The hell with that. Rudy would get drafted every year if he could be.
He can't though....
The hell with that. Rudy would get drafted every year if he could be.
He can't though....
You tell him that. The NBA can make the rule, but he'd just stuff it back in their face.
NBA draft.
Anyway Ima go with 7-10. I think in redraft Elfrid Payton, Marcus Smart, and Yusuf Nurkic would probably leap him.
All these people who voted 7-10 or worse. I would like to see your lists. This has not been a great draft so far, although too early to tell.
Every single one of those guys had far less of a learning curve from their jump in competition to the NBA. Based on what I've seen so far, and considering the HUGE improvement's that I've seen in Gobert and Hayward this season. . . I'm going to say yes - he does have that insane potential. He shouldn't be out there right now. No doubt about it. But, he's flashed incredible potential and he's clearly not physically ready to contribute yet. He has a great work ethic and a great coach to help guide him. Keep him in Utah year round and see what he can do next year after a full off-season and weight/strength program. Plus, even though he's not scoring, he still passes well, plays solid defense AND is getting a crapload of film for him to break down and learn from.1) Andrew Wiggins
2) Jabari Parker
3) Embiid
4) Marcus Smart
5) Jusuf Nurkic
Dante might come it at 6ish but I would put these 5 ahead as of right now.
Is Dante that much younger than Kyrie, John Wall, or Derrick Rose when they entered the league? Hell even Tyreke Evans looked better than Dante and has same potential that Dante had. Is Dante really that athletic that he has insane potential?
This thread is about 3 years too early. Exum was drafted as a project who isn't NBA ready, and any expectations of him being anything more than that this year just aren't realistic. Kinda silly to even suggest giving up on a 19 year old.
Every single one of those guys had far less of a learning curve from their jump in competition to the NBA. Based on what I've seen so far, and considering the HUGE improvement's that I've seen in Gobert and Hayward this season. . . I'm going to say yes - he does have that insane potential. He shouldn't be out there right now. No doubt about it. But, he's flashed incredible potential and he's clearly not physically ready to contribute yet. He has a great work ethic and a great coach to help guide him. Keep him in Utah year round and see what he can do next year after a full off-season and weight/strength program. Plus, even though he's not scoring, he still passes well, plays solid defense AND is getting a crapload of film for him to break down and learn from.
He has insane potential because..... he is sorta tall and runs kinda fast and is young? What separates him from someone like Myck Kabango who wasn't even drafted? What area of his play flashed great potential? The fact he can dunk? Big deal. I don't think anyone can escape the fact that he has been worse than expectation so far this year. This year doesn't really matter and it is all about the future but thats it? 6.73 PER? 62% free throw 37% fg? How many players that started their career like that have turned into all stars?
This thread is early. We still have little idea who will be the best players from this draft class. However I think we have more data now than we did before the draft and I think if we replayed that same draft with all gm's knowing what they know now it would be different.
He has insane potential because..... he is sorta tall and runs kinda fast and is young? What separates him from someone like Myck Kabango who wasn't even drafted? What area of his play flashed great potential? The fact he can dunk? Big deal. I don't think anyone can escape the fact that he has been worse than expectation so far this year. This year doesn't really matter and it is all about the future but thats it? 6.73 PER? 62% free throw 37% fg? How many players that started their career like that have turned into all stars?
Look at dwayne wades first year stats. Chris Pauls. Name one person that had as bad stats as Exum their first year.
Rondo's are the closest I've found so far.
You can do a re-draft a week later and things would change significantly because of the subjective nature of player scouting and information gathering. I've seen the defensive potential, amazing passing, play off the dribble and improved shooting mechanics (earlier than I expected) to convince me that he has a chance to be special.
Has he struggled? Absolutely. But so did Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert, who were both older and more experienced, when they joined the team. I think that Quin is fantastic about teaching these kids how to maximize their potential and I'm excited to see what he can turn Exum into. Right now, Dante is a malleable piece of clay that is being shaped and formed.
It's not exactly how I was hoping they'd go about doing it, but why not get him out there and have him start getting that experience as soon as possible? Winning now means nothing, but if it will help with his development 2 or 3 years from now, then all of this angst will be well worth it.
Conditioning and strength training are going to be HUGE for him, and the physical improvements to Gobert, Hayward, Favors and Kanter have me very, very excited about what Dante's potential is when he bulks up a lot.
How about Jeff Teague and Jimmy Butler? Dante has had to play more than both of them combined in their rookie seasons and he has been ahead of schedule until the past couple of games.Rondo actually shot better and played much better defense than Dante.