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

Udoka is going to learn from the best defensive player and roller in the NBA. The exciting thing to me is that Udoka has more lob threat potential with how high he can jump. The thing that limits Rudy is that he isnt great at exploding in traffic.
 
Hekate said:
Udoka is much more modern than Bradley. Bradley was pretty much a finesse player that was below the rim with no mobility. There were semblances of mid-range game. He had to go to the basket in various ways because he would just get stuffed. There are no worries about how Udoka will get his. He will put pressure on the rim for the 2nd unit which was lacking outside of Rudy.

If Udoka is half the player of prime Deandre Jordan, that's great.
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People saw Bradley and saw thanksgiving dinner.

People will look at Udoka and be somewhat intimidated. Guards might be excited to iso and shoot over him with stepbacks, but no one is going to treat him like a little kid which is what happened every game to Bradley.
 
Hekate said:
Udoka is much more modern than Bradley. Bradley was pretty much a finesse player that was below the rim with no mobility. There were semblances of mid-range game. He had to go to the basket in various ways because he would just get stuffed. There are no worries about how Udoka will get his. He will put pressure on the rim for the 2nd unit which was lacking outside of Rudy.

If Udoka is half the player of prime Deandre Jordan, that's great.
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Can’t pass, shoot, dribble, or move on the perimeter. He’s a poor mans Boban. He’s going to be as effective as about 10 players we could get on the open market at somewhere between the minimum and the BAE. We are assuming he will be ready now but he is likely to **** up the offense as hard or harder than Ed in his first year.

Also a budget Deandre Jordan gets played off the floor by round 2 of the playoffs. The move shows how our management can’t be flexible or innovative. We play the same way all the time... even though nba teams have proved they can beat that style in the playoffs.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Udoka is going to learn from the best defensive player and roller in the NBA. The exciting thing to me is that Udoka has more lob threat potential with how high he can jump. The thing that limits Rudy is that he isnt great at exploding in traffic.
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Maybe Udoka can return the favor and teach Rudy what a post move is.

Itd be nice if Udoka could also develop a little 5-10 ft jumper.
 
Jazz got their version of Boban. The player that checks in and the opposing guy who is guarding says to himself "I have to guard this ****ing guy?".
 
I really thought dude was going to be like 23.

21 means he can develop a lot more, especially physically.

Biggest key will be the Jazz teaching him the art of the short roll. That will take some time probably.
 
Udoka getting down to 260 with 10% body fat per NBA Combine is pretty impressive. I wonder what he played at this season for Kansas. I would guess 270-280 range.

If this dude can get down to 255 and a bit more shredded, he might be able to get to a legit 41'' vert and not a fake one.
 
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