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Handlogten's Heros said:
Its early... hoping to get to 27-28
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you just like to play games and fill in the blanks ? lol I have never understood the motivations of some fans obsessions with it all, outside of doing one or two work mocks right before the draft.
I mean I would rather add some recently drafted players, I know are good, then worry about maybe having a chance to get someone who may or may not be any damn good at all in January let alone in June.
 
Eddie Zero said:
It is not as bad of a class I as thought as far as depth, but there are still not a lot of reasons to be excited more than your average class. Right now we have 3 shots to find one so I like those odds
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I update my big board daily, mostly based on what ya’ll are saying and what the various mocks have. Top 20 as of today. Criticism is welcome, I do not have advanced scouting skills.


Big Board
  1. Victor Wembanyama
  2. Scoot Henderson
  3. Amen Thompson
  4. Ausar Thompson
  5. Cam Whitmore
  6. Keyonte George
  7. Jarace Walker
  8. Brandon Miller
  9. Cason Wallace
  10. Jett Howard
  11. Gregory G. Jackson
  12. Dariq Whitehead
  13. Anthony Black
  14. Grady Dick
  15. Maxwell Lewis
  16. Nick Smith
  17. Kris Murray
  18. Brice Sensabaugh
  19. Kel’el Ware
  20. Kyle Filipowski
 
David Hume said:
I update my big board daily, mostly based on what ya’ll are saying and what the various mocks have. Top 20 as of today. Criticism is welcome, I do not have advanced scouting skills.


Big Board
  1. Victor Wembanyama
  2. Scoot Henderson
  3. Amen Thompson
  4. Ausar Thompson
  5. Cam Whitmore
  6. Keyonte George
  7. Jarace Walker
  8. Brandon Miller
  9. Cason Wallace
  10. Jett Howard
  11. Gregory G. Jackson
  12. Dariq Whitehead
  13. Anthony Black
  14. Grady Dick
  15. Maxwell Lewis
  16. Nick Smith
  17. Kris Murray
  18. Brice Sensabaugh
  19. Kel’el Ware
  20. Kyle Filipowski
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the Hendricks kid playing for UCF got my attention lately.
 
Eddie Zero said:
the Hendricks kid playing for UCF got my attention lately.
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Wow! Glad you said that cause here’s my 21 through 30. I didn’t post it because I had much less information on these folks.
  1. Taylor Hendricks
  2. Noah Clowney
  3. Terquavion Smith
  4. Jordan Walsh
  5. Dillon Mitchell
  6. Leonard Miller
  7. Jaylen Clark
  8. Baba Miller
  9. Emoni Bates
  10. Jordan Hawkins
 
Here is a little consensus look at the draft from 6 different mock sites. I will do more in the future just tired tonight. If they are on the list they got at least 1 first-round pick in the mock. I did not go into the second round. If they are listed i just gave them a point based on where they were by average. This kind of shows who is on the bubble and that some of these mocks are stupid and just put stupid things on them to get clicks. My opinion is NOT figured into the draft yet.

1Victor Wembanyama
2Scoot Henderson
4.143Amen Thompson
5.286Brandon Miller
5.857Nick Smith
7.286Cam Whitmore
8Ausar Thompson
9.143Anthony Black
9.571Keyonte George
11.57Jarace Walker
12Cason Wallace
12Gradey Dick
13GG Jackson
13.71Jett Howard
18Dariq Whitehead
18.57Maxwell Lewis
19.57Rayan rupert
19.86Kris Murray
20.71Kel'el Ware
20.86Terquavion Smith
22.57Kyle Filipowski
22.86Brice Sensabough
23.14Noah Clowney
24.29Taylor Hendricks
25.29Leonard Miller
25.71Dillon Mitchell
27.86Dereck Lively
29.43Colby Jones
30.29Baba Miller
31.14Marcus Sasser
31.71jordan Walsh
31.86Ricky Council
32.57Julian Phillips
32.86Jordan Hawkins
33.14Jalen Wilson
33.71Mark Mitchell
35.43Jalen Hood-Schifino
36.29Terrance Shannon
37.29Julian Strawther
37.57Jaime Jaquez
38.29Tyrese Proctor
39.86DaRon Holmes
40.86Adem Bona
41.29Sidy Cissoko
42.43Azuolas Tubelis
43.57Coleman Hawkins
44.57Trayce Jackson-Davis
 
David Hume said:
And I’ll give this call out/salute. I didn’t follow his rankings, maybe just to be different, but Ferguson Mellowchill has been the most consistently impressive drat evaluator on this board. We criticize a lot on JazzFanz, but credit should be given when it is due.
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one name I cannot get outta my nog lately is Colby Jones on surging Xavier team. Just looks like a pro already. If we can snag him with that late first he is a high iq player by the looks of it. Maybe he isn't worth it until the 2nd but has good size , versatility to play 1-3 as a playmaker and shotmaker. But lacks elite athleticim and first step so not sure he is more than a back up if he anything but a point guard at the pro level. I bet he could be a sleeper worth watching given he is also older.
 
