Drafting by KOC

[NUMBERICA]

Portland could have had Michael Jordan, Dwill and Kevin Durant. Instead, they got Bowie, Webster and Oden. Talk about hindsight.

AND they thought it wise to throw the biggest contracts allowed in consecutive years for players the Jazz found at Big Lots (Millsap) and the trash can (Matthews). They were right on both, and the Jazz were right on one.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

You might be interested in this:

https://www.82games.com/bestdraftingteams.htm

 

[LogGrad98]

You might be interested in this:

https://www.82games.com/bestdraftingteams.htm

Good read. Thanks for posting. This also shows that how good you are at drafting does not necessarily equate to success on the court. No one would argue that Milwaukee is the best team of the past 20 years, but probably are the best drafting team. Very interesting.

 

[DeliveryBoy]

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.

I was saying they should take Durant at the time. So, go me.

The only pick I would have outdone KOC on significantly is Humphries instead of Big Al. I was screaming for Jefferson.

 

[D Will> CP3]

I was screaming for Big Al and Josh Smith in 2004,
Affalo and Almond in 2007
Hibbert, Jordan, Ibaka and Chalmers in 2008
Gibson, Collison and Blair in 2009
Aminu,George and Sanders in 2010.

 

[jimmyjazz]

KOC sucks at drafting in the first round, bar an exception or maybe two. To say other GMs also make mistakes doesn't make KOC's drafting record any better. Let's not be in denial that way; KOC's first round drafting in the past decade has just been awful.

 

[homeytennis]

It's my $.25 opinion that Scott Layden did a better job of this when he had KOC's job.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think the Jazz are very conservative drafters, low-risk/low-reward, at least in the first round. In the second round, they seem to take a few more chances on athletic talent and draft for longer term. Case in point: Koufos over DeAndre Jordan.

The Jazz also have relatively late picks in the first round, tend to draft for position and lock in on a few players each year. They figure that these players they draft aren't going to get much court time anyway unless it's a position of need.

The Kris Humphries over Al Jefferson thing was excusable since Humphries had talent and a track record in college. He just didn't turn out to be a heady, motivated player. However, the Jazz should have known that Snyder was a headcase who couldn't shoot, whereas JR Smith was a headcase who could shoot, and Josh Smith was so athletic that it didn't matter much if he could shoot or not.

 

[CALJAZZFAN]

AND they thought it wise to throw the biggest contracts allowed in consecutive years for players the Jazz found at Big Lots (Millsap) and the trash can (Matthews). They were right on both, and the Jazz were right on one.

True. Let's not also forget that they have had the luck with injuries, first Oden and now Roy. Roy's contract makes AK's current contract look reasonable. At least we get 42 or so games per year from AK. Roy will be done after this year or next (a stretch, from what I've read).

 

[Lost_Jazz_Fan]

I think the Jazz are very conservative drafters, low-risk/low-reward, at least in the first round. In the second round, they seem to take a few more chances on athletic talent and draft for longer term. Case in point: Koufos over DeAndre Jordan.

The Jazz also have relatively late picks in the first round, tend to draft for position and lock in on a few players each year. They figure that these players they draft aren't going to get much court time anyway unless it's a position of need.

The Kris Humphries over Al Jefferson thing was excusable since Humphries had talent and a track record in college. He just didn't turn out to be a heady, motivated player. However, the Jazz should have known that Snyder was a headcase who couldn't shoot, whereas JR Smith was a headcase who could shoot, and Josh Smith was so athletic that it didn't matter much if he could shoot or not.

This is the most spot on post that I have read on this entire subject. I concur.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Yeah, from what was going around at draft time, Humphries WAS Jefferson, but with a year of college.

Snyder was the whole package coming out of school. Biggest reason he went where he did was because he went to Nevada. I'm sure he interviewed well, and I don't believe there were many issues at Nevada. The two J. Smiths at the time definitely were the higher bust candidates than Snyder. He was supposed to be the real deal.

 

[Lost_Jazz_Fan]

Yeah, from what was going around at draft time, Humphries WAS Jefferson, but with a year of college.

Snyder was the whole package coming out of school. Biggest reason he went where he did was because he went to Nevada. I'm sure he interviewed well, and I don't believe there were many issues at Nevada. The two J. Smiths at the time definitely were the higher bust candidates than Snyder. He was supposed to be the real deal.

Snyder was also really flourishing in the NCAA Tournament that year, definitely helping his case.