jazzfan1971
Well-Known Member
It -seems- like the Jazz are incapable of either drafting players or developing players.
For instance, the Jazz passed on Klay Thompson for Alec Burks. In my mind had the Jazz taken Klay and the Warriors taken Burks, that we'd all be marveling at Burks' play and Thompson would be considered a near bust rotting on our bench. Now, maybe this isn't true, maybe Thompson is just amazingly better than Burks. But, that means the Jazz draft like crap instead.
Then I look at Kosta Koufos. Guy looked full of promise by my eye his first year. Then his second year he looked like total crap. Then he goes to Denver and looks like a legit starting center in the league, beating out guys like McGee and Mozgov. So, it seems like we drafted ok with him, failed to develop him, in fact, seemed to regress under our team, then went elsewhere and excelled.
Then there was Wesley Matthews. We had a steal with him. Then we tossed him aside for Raja Bell. Sure, we saved a lot of cash, but, it was still a poor decision.
Then there was the Harris for Marvin Williams trade. In that deal we got worse talent AND worse contract. A double whammy.
By my way of thinking we have a problem somewhere. Either in evaluating talent or developing it.
However....
This might just be me cherrypicking data. Not looking at guys like Millsap. Or even discounting the Jazz picking up Matthews. Or maybe you could go across every team in the league and point out situations like the above ones, and it's not that the Jazz are bad, it's just that everyone is bad/makes mistakes.
So, someone set me straight, do the Jazz have a problem evaluating/developing talent and/or drafting or is it just the reality of the NBA?
For instance, the Jazz passed on Klay Thompson for Alec Burks. In my mind had the Jazz taken Klay and the Warriors taken Burks, that we'd all be marveling at Burks' play and Thompson would be considered a near bust rotting on our bench. Now, maybe this isn't true, maybe Thompson is just amazingly better than Burks. But, that means the Jazz draft like crap instead.
Then I look at Kosta Koufos. Guy looked full of promise by my eye his first year. Then his second year he looked like total crap. Then he goes to Denver and looks like a legit starting center in the league, beating out guys like McGee and Mozgov. So, it seems like we drafted ok with him, failed to develop him, in fact, seemed to regress under our team, then went elsewhere and excelled.
Then there was Wesley Matthews. We had a steal with him. Then we tossed him aside for Raja Bell. Sure, we saved a lot of cash, but, it was still a poor decision.
Then there was the Harris for Marvin Williams trade. In that deal we got worse talent AND worse contract. A double whammy.
By my way of thinking we have a problem somewhere. Either in evaluating talent or developing it.
However....
This might just be me cherrypicking data. Not looking at guys like Millsap. Or even discounting the Jazz picking up Matthews. Or maybe you could go across every team in the league and point out situations like the above ones, and it's not that the Jazz are bad, it's just that everyone is bad/makes mistakes.
So, someone set me straight, do the Jazz have a problem evaluating/developing talent and/or drafting or is it just the reality of the NBA?