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Rate this draft.

GRade the draft

  • A Got what I wanted

    Votes: 23 22.5%

  • A- Wish -----had dropped to us

    Votes: 41 40.2%

  • B+ Not bad

    Votes: 19 18.6%

  • B Better player available but not bad over all

    Votes: 11 10.8%

  • B- Passed on the player I wanted

    Votes: 1 1.0%

  • C We should have drafted ------

    Votes: 5 4.9%

  • D I am very frustrated by these picks

    Votes: 2 2.0%

  • F I hate both of these guys and this draft is a fail

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    102
jazzrule said:
B is my grade. Was hoping we could use our assets to get D'Will2, who I think is going to be special.

Kanter is no defensive center in my mind, and I worry about his being able to finish around the basket with his leaping ability. He better be able to clear space with his big body, or he will get stuffed a lot. He does have some good moves.

I would rather we would have taken Valanciunas at 3, and swung for the home run. I think he will become an all-star center.

Burks was a good pick. I love that Burks and Hayward can both penetrate and dish. Burks has amazing body control in the air to get his shot off. I look for him to become a solid starter. Would have been an A+ with Valanciunas.
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Valanciunas needs to add some muscle. Otherwise, he is never going to be a good center in the NBA. Givony and Ford commented on how he would get bullied around by bigger players in games. Does he have a lot of upside? Sure. But there are a lot of question marks with him just like with Kanter.
 
trigg3r said:
Valanciunas needs to add some muscle. Otherwise, he is never going to be a good center in the NBA. Givony and Ford commented on how he would get bullied around by bigger players in games. Does he have a lot of upside? Sure. But there are a lot of question marks with him just like with Kanter.
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Your right. That is why I said would become, because he sure isn't all-star quality now.
 
cowhide said:
I don't understand how people can bash the Kanter pick. Who would you have taken instead of Kanter? Knight was overrated and dropped where he should have gone. I can see that there is concern with Kanter's inexperience but in this draft he was obviously the best player at 3. The Jazz actually had him number #2. You have the right to complain but at least give another option of who the Jazz should have picked instead of Kanter. I can see people being upset if they wanted DW but he wasn't available. I can see why people would be upset with Burks because Leonard was there but I am dumb-founded about not liking the Kanter pick because he was the BPA.
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Our hand was forced to take Kanter, there was so much hype behind the kid that we either had to trade the pick or settle with him.

Guys I would have traded down for - Biyombo(defense people) and Knight(still like the potential with this kid)

I also would have traded up for D.Williams
 
prodigy said:
Our hand was forced to take Kanter, there was so much hype behind the kid that we either had to trade the pick or settle with him.

Guys I would have traded down for - Biyombo(defense people) and Knight(still like the potential with this kid)
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Biyombo has a back problem and is the definition of raw. Can he stay on the court and elude foul trouble? We'll see. Some scouts are a lot higher on him than others. As for Knight, he wasn't KOC's BPA. KOC said that Kanter was number 2 on their board.
 
Yet in spite of this so called back problem he went #7 after we kept hearing Biyombo's slipping, Biyombo's going to be available at 12, blah blah blah
 
prodigy said:
C, we add no defense, draft a big white goof in Kou...Kanter

Burks was supposed to be there at 12 and sure enough he was, but honestly I like Burks @ 12..only thing saving this draft from a total fail
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First post, post-draft, your cred is waning. This has become about you.
 
PKM said:
First post, post-draft, your cred is waning. This has become about you.
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Why becomes i'm not hopping on the Kanter hype train just because we drafted him? give me a break

This draft just reminded me of when we took Koufos over Serge Ibaka and we have suffered through that decision
 
Definite A IMO. Wanted Kanter with the 3rd and never thought Burks would be there at 12. Love both picks.

Doesn't mean it'll turn out great in the future, but that's how I see it now.
 
I'm disappointed the Jazz didn't find a way (or even try?) to get in the late 1st or early 2nd to get another player (particularly Butler and Jenkins). I'm also disappointed that the Jazz found a way to draft two players in the lottery that have never been known to guard anybody or lead anybody.

But the Jazz got some talented players and in a vacuum, these are pretty good picks. They went for it and I can appreciate that. B-

I hope Kanter is Zeebo without the bull ****. Really hope.
 
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