2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[stitches]

I mean, they liked him more than Keyonte.

There's just so much you can know before you see a guy play 5 on 5 against actual NBA players.

THey did... barely.

I've never seen any GM go out after draft night and say - you know what... that guy we got... he was our last resort/worst case scenario. Very exciting, eh?

 

[sip]

Yeah, that ain’t happening. We can come back to this in a few years for a good laugh.

It is definitely happening.

 

[Elizah Huge]

It is definitely happening.

Yeah, I don’t think you understand how hard it is to be a 20 PPG scorer for the whole season.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

THey did... barely.

I've never seen any GM go out after draft night and say - you know what... that guy we got... he was our last resort/worst case scenario. Very exciting, eh?

I mean, I do think we are blowing that out of proportion a bit. If we said that about a guy we got at 20 it'd be a bit crazier

 

[fishonjazz]

THey did... barely.

I've never seen any GM go out after draft night and say - you know what... that guy we got... he was our last resort/worst case scenario. Very exciting, eh?

Keyonte wasn't even 9th! He was even a worse case scenario then Hendricks!

 

[framer]

I'm not one of the people who expects a ton out of the rookies. I usually expect them to not be great. But what I expect from a top 10 pick is to at least be getting some playing time and be part of the rotation. Is the SF thing something our coaches or FO has said? Did I miss this? I don't think Hendricks is a 3... and if they drafted him to be a 3 they are in for a rude awakening, IMO.

I mean, that's how they have been playing him for the most part. It is why he has looked kind of awkward. This was a pretty good article:

The Jazz are heavily invested in Taylor Hendricks, but first he’ll have to cut his teeth in the G League

With his length, athleticism and energy, Jazz coach Will Hardy likes what the Jazz rookie brings to the franchise

www.deseret.com

But, there aren’t going to be any grand and sweeping declarations made about speedy development. Instead, Wojciechowski is taking everything in small steps. For example, he’s trying to get Hendricks to understand the magnitude of seeing the game from different angles.

“He saw the game with his back to the basket a lot in college, and now he’s facing the basket,” Wojciechowski said. “And that may not seem like a huge thing to the average fan, but it’s like he’s learning another language and he’s learning it at a really fast rate.”

This is also a reason you are seeing such uneven play from the guys on the Stars:

The Stars have taken a reps-heavy approach. The team’s practices usually go for nearly three hours and include long stretches of full-bore scrimmaging. They teach the players the same offensive sets and defensive schemes that are used by the Jazz coaching staff and they don’t have many, if any, days off.

They are going hard every day with no breaks. That is going to be a killer on those back to back G-League games.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I mean, that's how they have been playing him for the most part. It is why he has looked kind of awkward. This was a pretty good article:

The Jazz are heavily invested in Taylor Hendricks, but first he’ll have to cut his teeth in the G League

With his length, athleticism and energy, Jazz coach Will Hardy likes what the Jazz rookie brings to the franchise

www.deseret.com

This is also a reason you are seeing such uneven play from the guys on the Stars:


They are going hard every day with no breaks. That is going to be a killer on those back to back G-League games.

Is this… different than other teams? If so, why are we doing it?

 

[framer]

Is this… different than other teams? If so, why are we doing it?

Most teams aren't running practice and scrimmages hard 3 plus hours a day without pause, because it hurts their record. You have to get the players to buy off on that, especially the ones who are never going to get a call up. It is certainly ideal for Taylor and Brice though, because they progress faster.

Once the season starts, the actual Jazz team can only run practices sporadically. Which would hurt rookies with little playing time.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Was listening to the JJ Redick pod today and him and his cohost were ranting about how teams should draft players with feel higher.

It was a discussion brought up while talking about Jaquez, a guy I had ranked higher than Taylor Hendricks.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

The 2023 draft pick who I'm still the most curious about is Cam Whitmore. I kind of get it. He's an amazing 1 on 1 player, but he's not a great team player yet. It just feels like there are a lot of guys like that in the NBA, and the league still values them.

Cam put up great stats in the summer league, then put up great stats in the preseason, and is currently putting up great stats in the G-League (24pts, 6reb, 4ast, 2stl on 49/48/83 shooting splits). He visually looks better and more athletic than everyone.

It's a little weird to me that Houston went from 100% development to a 100% win now rotation and playing time. I would think they would try and get him 10-15 minutes of development time each night on the Rockets.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The 2023 draft pick who I'm still the most curious about is Cam Whitmore. I kind of get it. He's an amazing 1 on 1 player, but he's not a great team player yet. It just feels like there are a lot of guys like that in the NBA, and the league still values them.

Cam put up great stats in the summer league, then put up great stats in the preseason, and is currently putting up great stats in the G-League (24pts, 6reb, 4ast, 2stl on 49/48/83 shooting splits). He visually looks better and more athletic than everyone.

It's a little weird to me that Houston went from 100% development to a 100% win now rotation and playing time. I would think they would try and get him 10-15 minutes of development time each night on the Rockets.

Ime runs a tight ship.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

gotta give Cy credit where it's due - mfer hit on Craig Porter - dude can flat out play.