Aaron Gordon....Are you serious? Disaster.....Disaster.....

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jimmy Butler: 1.1 steals, 0.5 blocks at Marquette
Kawhi Leonard: 1.4 steals, 0.4 blocks at San Diego State

Sure you may not think he is a fit for this team but at least watch him first before you claim he isn't a great defensive player.

I watched several of his games. His defense is okay. He's not AK47, and if defense is his only calling card, he's not a top-5 pick in this draft or most drafts.

Jimmy Butler and Kawhi Leonard aren't top-5 picks either.

 

[fishonjazz]

Gordon said he's a PF, I wouldn't play him at SF at first.

Interesting..... i heard him in an interview where he was talking about how he envisions himself as a perimeter player and a great ball handler

 

[Game6Conley]

i cant help but be underwhelmed with Gordon's vertical # at the combine.. 39" that just doesn't do it for me with that sort of reputation

at #5 i think its crazy talk, most likely id switch my fandom elsewhere if hes the pick

he could end up a rich mans david noel, thats 3" taller

i predict there will be pie on the face of many a jazzfanzer when it comes to AG, once we see the first few seasons of this rookie class.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Interesting..... i heard him in an interview where he was talking about how he envisions himself as a perimeter player and a great ball handler

Not to mention, good luck playing PF at barely 6'9", 220.

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[♪alt13]

I'm also having a hard time buying that a guy who averages 1 block and .9 steals in college is this great defensive player.

There are lots of guys who can stay in front of guards. You don't talk yourself into drafting them top 5.

If you don't think they should draft Gordon fine but don't google some basic stats and pretend that is the whole measure of a player. Again they don't put footwork in the box score.

 

[♪alt13]

i cant help but be underwhelmed with Gordon's vertical # at the combine.. 39" that just doesn't do it for me with that sort of reputation

at #5 i think its crazy talk, most likely id switch my fandom elsewhere if hes the pick

he could end up a rich mans david noel, thats 3" taller

i predict there will be pie on the face of many a jazzfanzer when it comes to AG, once we see the first few seasons of this rookie class.

First I think we can safely say "he got hops".

Second I predict the pie on your face will be.

 

[The Thriller]

LOL

Comparing Aaron Gordon's effect on a game to Ibaka's.

LOL

some people are going to be horribly disappointed next year.

 

[green]

Aaron Gordon's ceiling is a poor, poor man's AK.

No thanks.

 

[fishonjazz]

First I think we can safely say "he got hops".

Second I predict the pie on your face will be.

This dunk and the wiggins alley oop are my favorite highlights from the college season.

Damn gordon got up on that dunk!

 

[Fishsticks]

If you don't think they should draft Gordon fine but don't google some basic stats and pretend that is the whole measure of a player. Again they don't put footwork in the box score.

Says the guy who throws up a video of ONE amazing play. Like I have said I like him, but no way at 5.

 

[Jazz4ever]

did you watch ibaka and how 1 man can drastically change a 7 game series?

we don't need gordon to be an offensive star. we need him to be a defensive star. we are in a rebuilding mode. we can address our offense through FA or next year's draft.

randle - we have favors & kanter
smart - don't like small backcourt, don't like small SG. we have trey at PG
exum - he is probably gone
vonleh - tremendous potential, but he is 3 year project. can he come in and start? no. he won't even avg 25 in his first year.

with gordon, we can give him 30 min and make him our do it all defender.


even better, we should trade all our veterans and just build a team around trey, gordon, favors, burks, and kanter.

Ibaka vs Gordon? Not a good comp. Gordon will just be a pest. He'll get in a players grill like Harpring could. He'll be a poor mans AK in the lanes, 1 or 2 steals a game. He won't be blocking or altering shots at all. Just too small.

 

[green]

Remember when Shaq was the spokes guy for Reebok pumps? And how badly you wanted a pair of pumps, but you weren't cool enough (ie, too poor) to get them? Then remember a couple years later when Shaq brand shoes showed up at Payless and you talked yourself into thinking they were cool?

Blake Griffin = pumps
Aaron Gordon = Shaq's @ Payless

Don't talk yourself into thinking Shaq's are cool. Take a solid pair of Adidas or Pumas (Vonleh/Randle/Smart) instead. You'll regret the Shaq's.

 

[addictionary]

Remember when Shaq was the spokes guy for Reebok pumps? And how badly you wanted a pair of pumps, but you weren't cool enough (ie, too poor) to get them? Then remember a couple years later when Shaq brand shoes showed up at Payless and you talked yourself into thinking they were cool?

Blake Griffin = pumps
Aaron Gordon = Shaq's @ Payless

Don't talk yourself into thinking Shaq's are cool. Take a solid pair of Adidas or Pumas (Vonleh/Randle/Smart) instead. You'll regret the Shaq's.

Shoes get more Comfortable with you feet the more you wear them. So does the players. But some get better in less time. Question is, which pair will ease your feet off sooner. And the other question is, do you really need another pair when you already have one.

 

[Doublea]

This is where he says he's a PF, though he does say he'll play SF if his coach wants him too. I Don't want him to be playing SF right away, because his shot isn't that great. Let him get it better before he is jacking up a lot of bad shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raBoU-GL6Ow

 

[The Fresh Prince]

I got three words for ya. Michael Carter-Williams.
Beotch.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

I think Gordon could easily develop a shot. It could come as quick as the summer ends (dats what she said lololol) and he's my number 1 over anyone else. He kind of reminds me of a Darius Miles/Shawn Marion hybrid. And don't hate.. D Miles scored 47 points against the Nuggets in 06 because of his athleticism. College ball really don't mean anything once you hit the pros. Like I said.. look at what MCW did.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Remember when Shaq was the spokes guy for Reebok pumps? And how badly you wanted a pair of pumps, but you weren't cool enough (ie, too poor) to get them? Then remember a couple years later when Shaq brand shoes showed up at Payless and you talked yourself into thinking they were cool?

Blake Griffin = pumps
Aaron Gordon = Shaq's @ Payless

Don't talk yourself into thinking Shaq's are cool. Take a solid pair of Adidas or Pumas (Vonleh/Randle/Smart) instead. You'll regret the Shaq's.

How da f is Vonleh more proven than Gordon. Now that right there is a redundant statement.

 

[The Midnight]

You're comparing Gordon to a bunch of guys who get drafted mid first-round every year. If you like defense and athleticism, you can draft McDaniels later in the draft.

This.


Been saying this for a while now. McDaniels is a good substitute for Gordon, take someone else at #5. We need a 2-way player there, not an offensive blackhole.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Gordon said he's a PF, I wouldn't play him at SF at first.

Gordon has been saying SF or Forward in his most recent interviews. In his latest DX interview, he said something along the lines of "PF and SF are pigeonhole terms, I'm just a basketball player."

 

[jazzrule]

Don't you just love all the posters that ignore the Hack a Gordon argument. How can he help you win in a close game, if he is getting hacked or sitting on the bench? I LOL at all the posters that are so sure he can become a good shooter, that is what we heard about AK year after year............hey he has been working on his shot all summer and adding muscle. Sure there are exception to the rule... but if you can not shoot free throws by college chances are you will never be a good shooter.