homeytennis
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Both these guys were mid first round draft picks. They both have talent.
Jazz acquire NAW and Juancho Hernangomez for Ingles, Hughes, and two 2nd round picks.
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He showed that he has some promise in a completely different role than he has ever been in before. He has to be able to do that consistently before taking a victory lap. But congratulations, at least for me he's gone from a non rotation player, to a guy who might have something there.
I was a little surprised to see people praising his defense so much on twitter. To me, it looked like Lavine and Derozan were having their way with him and the numbers show that as well. I'm not bothered by it though because it's what I would have expected. Derozan and Lavine are great, and man to man defense has never been NAW's thing. He's not worse than any of our other perimeter defenders, and it's a good sign for him that Quin is trusting him so much to guard opposing players...even Derozan who is much bigger than him. As much as we like Forrest's defense, Quin isn't putting Forrest on opposing wings so it's interesting that Quin see's the potential in NAW to do that job. Good sign for NAW's future even if I didn't think he was really locking anyone down.
He hit shots, which is obviously great, if he can continue to that it will be huge for him. It's been a struggle for him but if he can knock down open shots he can stick around in this league. I actually thought his best play was the transition and-one he scored. It gave me shades of young Alec Burks. You could tell from that one play he has NBA size, athleticism, length, and skill. Just has to put it all together.
It's important that the Jazz figure out who they have in the remaining games. Hope NAW keeps getting chances.
He hit shots, which is obviously great, if he can continue to that it will be huge for him. It's been a struggle for him but if he can knock down open shots he can stick around in this league. I actually thought his best play was the transition and-one he scored. It gave me shades of young Alec Burks. You could tell from that one play he has NBA size, athleticism, length, and skill. Just has to put it all together.
It's important that the Jazz figure out who they have in the remaining games. Hope NAW keeps getting chances.
Best thing about NAW is that he has plenty of experience. He wasnt as scared/tentative as the Jazz end of bench guys have been the last few years. He's also clearly trying very hard on D.
His defense looks good to me. I thought he did a great job on Derozan most possession. Yeah there was some where he got cooked, but it's Demar Derozan. He's been a top 20 guy this year. Cant expect perfection.
Maybe too early to call, but he should get the opportunity to surpass Forrest on the depth chart.
His defense looks good to me. I thought he did a great job on Derozan most possession. Yeah there was some where he got cooked, but it's Demar Derozan. He's been a top 20 guy this year. Cant expect perfection.
Maybe too early to call, but he should get the opportunity to surpass Forrest on the depth chart.
Locke had some interesting thoughts on Juancho as a good rebounder who can hit the corner 3 (historically, not this year), and how he might fit in the end of quarter/beginning of quarter lineup. It was towards the end of the podcast today.
So basically, how he would fit in place of Rudy Gay? With how poor Gay has been, I'd be all for giving it a try...I don't think Quin will do it though. I really wish Juancho was the one we had signed for the next two seasons and Gay was the one who's contract was non-guaranteed after this season. I'd like to see what Juancho could do in our system after some development by Quin and the rest of the coaching staff.
Right, I'm not necessarily convinced, but it was interesting. I'm not out on Rudy Gay yet, but I'm getting close.
It’s an idea I’m comfortable with. He can come in and play Bojan’s role. Obviously less scoring and mostly just spot up, but that’s what we want from Bojan anyway. What he loses there he makes up with some rebounding. I think it’s a more seemless transition if you’re looking to run everything as similar as possible and not give different looks (which is what Quin tends to like).
Isaiah 1:13
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I didn’t see the last game but the eye test in garbage time makes me feel as though he has more upside than either old Gay or Paschall. Probably need to see more to make a proper comparison between him and Paschall though.
I still think Gay getting his legs back has the highest upside, although as I've said my hope in that happening is quickly diminishing. Paschall has more upside as an overall player, but Juancho brings more length and rebounding which are sorely needed in many of our lineups. I'm honestly not sure what Juancho's upside is as a shooter. His shot has looked pretty bad for us so far. Looking at his 3P% over his career it has kind of been all over the place. He's a career 34% shooter on 668 total attempts, so that's probably what we should expect.
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Agreed. Though I also agree with SoberasHotRod that Gay playing up to his past ability is the best case scenario. I just dont think its ever going to happen at this point. The Rudy Gay that many of us thought we were getting was exactly what this team needed. To bad it didn't work out.