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Jazz select Udoka Azubuike with pick 27 & trade Tony Bradley + pick 38 to the Pistons

seattlejazzfan said:
He steps in right now. He played four years - he’s physically ready today. You simply don’t have to wait.
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Jazz opening day game in about 1 month time. Over under 10.5 minutes for Azubuike? I think I'm taking the under...
 
stitches said:
We've spent 7 first round picks on PGs in the last 8 years and still don't have a long-term PG...
We've spent 2 other first round picks in the last 3 years on traditional center picks to backup Rudy.

This is HORRIFIC asset management.

Like @NUMBERICA said... if the Nuggets didn't gift us Mitchell and Gobert, this team would be the equivalent of the Knicks or the Kings...
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The locking in on one guy or target and giving up too much in a trade for the thing you needed two seasons ago. Only addressing obvious needs when pending free agents want you to... botching extension negotiations because you can’t see the salary cap landscape... holding on to guys you drafted until you have to give up draft assets after wasting years of development and roster spots.


I just seriously can’t ****ing wait until either we overpay for a premium backup center or throw Udoka out there and realize a rookie is not a good solution to a current problem and we end up with Ed Davis as a backup.

Also everyone be prepared for the JC overpay. I’ll set the over under at 4/50.
 
stitches said:
Jazz opening day game in about 1 month time. Over under 10.5 minutes for Azubuike?
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Over. But you could throw out that over/under about anybody they might have drafted. Bradley would play over 10.5 minutes and Udoka is twice the player, in that role, Bradley is.
Also, I haven’t been on JF- what is the feeling here? Must be that the Jazz are definitely signing Rudy to the Supermax, right?
 
stitches said:
Jazz opening day game in about 1 month time. Over under 10.5 minutes for Azubuike? I think I'm taking the under...
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This was not the year to take a rookie expecting a contribution... no summer league and shortened preseason. In Quins sex machine offense he will look like a deer in headlights.

It was just so easy to get this right like go on auto pick and log out. But nah.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Over. But you could throw out that over/under about anybody they might have drafted. Bradley would play over 10.5 minutes and Udoka is twice the player, in that role, Bradley is.
Also, I haven’t been on JF- what is the feeling here? Must be that the Jazz are definitely signing Rudy to the Supermax, right?
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I’ll take the over because rookies get lots of time in blowouts.
 
Ben Wightman said:
The guy behind this channel puts together what are in my opinion some of the best video draft prospect breakdowns.

Dudes not just a dunker, but a legit post game/threat. The #'s are there for context.

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How does he get those post ups without a time machine?

we are going to run the offense through the post....for a rookie?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
This was not the year to take a rookie expecting a contribution... no summer league and shortened preseason. In Quins sex machine offense he will look like a deer in headlights.

It was just so easy to get this right like go on auto pick and log out. But nah.
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This was the year to draft a four year guy who can step right in and be better than the guy he replaced. That’s exactly what the jazz did. Udoka should have been a lottery pick.
 
the obvious issue with this "dropping big" strategy is that we will keep relying on that one guy on the floor to carry out all the hustle plays/dirty work without ever touching the basketball, as the other four continue to shoot and handle the ball at every opportunity they are given.

just prepare for more of "40-minute-Royce", folks.
 
I will gain a little respect for the decision if Udoka is in the rotation to start the season and they actually keep him in there sink or swim... it would show actual invest beyond just picking the kid. BUTTTTT we kinda know that Quin won’t like it if it costs us some games and if Ed plays ****** but not worst center in the league ****** then Udoka will have to put up like 60 in a g league game to take the spot from him. Hopefully we wait until after the trade deadline to install him as the backup and then we will have no choice... DL can throw up his hands... what am I supposed to do?

I love that we are all assuming he will come in a and immediately be a rotation piece. Took us three years to make TB borderline playable.
 
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