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Dennis Lindsey called out Dante on 1280thezone

I thought I read that Exum was going back to Australia this summer. Really wish he would stay and channel his frustrations into hard work with Jazz staff.
 
I've held off on being too critical of Exum this year. I'm sure it is difficult for a young player to perform well after missing a season due to injury, especially during the early stages of his development. I agree with DL, this offseason is the time Exum needs to put in work physically and mentally. I hope next season we see Exum finally run out of his leg braces like Forest Gump.
 
Sounds ideal! I think we all have an illogical affection for our draft picks, but he really seems like a good kid - I'd love to see him become the next George Hill or even better! He has the tools.
 
Tone is important... Listen to the interview. Just said if he commits like Gordon he can speed this thing up... I worry he's not committed enough, but he is worth continuing the experiment on.
 
As frustrating as it is that Burks and Favors have wound up where they are right now, it is more promising that the Jazz coaching and training staff can show their successes in improving (or sustaining) the play of players that shouldn't be improving. THAT is something that stays with the team and it is something to sell to players of any level of experience.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Tone is important... Listen to the interview. Just said if he commits like Gordon he can speed this thing up... I worry he's not committed enough, but he is worth continuing the experiment on.
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He hasn't had the chance to show how committed he is because he hasn't had an offseason where he can do work as yet.

He did forgo his opportunity to play in the 2016 Olympics which is a big deal for him.
 
tonstermits said:
I've held off on being too critical of Exum this year. I'm sure it is difficult for a young player to perform well after missing a season due to injury, especially during the early stages of his development. I agree with DL, this offseason is the time Exum needs to put in work physically and mentally. I hope next season we see Exum finally run out of his leg braces like Forest Gump.
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Yeah, this is Exums first real off season. I expect to see him improve and take a jump. If next season he does not look improved after a couple months then there is a solid sign for concern. Although this depends on if he gets a consistent role/minutes. Also if they keep him off ball and standing in the corner I am not sure I can expect anything to really change.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Yeah, this is Exums first real off season. I expect to see him improve and take a jump. If next season he does not look improved after a couple months then there is a solid sign for concern. Although this depends on if he gets a consistent role/minutes. Also if they keep him off ball and standing in the corner I am not sure I can expect anything to really change.
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Agree. Not sure how he can improve as a point guard if they keep using him in a "Kyle Korver" role.
 
elan_prodigy said:
He hasn't had the chance to show how committed he is because he hasn't had an offseason where he can do work as yet.

He did forgo his opportunity to play in the 2016 Olympics which is a big deal for him.
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I'm pretty sure he was relatively healthy for last offseason. I mean this is his first offseason where he is 100%. I'm just not sure how his mental makeup is... insists he's a pg, but struggles with ballhandling and shooting off the dribble.

I guess it's more off a "I can see multiple mental red flags" type of thing. I just wish everyone was wired like Gobert.
 
I REALLY hope the stuff about Favors ends up being true cause it felt like at times he was barely an NBA player.
 
Dennis Lindsey's wife retweeted a tweet with a link to this thread. The thread title is a little misleading. Still pretty cool though.


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Ron Mexico said:
Yeah, this is Exums first real off season. I expect to see him improve and take a jump. If next season he does not look improved after a couple months then there is a solid sign for concern. Although this depends on if he gets a consistent role/minutes. Also if they keep him off ball and standing in the corner I am not sure I can expect anything to really change.
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Agreed. I love Quin as much as the next guy but I feel like he does inhibit our young players too often, too much, shackling them so to speak, rather than let them simply play and make mistakes and learn. Sort of a dumb statement given our player development but I just strongly feel that way about Exum. He's trying to tame this wild horse rather than letting him run free.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Agreed. I love Quin as much as the next guy but I feel like he does inhibit our young players too often, too much, shackling them so to speak, rather than let them simply play and make mistakes and learn. Sort of a dumb statement given our player development but I just strongly feel that way about Exum. He's trying to tame this wild horse rather than letting him run free.
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Ummm Rudy Gobert

If Exum wants to play he needs to become a player
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I'm pretty sure he was relatively healthy for last offseason. I mean this is his first offseason where he is 100%. I'm just not sure how his mental makeup is... insists he's a pg, but struggles with ballhandling and shooting off the dribble.

I guess it's more off a "I can see multiple mental red flags" type of thing. I just wish everyone was wired like Gobert.
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He wasn't healthy last offseason. He was only just getting back into 5 on 5 when Summer League was coming around and prior to that was still rehabbing.

His original injury occurred about 6-8 weeks after his rookie season had finished so he missed that offseason also.

Who says he isn't wired like Gobert?? You gonna tell me that if Quin had put a leash on Gobert like he has Exum and played 3rd stringers in front of him that he wouldn't have a similar attitude in his exit interviews??? Gobert would tell you straight, "I'm confident in my ability, I know what I'm capable of and ready to lead this team".
 
stitches said:
I don't think he's throwing him under the bus. But I think he issued a very strong challenge to him.
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You have to take everything management says with a grain of salt, however. I say that because I don't buy it all that DL has some urgency in regards to Dante. The last thing Utah needs is for Dante to be just good enough that somebody gambles on him with a ridiculous contract to try and steal him. He either needs to be a sure thing or Utah needs to sign him on a fairly cheap contract.

The ideal situation as far as team building goes is for Dante to have one more year of development and then blow up after he is signed on a reasonable deal.

Both Hood and Dante make me nervous in that Utah could end having to match contracts that could end up being bad deals.
 
nateboz said:
What's a 2 way contract

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Each team gets two 2-way contracts. I think they are like 250K and they are D-League contracts. Teams can call them up a limited numbers of times for a limited number of NBA games. Not sure on the exact details.
 
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