Why not Leonard?!?!

[jrclone]

He would have been a legitimate 3, puts out an incredible effort, and would be a great addition on the wing with Hayward. It seems to me like the Jazz are incapable of making adjustments on the fly. With Leonard dropping so far, it seems ludicrous to me that we took a smaller, less defensive minded guard, who is also incapable of making 3's. Especially with AK being an unrestricted FA, we need some depth at the 3. I believe this will eventually be known as a huge mistake.

 

[Favors Flave]

I like Burks a lot but was screaming for Kawhi.

 

[cowhide]

You can't pick every player. It is a toss up and I would have been fine with Leonard. We don't know if Leonard was higher than Burks on the Jazz board. I like to ask KOC that question. Maybe the Jazz feel that Hayward and CJ are good enough to handle the SF. Perhaps the difference between Leonard and Burks was so small that the Jazz picked the greater need.

 

[jazzrule]

He doesn't shoot well from the 3 like Burks oh wait. Never mind. Seriously he is a darn good player as shown by the Spurs picking him. I love the Spurs drafting ability.

 

[JFFR]

I really like a lot of the things the Spurs do...

 

[Scorpjazz]

LOL, the Spurs drafted him because he was left.

 

[Craig K. Manscill]

Yeah, I like Burks. But Leonard DROPPED. Although there has to be some reason Leonard dropped that far. I wonder why.

To be honest, he kinda inexplicably moved up in the draft during the offseason, so he just dropped back to where he belongs, I guess.

 

[Stifle Tower]

He would have been a legitimate 3, puts out an incredible effort, and would be a great addition on the wing with Hayward. It seems to me like the Jazz are incapable of making adjustments on the fly. With Leonard dropping so far, it seems ludicrous to me that we took a smaller, less defensive minded guard, who is also incapable of making 3's. Especially with AK being an unrestricted FA, we need some depth at the 3. I believe this will eventually be known as a huge mistake.

I expected the Jazz to take a SF. Was thinking Leonard, Singleton or even Hamilton. Burks surprised me.
But didn't Leonard cancel his Jazz workout? If Burks and Kawhi were pretty evenly ranked, I imagine Leonard deciding he wouldn't even show up for a workout would have been a major red flag.

 

[Craig K. Manscill]

LOL, the Spurs drafted him because he was left.

They traded for him buddy. Have I told you how cool your picture is, by the way? It's a ninja with a FIRE background. I just think it's pretty sweet, all those flames, so intense.

- Craig

 

[Fishsticks]

They traded for him buddy. Have I told you how cool your picture is, by the way? It's a ninja with a FIRE background. I just think it's pretty sweet, all those flames, so intense.

- Craig

Thanks for the feed back on his avatar Craig. Sweet analysis.

 

[Jeditiger]

Because they had Burks rated higher on their draft board.

 

[jazzrule]

Because they had Burks rated higher on their draft board.

Wow love the insight of your post. Next year tell us who is on the draft board and in what order before the draft. Thanks.