Dante Exum Over Smart: Massive Failure

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Just a thread to be mad and sad in.

 

[NAOS]

Fun fact:
Marcus Smart is on the substantial list of current Celtics players who are better than Gordan Haywood.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Swing and a miss. Dante was always more of a track athlete than a natural basketball player.

 

[jom2003]

Was he that five star douche who refused to work out for us and hinted that he didn't wanna be in Utah? Or was it somebody else? Tough spot to be in because in 2014 it was Boston and LA's pick right after us.

 

[JazzyFresh]

Yeah, I always wanted the best for Dante but no question he was a terrible pick.

 

[jom2003]

I'm honestly more upset that we drafted Grayson over Mitchell Robinson though. With him on the roster we can literally start listening to offers for Rudy at this very moment.

 

[JimLes]

The Jazz have picked in top 5 only 3 times in the past 37 years(that HAS to be an NBA record) and it's yielded us Deron, Enes, and Dante. Not a great return by any standards.

 

[jom2003]

Yeah, I always wanted the best for Dante but no question he was a terrible pick.

All picks under DL's era not involving Denver has been absolute MEH

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Word is Marcus kept flopping in the workout here and DL thought that he had a balance issue... so he passed.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

cbssports.com/nba/news/jazz-say-marcus-smart-wont-work-out-for-them/

Yeah, it was Smart who refused to come to Utah.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Word is Marcus kept flopping in the workout here and DL thought that he had a balance issue... so he passed.

I know that was a joke, but he refused to work out here.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Smart would have been a better pick. Although we probably would not have been able to get Mitchell if we had drafted Smart.

Exum also landed us Clarkson.

Here is the controversial statement though. I think Exum would have been more helpful against Denver than Clarkson was if healthy. The healthy part is a big if though. We needed more wing defense and passing. But Clarkson was huge for us in the regular season more than Exum has ever been.