The Dante Exum Thread

[MHSL82]

Isaiah Austin on What the Utah Jazz Can Expect from Dante Exum | Bleacher Report

 

[nuraman00]

Las Vegas Summer League: Day 8 grades - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN

 

[nuraman00]

Gobert did well too.

 

[nuraman00]

Exum Hopeful for Stockton Mentoring

Some might say, what else is he supposed to say? But this guy sounds serious and hard working. A+

Good article.

 

[nuraman00]

Can you find out which twin in each set was older?

(I'm using emoticons below on purpose.)

1 Tierra Exum, or Dante Exum.

2 Jason Collins, or Jarron Collins.

Bump?

 

[nuraman00]

Hoops Heaven Here in Austrailia

Thanks.

 

[nuraman00]

Can you find out which twin in each set was older?

(I'm using emoticons below on purpose.)

1 Tierra Exum, or Dante Exum.

2 Jason Collins, or Jarron Collins.

MHSL82, are you ever going to help me find this info?

 

[MHSL82]

Jazz Teammate Tweets Picture of Rookie Dante Exum Sleeping with Stuffed Animal | Bleacher Report

 

[MHSL82]

Jazz Teammate Tweets Picture of Rookie Dante Exum Sleeping with Stuffed Animal | Bleacher Report

Who hugged it best at sleepy time? | jazzfanatical

 

[nuraman00]

Do you think there's much of a difference between hugging a teddy bear while sleeping, and hugging an extra pillow while sleeping?

Both are made of some sort of soft material, and are large.

 

[MHSL82]

Do you think there's much of a difference between hugging a teddy bear while sleeping, and hugging an extra pillow while sleeping?

Both are made of some sort of soft material, and are large.

One you don't treat like a live animal... or so I'm told. Pillows reportedly are wild

 

[nuraman00]

One you don't treat like a live animal... or so I'm told. Pillows reportedly are wild

Have you slept with an extra pillow before? If so, do you still do?

 

[MHSL82]

Have you slept with an extra pillow before? If so, do you still do?

I do. I call her my wife... Or should I say, I call my wife my pillow. When I am mad, I scream into her and when I am playful with my mistress, I have a pillow fight.

 

[nuraman00]

I do. I call her my wife... Or should I say, I call my wife my pillow. When I am mad, I scream into her and when I am playful with my mistress, I have a pillow fight.

Wow! Sounds like a lot of emotion in the bedroom, from being mad, to playful, to pillow fights.

 

[MHSL82]

Scout at FIBA: Exum 'not ready for the NBA,' but future is bright | NBA | Sporting News

 

[MHSL82]

Realistic Expectations for Dante Exum's Rookie Season with Utah Jazz | Bleacher Report

 

[MHSL82]

Simmons: We gave them 24 points just three weeks ago … and they gained 10 points in the preseason without playing a real game. We’ve never changed a League Pass ranking before. What happened???

Lowe: This is more crooked than Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference finals.

Simmons: I’m wearing a Dick Bavetta jersey as I write these next 19 words: I’ve never done a faster 180, in my entire career, than the one I pulled off with Dante Exum. Not only did Jalen and I crush the Exum pick in our preview, but when you and I worked on the first draft of this piece, here’s what I wrote: “For me, the Exum subplot is 100 times more fascinating than anything Philly is offering. He might be superduperduper raw, and on top of that, three lottery picks taken right after him (Marcus Smart, Julius Randle and my Rookie Of The Year Choice To Be Revealed A Little Bit Later) could be kicking ass right away. That has a chance to be one of this century’s legendarily bad lottery picks.”

I nearly gave myself a concussion leaping on the hood of the Exum bandwagon as it started pulling away. Did you see him in the preseason? It looked like Kobe cloned the teenage version of himself and added an Australian accent. I’m all in! Easily my fastest flip-flop ever — and that’s saying something.

Lowe: Exum is the variance guy in Utah’s young core. They have six legitimately interesting young players — and possibly seven, depending on Rodney Hood’s development. But the buzz on Utah’s third- and fourth-year guys is sort of fading out. No one is flipping to a Utah game to see a Gordon Hayward jumper streak or some subtle rim protection from Derrick Favors. There’s a reason the Jazz tried to trade for the no. 1 pick: They know all these guys top out as second bananas, and maybe even third bananas. Exum is their guy with the unknown ceiling.

Simmons: And we were both shocked by how many 3s Utah jacked up in the preseason. And we haven’t even mentioned those eight games a year when Hayward improbably goes toe-to-toe against a playoff contender, or the coaching bump from “Ty Corbin” to “anyone else.” Should we bump their ranking again? You could talk me into the high 40s after one drink.

Lowe: We definitely didn’t award enough credit for Quin Snyder’s style bump. It was clear given his work at prior stops: Utah was going to shoot a ton of 3s and try some really interesting stuff on offense. Snyder watches film and sees crazy play-design possibilities that no one else sees. Everyone is jacking 3s for Utah in the preseason — Favors, Kanter, Jazz Bear, Matt Harpring. We made the right move bumping them to no. 28, and we’re going to regret not having them higher.

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[MHSL82]

5 Ways Exum is Exceeding Expectations | Utah Jazz

 

[MHSL82]

Exum has the case of Burkitis. He's 11-36 (30.6%) in the last 8 games. He was 16-33 (48.5%) in the first 7.

Incidentally, in the last three games, Burke is shooting 21-36 (58.3%) from the floor.

 

[MHSL82]

Utah Jazz: Rookie Dante Exum living up to early expectations | The Salt Lake Tribune