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How Jazz mistakes first prevented then made the Pacers and Spurs. AKA--Recent Jazz Draft Screw-ups

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By Zach Lowe

https://www.grantland.com/story/_/i...nard-george-hill-trade-2013-conference-finals

"The Pacers had nearly traded for (George) Hill during the 2010 draft, with their no. 10 pick as bait, but backed out when their preferred draft target — Paul George — was still on the board. "


"When the Jazz took Alec Burks with the no. 12 pick, Lindsey told Morway simply, "We're still alive." ...Indiana loved Kawhi Leonard. The Pacers had him about no. 5 or no. 6 on their draft board, and they thought very hard about scrapping the Hill deal and just taking a guy they never expected to be alive at no. 15."

Pacers and Spurs must have been laughing at Jazz during those drafts. Save us Dennis, save us.
 
You win some you lose some. No point dwelling on what ifs. Let's just hope Lindsey can replicate some of those picks here.
 
Putting this in the title "How Jazz mistakes first prevented then made the Pacers and Spurs" makes it seem like that's part of the article........
 
Hindsight is 20/20.

Burks and Hayward are still both considered good picks. People need to get over what could have been.
 
mellow said:
By Zach Lowe

https://www.grantland.com/story/_/i...nard-george-hill-trade-2013-conference-finals

"The Pacers had nearly traded for (George) Hill during the 2010 draft, with their no. 10 pick as bait, but backed out when their preferred draft target — Paul George — was still on the board. "


"When the Jazz took Alec Burks with the no. 12 pick, Lindsey told Morway simply, "We're still alive." ...Indiana loved Kawhi Leonard. The Pacers had him about no. 5 or no. 6 on their draft board, and they thought very hard about scrapping the Hill deal and just taking a guy they never expected to be alive at no. 15."

Pacers and Spurs must have been laughing at Jazz during those drafts. Save us Dennis, save us.
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FWIW this contradicts Chad Ford who claims Pacers had no idea who they were drafting until 5 minutes before the selection. George was a last second Larry Bird selection not a "preferred draft target".
 
The Jazz are building according to a blueprint. I wanted Paul George at the time we picked Hayward, but I understand the Hayward pick. Hayward has intangibles that make him a fairly rare player and that make him a great facilitator on the wing, even though George has the better tangibles right now. The Jazz had gotten their a**** handed to them by the Lakers three years in a row and knew they had to build around interior defense and rebounding to be elite. So Hayward is a complementary player who plays off of guys like Favors and Kanter. Paul George is surpassing expectations to be sure, but I don't think you can build an offense around him. All of the Pacers can shoot and defend, and it all starts with Hibbert in the middle.

The Jazz need a PG and a physical scoring wing, but it might actually be easier to get those pieces than a versatile 6'9" swingman like Hayward.
 
Oh, and Leonard is a nice player. He's definitely a good pick at #15, but the Spurs are run by Parker, Duncan, Manu and Popovich, same as always. Leonard is basically a good role player for the Spurs like Bryon Russel was for the Jazz years ago.
 
Catchall said:
Oh, and Leonard is a nice player. He's definitely a good pick at #15, but the Spurs are run by Parker, Duncan, Manu and Popovich, same as always. Leonard is basically a good role player for the Spurs like Bryon Russel was for the Jazz years ago.
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The point being made is that he's better than Burks, which certainly seems to be the case thus far.
 
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