The Jazz righted the ship last year by not tinkering and staying patient.
Dante Exum Averages .2 Steals Per Game
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I think DL will make a trade once January 15th passes. I doubt Quin changes the lineup until that happens.
elan_prodigy
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Your crystal ball tell you that? Honestly dude how tf would you know. So what? Just run out the same garbage over and over? Quin did this same **** with Mack in the playoffs.
sahlensguy
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It was a pretty two points though. Showed alot of potential...
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Mack was way better than Exum.
candrew
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Which is a lot easier to do after losing an all-star and expectations are at or around zero.
Plus past performance does not guarantee future results - especially after the rest of the conference gets better and you're all #teamiseverything.
Sure, but I don't think anyone on Utah has job security issues. They are going to do what worked last year, partly because the alternatives don't have a higher upside, until players become trade eligible.
MVP
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It was his typical, uncoordinated ballerina like ugly jump hook/floater some kind of only Exum can do heave at the basket.
RickyStan
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And yet he got eviscerated by Raymond Felton in the playoffs.
I don't think Dante is a very good defender at all. He's very good at looking the part of a defender, which fools fans. Really this year's Memphis game was the only game i felt like his defense was impactful (and it was impactful that game).
jope
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I'm assuming his advanced defensive stats take a huge hit because of his steal rate.
But defense sucks when he is on the floor. Hi DRPM is 73rd out of 80 point guards. But hey, he is slightly above trey burke
He is bottom tier in every advanced defensive stat that I have seen. Jazz defense when Exum is on the floor is terrible
RickyStan
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Well yeah he has 4 steals and 3 blocks in 330 minutes. He also has 9 deflections, 5 loose balls recovered, and 1 charge drawn (last game, trending UP!). Athletic freak Georges Niang has 9 deflections and 5 loose balls recovered in 119 minutes.
elan_prodigy
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Down 25 in each 1st qtr. No changes.
They were down 6 yesterday...
Sandman822
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In Dante's defense, I don't buy into his RDPM as much because of the few minutes he gets to play with Gobert vs Rubio who primarily plays with him. All the players outside of Thabo who are positive play with him the most, and Thabo has a very small sample size so far (although I wouldn't be surprised if it held since he is a good all round defender)
I agree with the general sentiment that he isn't an impactful defender outside of 1 v 1 positional defense and contesting shots though. His offball defense is non-existent outside of staying home on his man, if he does try to make a play he usually fouls. He's terrible at reading passing lanes when he should be a lot better with his length and speed. He rarely causes any turnovers defensively as well, and he's often late to react to anything that isn't fighting through a screen on a PnR (e.g. switches)
Sandman822
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https://stats.nba.com/player/203957/defense-dash/
Here's why I don't think his DRPM is indicitive of Exum's defense. Players on average are shooting 3.3% worse with Exum defending them than league average, and they shoot 13% worse (!) on 3pt attempts when guarded by Exum. They shoot 4.3% higher on Exum at the midrange area though, and I'm not sure how much of that is Exum just not being in the right spot to contest vs how much of that is schematic with the Jazz' defense allowing the midrange shot.
If he ever figures out how to read passing lanes better or being quicker on help defense then I think there's no argument that he would be an elite defender at his position. Lonzo Ball is actually pretty good at it, Exum should go watch some of his film since they're somewhat comparable players but Lonzo clearly has a much higher IQ of the game.
https://stats.nba.com/player/201937/defense-dash/
Rubio comparison for those who are interested. I find it hard to believe that Rubio is nearly a net neutral defensive player while Exum is a gaping negative for the team, which is why I think Rubio playing most his minutes with Gobert is skewing his RDPM.
Here's why I don't think his DRPM is indicitive of Exum's defense. Players on average are shooting 3.3% worse with Exum defending them than league average, and they shoot 13% worse (!) on 3pt attempts when guarded by Exum. They shoot 4.3% higher on Exum at the midrange area though, and I'm not sure how much of that is Exum just not being in the right spot to contest vs how much of that is schematic with the Jazz' defense allowing the midrange shot.
If he ever figures out how to read passing lanes better or being quicker on help defense then I think there's no argument that he would be an elite defender at his position. Lonzo Ball is actually pretty good at it, Exum should go watch some of his film since they're somewhat comparable players but Lonzo clearly has a much higher IQ of the game.
https://stats.nba.com/player/201937/defense-dash/
Rubio comparison for those who are interested. I find it hard to believe that Rubio is nearly a net neutral defensive player while Exum is a gaping negative for the team, which is why I think Rubio playing most his minutes with Gobert is skewing his RDPM.