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The Jazz need someone who can come off a screen, catch the pass, and shoot the ball into the hoop consistently. A catch and shoot off of a screen. Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, JJ Redick, those players come to mind.
 
BetterThanESPN said:
The Jazz need someone who can come off a screen, catch the pass, and shoot the ball into the hoop consistently. A catch and shoot off of a screen. Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, JJ Redick, those players come to mind.
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Those dudes just grow on trees........
 
Been following Jordan Hamilton all year, in the hope the Jazz could be lucky enough to find themselves with an opportunity to draft him.

Hamilton is a huge standout in 2011's relatively weak SG class. One of the top shooters in the college ranks; currently averaging 18.8 PPG, .447 FG%, .405 3P%, .776% FT%.

Here are a couple of recent accolades:

US Basketball Writers Assn "Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week" 25-Jan-2011

Hoops Report National College Player of the Week 2-Feb-11

Keepin my fingers crossed... :)
 
He sounds like a slightly larger version of Mo Almond (can score, but not a defender), so yes, he's the type of player the Jazz would draft.
 
YB85 said:
Will the Jazz run the Jazz offense now that Johnson is gone?
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If what Corbin says is true, very little of what the Jazz run offensively will change. Why I like Jordan Hamilton over somebody like Mo Almond is that Hamilton is scoring his points in an effective manner while doing it in a structured offense that the Jazz would ask him to run should Utah draft him. IMO it's much different than Almond who simply got the ball and shot it during something like 85% of Rice's possessions.

I really haven't seen Hamilton play as of yet, but I certainly will now. He's improved across the board from his freshman year. He's almost doubled his scoring average during that time and shoots 40% from 3 land. Plus, he's 6'7". If he's quick enough to play the 2 it only helps Utah in getting longer and more athletic.
 
jazzman12 said:
If what Corbin says is true, very little of what the Jazz run offensively will change. Why I like Jordan Hamilton over somebody like Mo Almond is that Hamilton is scoring his points in an effective manner while doing it in a structured offense that the Jazz would ask him to run should Utah draft him. IMO it's much different than Almond who simply got the ball and shot it during something like 85% of Rice's possessions.

I really haven't seen Hamilton play as of yet, but I certainly will now. He's improved across the board from his freshman year. He's almost doubled his scoring average during that time and shoots 40% from 3 land. Plus, he's 6'7". If he's quick enough to play the 2 it only helps Utah in getting longer and more athletic.
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I don't know a ton about this kid, but if he's putting these numbers up in a flex offense similar enough to Utah's that people specifically mention Utah in comparison and Corbin keeps it mostly the same, that projects better than Almond. It also helps that he plays at Texas, not Rice.
 
Sure, he is getting his looks against better competition and within the flex, but I still think he’s just the type of offensively-gifted player the Utah Jazz (KOC) have selected in the first round.

From Kouf to Hayward, Almond to Pavlovic, there is definitely a trend of selecting scorers over pure athletes/defenders. With KOC’s track record with 1st rounders, maybe he should consider breaking the pattern and looking at a Chris Singleton type (tenacious defensive athlete with a raw, but improving offensive game).
 
40% from the college 3 point line doesn't sound all that impressive to me, but I could be wrong.
What have other good SGs done?
 
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