Getting praised by ESPN NBA writer Zach Lowe is typically a very good thing, and two current Utah Jazz players and one former one have received such recognition over the past few days.
Lowe took note of Dante Exum's decisiveness in his final "Ten things I like and don't like" column of the season, while Royce O'Neale and former point guard Trey Burke were named to Lowe's annual list of "Luke Walton All-Stars."
Of Exum, Lowe wrote, "Before Exum injured his shoulder in preseason, the Jazz were cautiously optimistic he was ready to make a leap after so many aborted attempts.