Eddie Zero said:
one name I cannot get outta my nog lately is Colby Jones on surging Xavier team. Just looks like a pro already. If we can snag him with that late first he is a high iq player by the looks of it. Maybe he isn't worth it until the 2nd but has good size , versatility to play 1-3 as a playmaker and shotmaker. But lacks elite athleticim and first step so not sure he is more than a back up if he anything but a point guard at the pro level. I bet he could be a sleeper worth watching given he is also older.
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I’ll look into this player. Thanks for the heads up.
 
Eddie Zero said:
one name I cannot get outta my nog lately is Colby Jones on surging Xavier team. Just looks like a pro already. If we can snag him with that late first he is a high iq player by the looks of it. Maybe he isn't worth it until the 2nd but has good size , versatility to play 1-3 as a playmaker and shotmaker. But lacks elite athleticim and first step so not sure he is more than a back up if he anything but a point guard at the pro level. I bet he could be a sleeper worth watching given he is also older.
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somebody, i believe it was on JF mentioned him a few weeks ago - compared him to brogdon. regardless of how accurate that comp is, he does look good.
 
David Hume said:
And I’ll give this call out/salute. I didn’t follow his rankings, maybe just to be different, but Ferguson Mellowchill has been the most consistently impressive drat evaluator on this board. We criticize a lot on JazzFanz, but credit should be given when it is due.
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There's no 'w' in Mellochill. I'm not a thorough draft evaluator and really couldn't do it. I just pick a few guys whom the Jazz might be able to draft who should be able to make it as NBA players. Everyone else here sees what I see, more or less.

No one knows what's going to happen in the draft or even what the Jazz FO's blueprint is for what they're trying to build. There's a lot of talent in the draft, but whether players are successful depends on how they're used. Look at Lauri this year, now on his third team.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
There's no 'w' in Mellochill. I'm not a thorough draft evaluator and really couldn't do it. I just pick a few guys whom the Jazz might be able to draft who should be able to make it as NBA players. Everyone else here sees what I see, more or less.

No one knows what's going to happen in the draft or even what the Jazz FO's blueprint is for what they're trying to build. There's a lot of talent in the draft, but whether players are successful depends on how they're used. Look at Lauri this year, now on his third team.
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No W and two L's
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
This may be the only GG Jackson highlight reel you'll see that shows GG passing the ball and playing defense.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9vPRdUksM
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Good video. I like the way he moves and good to see some passes/defense/awareness clips.

Biggest downside to the video is each time I look down at who they are playing it’s a team that very likely doesn’t have a lot (if any) high level talent.

Warming to GG but a lot will be told over the next 16 games in conf. And they don’t really play the top end conf teams until the end of the season.

Hopefully he can show out. All the better for us.


*update: wow, just saw he went scoreless 0-8/0-4, 1 rb and 4 TO’s against Tenn. woof…..*
 
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Bodhi said:
Good video. I like the way he moves and good to see some passes/defense/awareness clips.

Biggest downside to the video is each time I look down at who they are playing it’s a team that very likely doesn’t have a lot (if any) high level talent.

Warming to GG but a lot will be told over the next 16 games in conf. And they don’t really play the top end conf teams until the end of the season.

Hopefully he can show out. All the better for us.


*update: wow, just saw he went scoreless 0-8/0-4, 1 rb and 4 TO’s against Tenn. woof…..*
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The downside scenario with GG is that he remains inefficient and doesn't move the ball, making something like a (young) Rudy Gay. I think his awareness and work ethic are better than that though.
 
Grant Nelson had 9-9-4-3-3 today

Such a raw athlete. Could be a hidden gym. We are looking at a lot of guys in college now who have had their careers interrupted by Covid.

Nelson could be this kind from a small *** town from North Dakota (town of 7k people). Never got recruited outside the state. Wasnt ranked at all, which is strange for a guy with his size/athleticism. Has this guy ever had legit training or expectations for himself?
 
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