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Which new Jazz players are you most excited to watch this year?

Which new Jazz players are you most excited to watch this year? (Pick up to 3)

  • Collin Sexton

    Votes: 37 45.7%

  • Ochai Agbaji

    Votes: 44 54.3%

  • Leandro Bolmaro

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Malik Beasley

    Votes: 6 7.4%

  • THT

    Votes: 10 12.3%

  • Simone Fontecchio

    Votes: 34 42.0%

  • Lauri Markkanen

    Votes: 46 56.8%

  • Jarred Vanderbilt

    Votes: 18 22.2%

  • Walker Kessler

    Votes: 12 14.8%

  • Kelly Olynyk

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Stanley Johnson

    Votes: 2 2.5%

  • Saben Lee

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Johnny Juzang

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Micah Potter

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    81
Avery said:
I think Kessler is going to get more minutes than most of us realize.
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Yeah. Wouldn’t surprise me if he starts the season as the starting center. I know they went out and got KO, but im hoping the starting job is a battle between Dok and Kessler.
 
Ochai is my number one. He looks like an above average shooter and a two way player. He will be with us for 7 years min barring a trade.

Vanderbilt because we needed a player like him and I have had my hopes up for his build for 4 draft picks in a row.

My last pick would have been WHOEVER PLAYS THEMSELVES INTO A FANTASTIC TRADE! Gonna keep my eye on that guy all season. Does Conley demand a trade by a big first half of the season a la Chris Paul? JC? NAW? Gay? Surely we will feature players in our play. Danny Ainge gonna be out fishing...

 
I liked NAW coming into the 2019 draft. He's got pieces of his game that work pretty well. It's a question of whether he can put it together in a coherent package. He needed to improve his handle and footwork in order to unlock his playmaking at 6'6". Not sure if he can do it or not. If he could develop a floater, that would also help him a lot. In the end, he may just be a floor spacer, or backup type (think Derrick White), but I'm hoping he can do a bit more than that. He's a guy who can use his length to get to the rim.
 
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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I liked NAW coming into the 2019 draft. He's got pieces of his game that work pretty well. It's a question of whether he can put it together in a coherent package. He needed to improve his handle and footwork in order to unlock his playmaking at 6'6". Not sure if he can do it or not. If he could develop a floater, that would also help him a lot. In the end, he may just be a floor spacer, or backup type (think Derrick White), but I'm hoping he can do a bit more than that. He's a guy who can use his length to get to the rim.
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Last season the Jazz were crying for someone his size, but Quin was the smartest guy in the universe and to the bench for you next to Gay. It really hit me when the Jazz got murdered in Game 5, they put NAW in and he did just fine. Gay had his trunks nailed to the bench. It struck me that Quin was petty and probably burned out at that point and didn't care about winning.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
How many do you think he is going to get vs you think we think he is going to get?

I bet he averages 18 mpg for the season at the end.
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I could see 18 mins - that's probably around where Whiteside was in a backup role. Just depends on if Dok makes any contribution (I don't even think he can practice yet).
 
Depending on who makes the roster, by my count, we will have 11 FA's next year, but a couple of those are player options in THT and Gay.
 
LogGrad98 said:
No, I think we would be ecstatic to see this ragtag group of rebels overshadow the evil Darth Mitchell and get further than we ever did with the last iteration. Add to that some extra FRPs over the next few years and we would be building a real contender, if the current core is capable of such a feat. Huzzah, I say, HUZZAH!!

The real melt-down comes when this team bucks expectations and ends up 8th after a play-in win and ending the season in a 0-4 series sweep, then getting stuck with no lottery pick at all, and needing to use all that great draft capital we just picked up to try to move into the top 10 to grab some guy at #8 we hope pans out better than when we did the same thing to get Burke.
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Corbin/Spurs year. 10 years and we’ve come full circle.
 
homeytennis said:
Last season the Jazz were crying for someone his size, but Quin was the smartest guy in the universe and to the bench for you next to Gay. It really hit me when the Jazz got murdered in Game 5, they put NAW in and he did just fine. Gay had his trunks nailed to the bench. It struck me that Quin was petty and probably burned out at that point and didn't care about winning.
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It takes half a season to learn Quin's playbook. Nickeil was pretty lost most the time. Danuel House was kind of lost too, but his defense was needed so badly he played a lot anyway. Nickeil had his most success last year when he just sat in the corner and waited to shoot an open 3. Hopefully, he looks like a different player this year.

I saw Nickeil as a guy who could make enough of his 3s, but also drive the ball, which was something the Jazz need against Dallas' switching defense. Royce couldn't put the ball down and make a play, so Royce became mostly useless against switching defenses.
 
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NAW is way way way to layed back to share the court much with Sexton but the pairing could be tried I guess to see if he has another gear
 
I'm probably most excited to see Markkanen, the rich man's Dirk.
However, Vanderbilt is going to be a lot of fun. If he was on the team from the last couple of years, he may have been that spark that put us over the top.
 
Im hyped about Kessler. Hopefully he picks up some Jack Sigma, Rik Smits style to his game to go along with the shot blocking.
 
LogGrad98 said:
No, I think we would be ecstatic to see this ragtag group of rebels overshadow the evil Darth Mitchell and get further than we ever did with the last iteration. Add to that some extra FRPs over the next few years and we would be building a real contender, if the current core is capable of such a feat. Huzzah, I say, HUZZAH!!

The real melt-down comes when this team bucks expectations and ends up 8th after a play-in win and ending the season in a 0-4 series sweep, then getting stuck with no lottery pick at all, and needing to use all that great draft capital we just picked up to try to move into the top 10 to grab some guy at #8 we hope pans out better than when we did the same thing to get Burke.
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I could see this team turning heads if they develop. Seems like we are built for small ball, fast pace but we can also go long and throw a big man out there to disrupt the interior.

This teams a major wild card. One of the more exciting squads we've had, as we have so much new talent with endless potential.

Good thing Corbins not coaching this team.
 
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