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Drafting by KOC

Where would we be with a better drafting GM?
2004- Worst of them all. Took Humphries, Snyder and traded 21st pick; passed on:
Big Al, Josh Smith, JR Smith, Kevin Martin, Trevor Ariza.

2005- Great draft year

2006- Good draft year but traded Brewer

2007- Took Morris Almond, passed on:
Aaron Brooks, Aaron Afflalo, Marc Gasol, Glen Davis. I know the Jazz talked a lot about taking Affalo with their first round and Big Baby with their second rounder but didn't do either.

2008- Took Koufus, passed on:
Ibaka, Batum, George Hill, DeAndre Jordan, Mario Chalmers. Imagine the Jazz with Ibaka or Jordan

2009- Took maynor(Good pick but traded him), passed on:
Collison, Taj Gibson, Casspi, Sam Young, DeJuan Blair, Marcus Thorton. The big miss here was Blair who the Jazz wanted to fall to them and didn't take him. When he fell to us, I was 99% sure we would take him, but we didn't

2010- Took Hayward(Not sure on this pick yet), passed on:
George, Patterson, Henry, Bledsoe,Fields. I think George would have been a better pick. He can shoot, is extremely athletic and a good defender. Hayward is a better passer and ball handler but time will tell

Will the drafting ever improve? He has had his ups with D will, Millsap, Miles, Evans. Sad thing is 3/4 were second rounders. Then he traded his 2 of his other 2 good selections in Brewer and Maynor
 
good lord. You can do this for every team in every sport with a draft. It's 100% pointless and worthless. KOC is no worse than most teams making picks.
 
Also with how he's playing this year and his GF may have to put Humphries in the same category as Brewer *solid pick but traded*
 
This is like saying that Portland should have taken Kevin Durrant instead of Greg Oden. Well no ****. Hindsight is 20/20. But know one knows how these kids well pan out in the NBA until there here and playing for a few years.
 
This is like saying that Portland should have taken Kevin Durrant instead of Greg Oden. Well no ****. Hindsight is 20/20. But know one knows how these kids well pan out in the NBA until there here and playing for a few years.
Also could've NOT traded with the Jazz and have DWill instead of Webster who is now on Minni. I'm trying to remember all the picks the trade included but every player Porty drafted due to that trade is no longer on the team.
 
I think its pretty safe to assume that players were acquired to fit the Sloan system and not the other way around. I mean as a Jazz fan, did you ever wonder about Sloan or KOC making statements that the team was not very athletic compared to other teams and that because of this we "had" to follow the system or else.

Well, it's not like the ****ing players were forced on us. The front office and the coaching staff are to blame the years and years of stiffs that have come through here...
 
The Jazz "passed" on a guy that wasn't even in anyone's mock drafts last year. Rich.
 
Also could've NOT traded with the Jazz and have DWill instead of Webster who is now on Minni. I'm trying to remember all the picks the trade included but every player Porty drafted due to that trade is no longer on the team.

Portland could have had Michael Jordan, Dwill and Kevin Durant. Instead, they got Bowie, Webster and Oden. Talk about hindsight.
 
I know hindsight is 20-20 but KOC is being a lot more than me to not make these mistakes. I know that it all comes with the territory. KOC is being paid to put the best team he can on the floor with what he has to work with.
 
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