The Thriller
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I think people are comparing him to the wrong player. Kobe he is not. A very young Tony Parker is a better comparison imo.
I love herJust imagine it's only Sara Jean in the picture
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BurksHood is our best one on one offensive player. I'm smitten.
Why didn't the jazz realize that the horrible competition is what made exum look so good and draft a player that actually is good rather than one who only looks good against horrible competition?How many 19 year olds played against worse competition than he did?
They still had to catch the Clippers iirc.... but us beating them made it impossible for them to get home court advantage nowI'm drunk. Go Jazz. Was Portland's home court advantage guaranteed before this game? If not, we're gonna start kicking some mfing *** next year.
I don't remember the exact number, but if I'm not mistaken, prior to this season, Exum has played 23 games against high level competition.
So much for the excuse that exum didn't play against any competition before this year.
23 games is somewhat close to a year of college ball
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He reminds me of Michael Redd, but more athletic. Redd put up six seasons if 21+ ppg (high of 26 ppg in one season) on 45% FGs. Those are lofty numbers and I'm not saying Hood will get there, but I agree with you that the potential is there.
I think they did. It was a swing-for-the-fences pick. He was regarded as the BPA AND at the greatest area of need for Utah. If he turns out to be a bust, I still think Lindsay had to take that shot, especially given the projected starters and rotation players we already had.Why didn't the jazz realize that the horrible competition is what made exum look so good and draft a player that actually is good rather than one who only looks good against horrible competition?
You are correct and I feel the same way tbh.I think they did. It was a swing-for-the-fences pick. He was regarded as the BPA AND at the greatest area of need for Utah. If he turns out to be a bust, I still think Lindsay had to take that shot, especially given the projected starters and rotation players we already had.
So glad OKC got bumped from the Playoffs. I hope it sticks.
Here's a question. If the Jazz don't take Exum, who do they take? Smart? 7 pts, 3 assists, 36% FG, 33% 3pt. Stauskas? Randle? Vonleh?
Maybe Smart, but didn't he say he didn't want to be here? Did we want to go through Kanter again? Could you imagine Kanter and Smart (two players that didn't want to be here) in our locker room?
For those of you anti-Exum people, what should Utah have done?
I think the choice was between Randle and Exum. We already had Favors, Gobert and Kanter. Randle has health issues.
Utah made the right decision to draft Exum. I think it was a no brainer.
Exum has two years to hit Smart's numbers this year. I think he will do that.