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Jazz select Justin Wright-Foreman with the 53rd pick

Watched a little of JWF.

-struggled against NC State's pressure and athletes and get several passes deflected
-made more positioning mistakes defensively than I would expect of a player of his experience
-on the bright side he can really shoot, drive and pass

So hopefully he can clean up his defensive mistakes.
 
This is the pick I'm most excited about. And no comparing Wright-Foreman to Kevin Murphy. Statistically, W-F blows Murphy out of the water with way more shots taken to boot.

And look at how he's improved from the line during his four years. I have little expectation on the defensive end but if he can improve there as well and be a mediocre defender it's going to be fun having him in the rotation.
 
Watched a little of JWF.

-struggled against NC State's pressure and athletes and get several passes deflected
-made more positioning mistakes defensively than I would expect of a player of his experience
-on the bright side he can really shoot, drive and pass

So hopefully he can clean up his defensive mistakes.
Should be noted he had 29, 6 and 5 in that game.
 
Since 2008, JWF is one of three players with 250+ three-point attempts, 150+ rim attempts shooting 65 percent at the rim, along with Jimmer Fredette in 2011 and Buddy Hield in 2016.

Lol @ everyone acting like Jimmer comparison is out of no where.

Both dudes played at a small school. Both dudes were one of the top scorers in the nation. Both dudes played the same position. Both dudes could shoot. Both dudes jacked up a lot if 3s.
And both dudes play zero defense. JWF's defensive stats are pretty abysmal. Giving up nearly 112 points per 100 possessions over his career is not great, and he had nearly the worst DRtgs on a Hofstra team that was pretty poor defensively over the past couple of seasons. I guess at 53 one can't expect 3 AND D, but it would be nice. The silver lining is that Hofstra has been in the bottom half of college basketball defensively during JWF's entire career, so maybe he was just part of a poor defensive system/philosophy/mindset. Since D is 99% effort, perhaps Quin & Co. can drill it into him.
 
And both dudes play zero defense. JWF's defensive stats are pretty abysmal. Giving up nearly 112 points per 100 possessions over his career is not great, and he had nearly the worst DRtgs on a Hofstra team that was pretty poor defensively over the past couple of seasons. I guess at 53 one can't expect 3 AND D, but it would be nice. The silver lining is that Hofstra has been in the bottom half of college basketball defensively during JWF's entire career, so maybe he was just part of a poor defensive system/philosophy/mindset. Since D is 99% effort, perhaps Quin & Co. can drill it into him.

Bigs have a bigger effect on defense than perimeter guys. I think that maybe we have someone that can help him out a little there.
 
And both dudes play zero defense. JWF's defensive stats are pretty abysmal. Giving up nearly 112 points per 100 possessions over his career is not great, and he had nearly the worst DRtgs on a Hofstra team that was pretty poor defensively over the past couple of seasons. I guess at 53 one can't expect 3 AND D, but it would be nice. The silver lining is that Hofstra has been in the bottom half of college basketball defensively during JWF's entire career, so maybe he was just part of a poor defensive system/philosophy/mindset. Since D is 99% effort, perhaps Quin & Co. can drill it into him.

Another silver lining? Jazz have Rudy, the best defender in the world, and Hofstra didn't

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Bigs have a bigger effect on defense than perimeter guys. I think that maybe we have someone that can help him out a little there.
Of course, but plenty of perimeter players post terrific DRtgs. Marcus Evans, 6'2" out of TCU posted a DRtg of 87.9 this past season -- good for 9th nationally. Of the top 10 DRtgs in the country this past season, three were perimeter players. Not expecting any perimeter player to have a Rudy Gobert-type impact, but one would love to have perimeter players who are better than average defensively. Based solely on his college showing, it doesn't look like JWF is that guy.
 
D is not 99% effort. You need the tools, too.

Tools and IQ... So effort, tools, IQ... missing one of those three can make you a bad defender.

I have no doubt that he is a minus defender, but is he Grayson Allen bad or just Neto bad (Neto gives effort but gets scored on a lot).
 
If Bradley is playing with the Stars this year (not arguing that he shouldn’t), then we need to cut our losses post haste. Would rather give that spot to Bol Bol’s grandfather.

Too soon.
 
If Bradley is playing with the Stars this year (not arguing that he shouldn’t), then we need to cut our losses post haste. Would rather give that spot to Bol Bol’s grandfather.

I'd just like to start this post by saying you're welcome in advance.

Here is what is going to happen... We are $403k short of meeting the salary demands of the Conley trade per Tony Jones. If it comes in as projected we either need to waive favors or Neto….. orrrrrrrr

We waive and stretch Bradley... DL reluctantly does it because "his hands were tied and they really value what Neto brings"... after mentioning Bradley's improved balance and increased hand pad thickness he says we had to stretch him...

How much does the stretch save us in cap room you might ask... $411k once you add in the empty roster hold... right about perfect. DL gets his out on a failed experiment and we keep the other guys that actually help us.

The bad news is we will see about $650k in room used up for the next three seasons... but it will serve as a scar to DL not to eff up again.

Again... you are welcome.
 
I'd just like to start this post by saying you're welcome in advance.

Here is what is going to happen... We are $403k short of meeting the salary demands of the Conley trade per Tony Jones. If it comes in as projected we either need to waive favors or Neto….. orrrrrrrr

We waive and stretch Bradley... DL reluctantly does it because "his hands were tied and they really value what Neto brings"... after mentioning Bradley's improved balance and increased hand pad thickness he says we had to stretch him...

How much does the stretch save us in cap room you might ask... $411k once you add in the empty roster hold... right about perfect. DL gets his out on a failed experiment and we keep the other guys that actually help us.

The bad news is we will see about $650k in room used up for the next three seasons... but it will serve as a scar to DL not to eff up again.

Again... you are welcome.
I’ll be legit sad to see TB go.
 
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