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Thanks for the link. Can you give us a quick and dirty on where they're coming from? Are they stat based, or do they prefer certain types over others? I'm not sure what's quite getting two players I've never heard of to have higher rankings than both gunner types (Ace, Trey, Fears(?)) and 3 & D...

Aren't the Jazz contractually obligated to have everyone born in Utah have a run with the team for at least a bit? :p More seriously, it's kind of strange that all I can find about where Thiero was born is that he was born in Utah (no city listed). Anybody know more than that?

Not really the one to ask, since I've only seen one game (maybe only part) from Thiero and perhaps two from Powell (and nothing at all from Penda), but I could be happy with either Thiero and Powell. Really liked Theiro's athleticism and straight-line-drive game -- thought that it was...

You probably knew something like this would be coming, after I this past season or two providing evidence that tanking is overrated, that it doesn't very reliably produce the results we're hoping the Jazz have, and that the value of draft picks (difference between high and low picks) seems to be...

All the speculation here is good and all, but it's probably worth listening to AA himself explain his answer to the press conference tanking question (start at about 4:30 mark):

Can you tell me where you're getting this? I don't see it on Twitter, Bluesky or her DN article.

Thing I liked best about Austin's press conference: his insistence that stacking good decisions is more important than some grand strategy & his admission that while a lot of good players in the playoffs are from top picks, there's lots of ways to build top teams. Thing I found strange: calling...

Sorry I haven't been following along with Twitter, but who is the "he" and who is the "Ainge" here?

Anyone with thoughts on this Sheldon Wohlman dude (prior to what I type below?) I kind of like his visualizations of the draft landscape, and appreciate that he's willing to not just follow consensus. That said, some of his hotter big-board takes: #3 Queen #4 Maluach #9 Edgecombe #10 Thiero...

I'm not sure that this isn't a win/win trade, or at least a lot closer than we may think. I don't think the Bulls feel bad about the swap. Fit is perhaps better on both sides. Giddey may still end up providing more long-term value.

Yeah, after I replied, I wondered if that's what you meant. Makes sense.

Wasn't that supposed to be Springer's role, once he signed last year?

Doesn't this result in essentially the same measure? Just a different scale. But everyone is in exactly the same position relatively.

Big respect for looking all the way to the footnotes to find this.

Why is anyone looking at a 10-year old Jazzfanz post for insight on drafting/ranking philosophy? :eek: Funny -- I think draft confidence has a way of biting people in the long run. The thing we need most in trying to figure out who is a good evaluator (or what traits are most valuable) is...