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Dante Exum - Jazz development plan

PKM said:
I believe in throwing them to the wolves but not necessarily with tons of minutes too fast. Use the minutes to evaluate, teach, and back in to implement. Rinse/repeat. I hate the idea of the bench teaching (except bad behavior).
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Totally agree. I think with Exum his maturity stands out. He's self aware and there's very little risk he becomes Antoine Walker by overplaying him. So I'm all in on giving him as many minutes as he can shoulder.
 
Lattimer said:
Found this very interesting.

@Tjonessltrib: Jazz in the market for another guard, but they fully, fully intend on playing Dante Exum in the rotation right away


@Tjonessltrib: They feel that the best way for Exum to develop is to throw him to the wolves.



Doesn't this pretty much show how stupid Lockes Oreo cookie theory is?

Excited they are taking this approach with Exum and I'm so happy that Lindsey and Snyder are in charge of this team now.




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I forgot if it was Dennis Lindsay or Kevin O'connor but once Locke brought that oreo cookie theory into an interview and the person said to never bring up that analogy again. It is so stupid.
 
lol @ Locke. Every rookie of the year played a ton of minutes. How in the hell did any of them become good NBA players? Locke is such a moran.
 
orangello said:
No, that's Locke trying to defend how Corbin used anyone on a rookie contract.
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And how many other teams do it as well. Most teams don't throw rookies to the wolves and those that do wish they had better options. Acting like this is about Ty or even about Sloan when he was here is total myopia. Very few rookies are NBA ready (there are a few) and very few coaches want to give rookies a lot of minutes.
 
Lattimer said:
Found this very interesting.

@Tjonessltrib: Jazz in the market for another guard, but they fully, fully intend on playing Dante Exum in the rotation right away


@Tjonessltrib: They feel that the best way for Exum to develop is to throw him to the wolves

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The real test comes if there ever is a moment a few months into the season where he is clearly getting out played by other possible guard options, the Jazz are dropping games right and left, and they still pump him minutes.
 
gomretat said:
And how many other teams do it as well. Most teams don't throw rookies to the wolves and those that do wish they had better options. Acting like this is about Ty or even about Sloan when he was here is total myopia. Very few rookies are NBA ready (there are a few) and very few coaches want to give rookies a lot of minutes.
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I would say that most coaches play thier best players the most.
Sometimes a teams best players consist of guys on rookie contracts.

For corbin (and sloan to an extent) they tended to just want to play veteran players rather than the best player.

No one can convince me that keith mcleod amd milt pilacio were ever better than deron williams...... even on derons first game of his career.

Raja, cj miles, josh howard, jamaal tinsley, earl watson, richard jefferson, and (too a lesser extent) randy foye all getting played ahead of a young and talented alec burks didnt make much sense.
 
All scouts were saying very similar things about Giannis Antetokounmpo - that he's too young, that he's raw, that he's a project with lots of potential, that he needs to be brought up slowly, but I believe the Bucks did well to throw him into battle from the very start and he averaged close to 25 minutes a game in his first season. I don't see why we can't give Exum around 25 minutes of play this season. Ease him into play from the bench and if he shows that he can handle the physicality of the game, he can even start in some games by the end of the season, but I definitely think Exum should play more than 20 minutes a game in his first season. This should also allow Burke not to lose his value and possibly be a valuable trading piece next summer if Exum pans out and the FO decides to give him the reins and unleash him in his second season.
 
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