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Grade the Utah Jazz draft.

underdog said:
Black or Walker was the player I hoped Ainge would try to snatch by trading up. And I'm pretty sure he tried it, but what can you do when the other team says “no we want to keep our pick” or is asking way too much. As for the kids we selected, I think the Jazz did all right. We don’t know at this point how they’ll develop. It’s wait at see. Hendricks was 8th on my board, so I do have high hopes for him. And let’s not forget that Danny still has all the bargaining chips in his pocket. Give him 2-3 years for building a contender. Or who knows, maybe the stars will align sooner.
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If the Jazz want to progress beyond being a 45 - 50-win team that earns the 5th seed and loses in the 1st or 2nd round, they're going to need that star, dynamic wing who can get in the middle of the floor and control the game. Jazz were trying to get their hands on Black or Walker, and when that didn't work, they reportedly wanted Bilal Coulibaly. Hendricks at 9 is fine, but in reality the Jazz missed out because they won a few meaningless regular-season games after the trade deadline. Jazz have assets, but they couldn't make a market for them.

Cam Whitmore falling from the sky also diluted the talent in the top 9.
 
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Hendricks- F this isn’t me hating Hendricks, but we could’ve had Cam without paying anything to move up. He at least had a punchers chance at being an allstar. Hendricks isn’t a wing. Hell, Lauri isn’t really a wing. We will get next to no creation at the 3&4 spots. No perimeter defense from either spot so we will rely on Sexton for that, wonderful.

George- F We need a pg so let’s draft George, the second coming of JC, BRILLIANT!!!!!! A 6-4 pf would be great, but a 6-4 sg who can’t defend… put a gun to my head!!! He’s not a ****ing pg!!!!

Sensabaugh- C This is the only pick I can get behind. And if not for passing on Miller and GG and Ciddy I’d give this an A.

All in all I give us an F. We didn’t draft dudes that fit what we are building like at all!!! We passed on high upside players for dudes who I question IQ wise. We need a pg so we draft a JC clone. WTF?
 
There could still be trades happening this coming July 1st. Walker got traded last year the same way!
 
lower case b ?
If Hendricks is all nba defender that can offer a reliable corner J and Keyonte breaks out as a 50/40/90 guy by season 3. I change it to A-
Brice might be a steal, but he has to get the conditioning fixed.
I don't adjust the outcome here so much for who they took but who they didn't take.
Hawkins is going to be so ****ing good everyone 4-13 is going to regret it
 
I'll give it a B-.

Only pick I'll really quibble with is Sensabaugh, there were few others on the board I would have preferred, but at 28 I don't really care that much.

Hendricks at 9 and George at 16 were fine. TBH, they're who I would have drafted given who was on the board at each spot. My primary source of disappointment was that we didn't move up. Was really hoping we'd nab either Black or Walker. But overall, I feel good about the haul. We drafted two really high ceiling players.
 
I will say I'm having higher hopes for Hendricks now that they drafted him, He seems to have all the tools to be a solid player at the very least. I mean if his defense and shooting are as good as advertised at the minimum he'll be a starter type player with his size. I just hope he can reach at least that fringe all star level territory.
 
I will say, when it was around 13 pick range, I thought our options were Dick, Kobe, and Cam. I was super excited that we were going to get one of those 3 so to hear George's name come up was a little..... disheartening
 
Nate505 said:
I will say I'm having higher hopes for Hendricks now that they drafted him, He seems to have all the tools to be a solid player at the very least. I mean if his defense and shooting are as good as advertised at the minimum he'll be a starter type player with his size. I just hope he can reach at least that fringe all star level territory.
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I've watched some more of him today with more rose-colored glasses......

I still dont see much potential for much on-ball growth, but I'm hopeful for what he can bring with his role player qualities.
 
The biggest thing I'm hoping for with Hendricks in regards to my evaluation hopefully being wrong is that I'm underestimating how athletic he will be at the NBA level and what he can parlay that into.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The biggest thing I'm hoping for with Hendricks in regards to my evaluation hopefully being wrong is that I'm underestimating how athletic he will be at the NBA level and what he can parlay that into.
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An NBA Western Conference Exec said the Thompson twins are the most athletic players in the room until Hendricks walks in.
 
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