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Dante Exum is back and bigger. Already.

fishonjazz said:
True, but apparently I'm not the only who felt that way. I don't think teams were trying too hard to aquire delly and I doubt he is ever going to be earning big bucks
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Championship teams don't need all starters to be 15 mill/yr players. Just saying that defensive specialist guards DO have their place in championship teams. They aren't useless, as last night showed.


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Stoked said:
Gobert
Hayward
Favors
Hood
Burks
Exum
Booker
Ingles
Burke
Millsap
Evans

I expect big improvement from Gobert, Hood and Exum.
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Be careful Dante the wolves are circling. If he struggles next year(and he undoubtably will to some degree) the fans will throw Dante into the pit of no return. Trey Burke is currently in that pit alone shaking from the cold.
 
dalamon said:
Championship teams don't need all starters to be 15 mill/yr players. Just saying that defensive specialist guards DO have their place in championship teams. They aren't useless, as last night showed.


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True
Though I don't think I said Tony Allen types are worthless.... I think I said that defensive only bigs > defense only wings. (I might be wrong on that too. I admit my bias in this matter)
 
Revolution 9 said:
Be careful Dante the wolves are circling. If he struggles next year(and he undoubtably will to some degree) the fans will throw Dante into the pit of no return. Trey Burke is currently in that pit alone shaking from the cold.
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Stated correctly. Jazz fans are their own worst enemies and suffer from the "immediacy conundrum."
 
VINYLONE said:
I wonder if he any sessions scheduled with a sports psychologist? I think we can all agree that Mr. Exum's biggest glaring weakness is his mental attitude.
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I do not agree that Exum's mental attitude is a glaring weakness. I think he was physically overmatched. A stronger Dante will play more to your liking. That said, there's no reason not to see a good sports psychologist no matter how confident you already are.
 
fishonjazz said:
True
Though I don't think I said Tony Allen types are worthless.... I think I said that defensive only bigs > defense only wings. (I might be wrong on that too. I admit my bias in this matter)
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the trouble with Tony Allen types is when they are a complete offensive liability .. would you be happy with tony allen taking 2 free throws to win a finals game ?? Big difference between an awesome defensive guard who is inept offensively and one who is even average/adequate offensively.
 
DownUnder said:
the trouble with Tony Allen types is when they are a complete offensive liability .. would you be happy with tony allen taking 2 free throws to win a finals game ?? Big difference between an awesome defensive guard who is inept offensively and one who is even average/adequate offensively.
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I agree. My original point was that I gave dante such a low grade because he is mostly inept offensively even though he is good defensively.

So I was saying that wing players that are good defenders but poor offensively don't impress me much.


Where as with bigs I have no problem with those players (Tyson Chandler, Ben Wallace, gobert, etc)
 
There are some pictures of Dante floating on twitter, he seems like he's gained some weight in a good way:

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Or maybe the eye test is not very reliable... I don't know...
 
Flc said:
No way that's his girlfriend. Has to be some random girl wanting a photo op at the mall. All the telltale signs are there:

-Terrible fashion sense including tights-as-pants. (https://tightsarenotpants.com)
-A body that's alright for now but is going to go through the Great Pudgining post-30.
-Dante giving the 'how much longer will this take' look.
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Pretty much nailed it. Also notice the baggy shirt with the shoulder showing... shows off that she's got something going on up top but hides muffin top. She's deceptive... don't go for it Dante.
 
^^ You two aren't coming off as douches at all. We're all here thinking "damn, these dudes must be drowning in women!".
 
Siro said:
^^ You two aren't coming off as douches at all. We're all here thinking "damn, these dudes must be drowning in women!".
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Dude... I wake up with 3-4 women in my bed almost every morning (my wife and 3 young daughters).

It's just joking around... nothing was said that was anything close to offensive especially for a message board.
 
fishonjazz said:
Ya I get it.... My expectations were too high for Exum I guess.
I kept hearing words like superstar, explosive, kobe-like, maybe should go #1....... Then the season came and he didn't look like he belongs in the league.

I'm too hard on him and he should get more credit for playing in all 82 games (that was unexpected) and playing really good defense despite going up against the western conference point guards (a bunch of juggernauts) night in and night out.
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Do you remember Kobe's rookie year? He as pretty bad. Now he was much better than Dante on offense. But going pro from American High School ball is very different than Australian high school ball.
 
He looks bigger, but in that high school get bigger kind of way. He still looks like a kids frame with some muscle added on. I still think hes a few years away. But hes got all the tools. The jazz's future relies on Dante's body developing. Which it will with time.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Pretty much nailed it. Also notice the baggy shirt with the shoulder showing... shows off that she's got something going on up top but hides muffin top. She's deceptive... don't go for it Dante.
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Meh. Tap it and move on. Lifestyles of the rich and horny.
 
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