Exum's gonna have potential for a long while I think. He's got rare quickness and playmaking ability for a guy his size. Just has always severely lacked the skills and strength. He's Slowly working his way there. Hopefully he keeps working and another potentially serious injury doesn't diminish his desire.
Exum has been quite bad. I'm not overly discouraged tho. He was drafted for his physical gifts and potential playmaking ability, not for his glue guy m.o. and well-rounded game. He's always been best ball in hand making plays. Very, very few 18-19-20 year olds dudes are going to be efficient, primary playmakers for teams in the NBA, even fewer will be doing it for playoff teams or teams fighting for the playoffs. The fact that he was a perimeter player who sucked at shooting the ball and scoring from essentially anywhere on the floor made him a pretty poor offball option so it's no wonder he didn't play much and sucks. A rail-thin guard with virtually no skills having success in the NBA... proabably ain't gonna happen.
His rookie year he saw the floor more cuz he really focused on the only thing he could do well - he played great defense. He would a Probabaly played more last season if he played d like he had his rookie year.
I just think exum's gonna turn into a totally legit 2 way playmaker without ever being a great offensive player up to that point. Once his skills are up to snuff he'll be ready to make plays. Basically, I don't think he will bring much to the table offensively at all until he can be a primary playmaker, but he might be getting close, at least, he undoubtedly is getting closer.
Or he'll never gain many bball skills and his body naturally fills out and he becomes a journeyman wing player.
Exum has been quite bad. I'm not overly discouraged tho. He was drafted for his physical gifts and potential playmaking ability, not for his glue guy m.o. and well-rounded game. He's always been best ball in hand making plays. Very, very few 18-19-20 year olds dudes are going to be efficient, primary playmakers for teams in the NBA, even fewer will be doing it for playoff teams or teams fighting for the playoffs. The fact that he was a perimeter player who sucked at shooting the ball and scoring from essentially anywhere on the floor made him a pretty poor offball option so it's no wonder he didn't play much and sucks. A rail-thin guard with virtually no skills having success in the NBA... proabably ain't gonna happen.
His rookie year he saw the floor more cuz he really focused on the only thing he could do well - he played great defense. He would a Probabaly played more last season if he played d like he had his rookie year.
I just think exum's gonna turn into a totally legit 2 way playmaker without ever being a great offensive player up to that point. Once his skills are up to snuff he'll be ready to make plays. Basically, I don't think he will bring much to the table offensively at all until he can be a primary playmaker, but he might be getting close, at least, he undoubtedly is getting closer.
Or he'll never gain many bball skills and his body naturally fills out and he becomes a journeyman wing player.
