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Jazz select Grayson Allen at 21

It seems like the approach that DL and the front office has to second round picks is that if they can find a way to draft specific players that they like then they will, but if they can't then they would rather trade the pick away than use it on a prospect that they don't have faith in. That's fine with me. Especially when the Jazz are so good at finding gems who went undrafted or are hidden overseas.
 
SCS said:
It seems like the approach that DL and the front office has to second round picks is that if they can find a way to draft specific players that they like then they will, but if they can't then they would rather trade the pick away than use it on a prospect that they don't have faith in. That's fine with me. Especially when the Jazz are so good at finding gems who went undrafted or are hidden overseas.
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I totally get that it's not as easy to move up and grab a guy as we like to make it out to be.

But it sure killed me that Melton was so close. Sure felt like there could have been a move made to move up a few spots and grab him. I would have been happy with Melton at 21, would have felt really good to grab him in the 2nd. Houston got a solid one.
 
silesian said:
Rumor has it that Grayson likes the number 12. 1+2=3, matching his college number. There won't be any problem with him getting that # on his uni.
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I think he should go with 21 which is 2+1=3 and it's the position where he was picked (#21).
 
Jazz Spazz said:
This is from Bleacher Report.
Jonathan Wasserman thinks the Jazz will later regret picking Allen because Holiday, Okobo, and Hutchison were available.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2782773-nba-teams-that-will-regret-their-2018-nba-draft-pick

I don't know who the dude is but it sounds like he thinks Rubio is gone after this next year and that we needed a new PG on the roster to groom.
I don't think Rubio leaves.
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If Ricky leaves it is likely our choice. Quin believes in Ricky more than any of his other coaches did and worked more with him this year than any coach likely has. If anyone has listened to Ricky talk about our team and his experience they’d know.
 
Jazz Spazz said:
I don't think Rubio leaves.
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I don't either. I'm starting to get this feeling that we love our guys so much that we're just going to keep the same thing going for a few years and hope it turns into a title.

We'll keep Favors and Exum this summer.
We'll keep Rubio next summer and not add much because space will be limited.
We'll probably keep Crowder in summer of 2020 along with extending Mitchell.
We'll re-sign Gobert in 2021 and maybe Ingles too.

We really don't have that window when we're going to have "all this cap space" unless we let Favors and Rubio go in 2019.
 
LoPo said:
I don't either. I'm starting to get this feeling that we love our guys so much that we're just going to keep the same thing going for a few years and hope it turns into a title.

We'll keep Favors and Exum this summer.
We'll keep Rubio next summer and not add much because space will be limited.
We'll probably keep Crowder in summer of 2020 along with extending Mitchell.
We'll re-sign Gobert in 2021 and maybe Ingles too.

We really don't have that window when we're going to have "all this cap space" unless we let Favors and Rubio go in 2019.
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Can't project the current feelings that far into the future. This year I think we run it back (small changes maybe). I think we try and add a big FA in 2019 or give value deals to Exum and Favors and work on trading for that missing piece. We can't get frustrated or impatient... this is a building year... 2019/2020 are finishing years.

i do wonder if they engage in extension conversations with Ricky. I wouldn't extend him unless it was a decent discount. PGs like him (okayish shooters with limited creation) aren't the hottest of commodities... A couple teams like Orlando or Phoenix might be interested next year, but I don't see the team that will bowl him over with a huge offer.
 
I really believe we can win a chip in the future with this team, obviously hinges on how much better Mitchell gets. I’m also curious how much better Rubio gets as well, and if I’m him, with how much Quin believes in him and his relationship with Mitchell, I’d consider taking less money if I have to because I have a hard time finding a better situation.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Can't project the current feelings that far into the future. This year I think we run it back (small changes maybe). I think we try and add a big FA in 2019 or give value deals to Exum and Favors and work on trading for that missing piece. We can't get frustrated or impatient... this is a building year... 2019/2020 are finishing years.

i do wonder if they engage in extension conversations with Ricky. I wouldn't extend him unless it was a decent discount. PGs like him (okayish shooters with limited creation) aren't the hottest of commodities... A couple teams like Orlando or Phoenix might be interested next year, but I don't see the team that will bowl him over with a huge offer.
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If we don't think Favors is a key building block for a title in the finishing years, we need to get a big asset by using our cap space. Without Favors and most of the non-guaranteeds (we should keep Udoh if we let Favors walk), we could make a pretty substantial deal with our cap space + Burks.

This is going to be a major buyers market coming up soon. Everybody is going to be selling and nobody is going to be buying. We need to look at supply/demand curve and realize where we can pull off a major deal.
 
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