Putting Dante Exum into perspective

KqWIN · Post #141 » by **KqWIN** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 12:52 am

zero24gravity · Post #142 » by **zero24gravity** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 8:06 pm

Looking like he'll miss 2 weeks. Not good, but not terrible. Timing of Rubio getting hurt is tough though. Time to see what kind of PG shops DM has, and Neto will obviously get a big jump in minutes. Hard not to like the steadiness of Neto's game.

babyjax13 · Post #143 » by **babyjax13** » Sat Mar 9, 2019 2:33 am

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Locke said during the game that Dante is returning to practice this week, so we will get to see that in action. If he continues to play as he was we are a better team. He'd be really useful against this Memphis team.

Crunch 99 · Post #144 » by **Crunch 99** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:39 pm

So Exum came back last night against OKC. There was some talk in the press that he might have missed so many games that he worked his way out of the rotation. Hard to tell from last night considering Rubio and Neto were both out, but I hope the Jazz keep playing Exum and let him work through mistakes. We are going to need his length, speed and defense in the playoffs.

I wish the Jazz would have let him bring the ball up the court a little more last night.

SoCalJazzFan · Post #145 » by **SoCalJazzFan** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 3:04 pm

Crunch 99 wrote:I wish the Jazz would have let him bring the ball up the court a little more last night.

Totally agree. Mitchell is great some nights, but he his so ploddingly slow when he brings up the ball to set things up, puts zero pressure on the defense mos of the time. Exum would likely at least try to break down the defense and dribble out or pass out.

Post #146 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:49 pm

At least we know he's still alive.

babyjax13 · Post #147 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:57 pm

I thought he looked good in the second half

BarneyGumble · Post #148 » by **BarneyGumble** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:08 pm

Last night in 9 minutes he had no points on 0-2 from the field, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 2 rebounds, 2 turn overs, and 3 personal fouls and was -8 against the second unit of the worst team in the West.

This guy was way over-hyped coming into the league and we weren't necessarily suckers for picking him but we've become suckers for keeping faith in him and paying him $33 million.

Post #149 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:48 pm

It's just his second game back after missing a lot of time. He looked good before he was injured and hopefully by playoff time he'll play at that level again.

babyjax13 · Post #150 » by **babyjax13** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:53 pm

BarneyGumble wrote:Last night in 9 minutes he had no points on 0-2 from the field, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 2 rebounds, 2 turn overs, and 3 personal fouls and was -8 against the second unit of the worst team in the West.

This guy was way over-hyped coming into the league and we weren't necessarily suckers for picking him but we've become suckers for keeping faith in him and paying him $33 million.

It's his third game back for injury, I think your expectations might be too high. Even if it becomes a bad contract, it's not crippling.

KqWIN · Post #151 » by **KqWIN** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:19 pm

It’s going to be very hard to justify playing Exum over Neto. Neto has answered the call every time he’s had to play. He’s been consistent and way more reliable.

I can see Exum getting situational minutes in the playoffs, but Neto is the better player right now.

Post #152 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:22 pm

We don't need to justify playing Exum over Neto, we just have to wait until one of them is injured again, which is likely to be soon.

KqWIN · Post #153 » by **KqWIN** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:55 am

Inigo Montoya wrote:We don't need to justify playing Exum over Neto, we just have to wait until one of them is injured again, which is likely to be soon.

Well, that was quick. Exum injured again already.

tleikheen · Post #154 » by **tleikheen** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:19 am

Kneebruise ,,is it as bad as his ankle bruise

TO11 · Post #155 » by **TO11** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:01 am

tleikheen wrote:Kneebruise ,,is it as bad as his ankle bruise

We aren't sure, we will have to reevaluate it in 2 weeks.

BarneyGumble · Post #156 » by **BarneyGumble** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:01 pm

babyjax13 wrote:
BarneyGumble wrote:Last night in 9 minutes he had no points on 0-2 from the field, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 2 rebounds, 2 turn overs, and 3 personal fouls and was -8 against the second unit of the worst team in the West.

This guy was way over-hyped coming into the league and we weren't necessarily suckers for picking him but we've become suckers for keeping faith in him and paying him $33 million.

It's his third game back for injury, I think your expectations might be too high. Even if it becomes a bad contract, it's not crippling.

I agree. My expectations are too high. I expect someone to produce at least like a late first rounder if they were taken with the #5 overall pick and millions of dollars has been spent on them.

With Exum we've had 5 years of of injuries and suck, with the occasional good game or even streak of good games sprinkled in. If he were a cake, he'd be one giant cowpie with some sprinkles on top.

Last night in 3 minutes, he had 0 points, 0 assists, 0 rebounds, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 1 foul, and 2 turnovers.

How long do we keep making excuses for him? Injured or no? Its year 5............

JazzyPhinz · Post #157 » by **JazzyPhinz** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:21 pm

He's a bust. Bench role player at best.

Winglish · Post #158 » by **Winglish** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:17 pm

Dante Exum is not good at basketball.

I've been saying it for 5 years now.

His is the worst contract in the Dennis Lindsey era.

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Pass_the_rock · Post #159 » by **Pass_the_rock** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:08 am

Looks like he's done for the season. You can't make this up :noway:

Per Shams, patella injury.

MeestR · Post #160 » by **MeestR** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:11 am

I was going to say earlier today, we gotta get something for him while we still can...

That's what I get for even thinking that.