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Following Potential 2020 draftees

If the season resumes, and the Jazz play 5 more regular-season games, I hope they lose 3 of them and we can slip by OKC and Miami in the draft order. There are 22 guys that I'd feel good about drafting.

If our main targets are gone, I'd consider taking a flyer on Aleksej Pokusevski, who reminds me a bit of a young Keith Van Horn at Utah.



 
In this weird year of weird years a blurb bubbled up yesterday that Justian Jessup a 2 guard lead his team in blocked shots the last two years. This is the guy that broke Jimmer's record for three point shots made in the Mountain West Conference. I think he and his college teammate RJ Williams would be worth an undrafted free agent look along with Sam Merrill of Utah State, Yoeli Childs of BYU, the little guard from Weber and Utah's best player. There might be someone who could frolick with the Stars.
 
This is going to be an interesting draft, especially since our roster spots are pretty much filled and the pre-draft process could be altered unless they push the draft back.
 
This is going to be an interesting draft, especially since our roster spots are pretty much filled and the pre-draft process could be altered unless they push the draft back.

I think the draft process will get pushed back if the season resumes in Las Vegas. I could see the Jazz targeting a guard in this draft, given that Mike Conley expires in a year and we could lose Jordan Clarkson. This is a guard-heavy draft, and a few good ones will fall.
 
Desmond Bane, a 6'6", 215-lb senior guard from TCU, whom I'd never heard of. Shot 42% from 3pt. Looks like he'll be pretty effective with NBA spacing. Uses his size and strength to bully his way to the rim. Great value in the 2nd round.



gotta love the name too
 
Bane looks REALLY good but he has an awful wingspan and shaky standing reach. 6’4” and 8’4”. That said, Fred VanVleet has a 6’1.5” wingspan and he’s been a very good pro. And Bane looks like he plays bigger than his size, has solid burst and finishes really
nicely at or around the rim. He also shot 42.5% or higher from 3 each of the last three years, and has solid rebound and assist numbers including a 26% assist% this year.
 
Bane looks REALLY good but he has an awful wingspan and shaky standing reach. 6’4” and 8’4”. That said, Fred VanVleet has a 6’1.5” wingspan and he’s been a very good pro. And Bane looks like he plays bigger than his size, has solid burst and finishes really
nicely at or around the rim. He also shot 42.5% or higher from 3 each of the last three years, and has solid rebound and assist numbers including a 26% assist% this year.

DWill had an 8'2" standing reach.
 
Immanuel Quickley, a soph at UK, shot 42.8% from 3pt and over 92% at the foul line. Yet another guard in a deep class of guards. I wouldn't be shocked to see him sneak into the end of the first round.



 
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