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Following potential 2014 draftees

I'm higher on Favors than most in this thread.

I think he'll be a 14-16 PPG guy offensively (so, good - certainly serviceable) and will continue to grow into an elite defender. Bear in mind he's still just 22. He will never the the reason that the Jazz win a championship but I do think he will be good enough to anchor our interior defense (a la Marc Gasol, Roy Hibbert, etc) and be one of our franchise cornerstones. He probably already would be a 14 PPG guy if Corbin didn't **** around with him and Kanter's minutes during portions of the season.

I'm sold on Burke (took me a while), Hayward and Favors being part of this team long-term. I love Burks' game but if we add a top flight wing this draft I'm not sure where he fits (unless he's willing to accept a sixth man role, which I doubt). Kanter remains an enigma, he's got a long way to go. But, again...21 years old.
 
mellow said:
Not to pick on you specifically fixed, but I find the chatter leading up to the draft fascinating. Everyone starts talking about potential and how great a guy could be, then we start talking about his warts, and then all we can see are the warts. When draft night finally arrives half the fans are booing and hissing at the pick because all they see are the limitations.

I tried to step back a little last year, and it was different. I didn't complain at the jazz picks, but I sure didn't have much fun in June. This year I might try to develope an irrational emotional attachment to a specific player and see how it changes the draft experience for me.
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I hear you, and I support your self-experimentation.

But, for the record, I've been authoring caution toward Jabari since the beginning of his days at Duke.
 
We really can't overstate the importance of May 20th, btw. A top 2 pick would change the next decade of this franchise's fortunes.
 
Wiggins, despite his inconsistency, is the complete package. He has the potential to be great on both ends of the court...he's also the only player in the draft that can really say that.

Parker is excellent on offense, below-average on defense.

Gordon is excellent on defense, below-average on offense.

Randle is quite good on offense, below-average on defense.

Embiid is a game changer on defense, and his offense is ok. Embiid has the best chance after Wiggins at being able to positively affect both ends of the court.

It seems like Exum also has a chance at being a good player on both sides, but it's hard to say considering the competition that he has played.

Every top player has some concerns, so it really just comes down to who fits your team the best and what style you want to play. It's also difficult for us as fans, because we don't know who our coach will be or what style we will play. I think that pairing Parker with an effective post defender could work. I think pairing Gordon with a real stretch 4 could work. Wiggins and Embiid will work with anybody, Randle needs a quality post defender to pair with him. It will be easier to say once we know where we're picking.
 
Hantlers said:
Wiggins, despite his inconsistency, is the complete package. He has the potential to be great on both ends of the court...he's also the only player in the draft that can really say that.

Parker is excellent on offense, below-average on defense.

Gordon is excellent on defense, below-average on offense.

Randle is quite good on offense, below-average on defense.

Embiid is a game changer on defense, and his offense is ok. Embiid has the best chance after Wiggins at being able to positively affect both ends of the court.

It seems like Exum also has a chance at being a good player on both sides, but it's hard to say considering the competition that he has played.

Every top player has some concerns, so it really just comes down to who fits your team the best and what style you want to play. It's also difficult for us as fans, because we don't know who our coach will be or what style we will play. I think that pairing Parker with an effective post defender could work. I think pairing Gordon with a real stretch 4 could work. Wiggins and Embiid will work with anybody, Randle needs a quality post defender to pair with him. It will be easier to say once we know where we're picking.
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Agree with all of this. That said The Jazz have to inform Corbin they wont be offering him a new contract moments after the final game so we can find a new coach. We need our future coach in place for the draft. Even a SVG could pull a Corbin a destroy young players if he wasnt a fan, so I'd like complete buy in from our future group ASAP.
 
Hard to argue that Wiggins and Embiid have the highest ceilings on both ends. Wiggins could be a terror defensively. Embiid already is. And Embiid wowed me with certain aspects of his skill set given how inexperienced he is.
 
offensive rating - defensive rating

Parker 115.0 - 99.3
Randle 116.0 -97.1
Gordon 108.9 - 88.6
Vonleh 113.0 - 91.7
Harrell 121.4 - 87.8
 
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