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Jazz draft Taylor Hendricks at 9

Elizah Huge said:
I would like to see Hendricks start from day 1 but not sure if that’s going to happen.
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I think it's likely KO still starts to start the season (his passing is a seriously overlooked aspect of the offense working, especially in lineups with one ballhandling guard. Hopefully Hendricks learns a lot and can usurp the position midseason (and KO gets traded for anything we can use down the road).
 
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KqWIN said:
It is indeed not his game and that's the point of contention.
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I don't believe the point of contention is whether he should be lead ballhandler or have a usage rate of 30% or whatever. Simply that the coach didn't really try or at least succeed at prioritizing him getting looks. He was remarkably productive considering that.

You asked the question as to why Brice and Keyonte had high usage rates and Hendricks didn't, but I'm not sure if the question was meant to be preposterous (to be demonstrative of the point) or not. But it was a preposterous question.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I don't believe the point of contention is whether he should have a usage rate of 30% (or whatever) or not. Simply that the coach didn't really try or at least succeed at prioritizing him getting looks. He was remarkably productive considering that.
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The point in contention is why we don't think he has big upside, and the reason why we don't think he has big upside is because he doesn't play with the ball in his hands. I don't think anyone is contesting that he can star in his own role. I'm certainly not.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The future is Keyonte/Ochai starting backcourt and THT is our Manu Ginobili. Keyonte is Parker and Ochai is Bruce Bowen.

That's the future.
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Just need Tim Duncan
 
KqWIN said:
I’ve been beating the drum that we don’t really understand “potential” during this draft cycle. I get what people see with Hendricks. He has a really nice looking shot and regularly shows incredibly fears of athleticism on defense and transition. It’s not just the highlight plays. Even in normal defensive rotation you can tell he’s just a level up from everyone else.

Having said that….it is kind of hard to imagine him being a star when watching him. It’s a stark contrast to Keyonte and Brice. Those guys are the centerpiece of their team’s offensive game plan. Hendricks will go long stretches a time where he’s mostly standing around and never touches the ball.

There’s still a chance he can develop the on ball stuff. Mikal Bridges wasn’t much of anything in terms of being a creator and it seems as though he’s turning the corner after several years of progress…but when a guy is barely touching the ball at UCF it does make it much harder to imagine him becoming that guy.
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I mean he is 19 and played 1 year at UCF. What if I told you it barely mattered except it was just a large enough platform to get him drafted as a lottery pick. You could probably learn just as much by watching high school tape. There is not a single player in this draft that has topped out at 19.

I mean the Thompson twins that everyone loves are even a year older than that and not a single person thinks that they are frozen in Amber. Hendricks is playing with the right team to make sure he gets unlocked.
 
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