say something the majority will disagree with. Or they don't dare to go out on a limb, so they attack whoever does just to fit in, unless that poster is an established popular poster.


I'm waiting to see how people treat Cy in this thread. The experiment is on.

I have never disagreed with any Jazz fan more than I disagree with Cy. He seems to be in love with Trey Burke and hates Dante Exum and looks for every opportunity to make excuses for the former and point out the faults of the latter. I do the opposite to a lesser degree with Exum/Burke. I do come up with what I feel like are justified excuses for Exum and really don't think Burke is very good. And if I recall correctly Cy spent a lot of time defending Corbin when he was here, but I could be wrong. So I just ignore him for the most part, although I think it's nice to have a differing perspective to test my own biases.

 

[Spinoza]

If someone asked me to bet them $500 on Dante becoming a very good player in the NBA I wouldn't hesitate to do it. He has something special and time will show it.

My only worry is he has yet to show any kind of killer instinct. I'm not sure if that's something that is there and needs to come out, or is not there but can be developed, but it's a problem.

I agree he is a very special talent, and I really would hate to see him throw it away. Kirilenko is a great example. He was outrageously talented, and he could have been a top 10 player in the league for a long time if he wanted to. He just didn't have the drive to fulfill his potential.

 

[fishonjazz]

If someone asked me to bet them $500 on Dante becoming a very good player in the NBA I wouldn't hesitate to do it. He has something special and time will show it.

I'm glad there are some people who say some positive things about dante. I like to see posts like this.

I'm usually very positive about young jazz players in recent years but I have been very negative and critical of dante.

Keep up the positivity, I do appreciate it