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What should the Jazz do with the 28th Pick?

What is your preference for how the Jazz use their 28th pick?

  • Draft a player that has a chance to be in the rotation next year? (Lower upside/Lower Risk)

    Votes: 5 13.2%

  • Draft a project who would spend time in the G-League/Overseas? (Higher upside/Higher Risk)

    Votes: 8 21.1%

  • Use it to trade up in this draft?

    Votes: 17 44.7%

  • Trade it for a future first (likely very heavily protected)?

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • Trade it for multiple seconds?

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Other (Specify in Comments)?

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Total voters
    38
There are a lot of guys I like that could be available at 28, so I really hope we keep the pick...guys like Bilal, Jaquez, Podziemski, Lewis, Sidy, and even GG could possibly still be on the board.
 
With a deep draft in a position that the Jazz need I would keep the 28th pick and draft accordingly:

#9 Taylor Hendricks; hope he's there.
#16 GG Jackson; is it a good idea to draft 2 similar players in this draft. I think so!
#28 I like Dereck Lively; can't have enough rim protectors. Put him in the G-League.

Question: what if Gradey Dick is available? He could be at #9. Will be gone before #16. Thoughts?

I also like Jarace Walker, if Taylor is not available at #9.
 
Jazz may need to trade #16 and #28 to move up to #14 and get Bufkin/Bilal/Hood-Schifino. In this scenario, NOLA could get Lively or another guard at #16.
 
Luca Pacioli said:
With a deep draft in a position that the Jazz need I would keep the 28th pick and draft accordingly:

#9 Taylor Hendricks; hope he's there.
#16 GG Jackson; is it a good idea to draft 2 similar players in this draft. I think so!
#28 I like Dereck Lively; can't have enough rim protectors. Put him in the G-League.

Question: what if Gradey Dick is available? He could be at #9. Will be gone before #16. Thoughts?

I also like Jarace Walker, if Taylor is not available at #9.
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Lively isn’t going to be anywhere close to available at 28. He might go in the lottery.
 
Might be light without sending Kessler, but sending 16 and 28 to the Mavs for 10th overall would be solid. This would give the Mavs the option of moving 16 then, in a trade for a veteran player, while still having a pick at 28, to meet CBA rules. I mean given they cannot trade their pick straight up for a player without having 2 picks this draft owing one to NY again next draft. I think most teams will not be willing to move off picks, or themselves face similar situations owing picks to other orgs and unable to trade their picks. I like our chances to move up even if it is not the Mavs.
But if not , early my feeling was we stash or flip it for a first next draft. Now I am leaning towards drafting a point guard like Bailey or maybe Sasser still there, or a playmaker scorer wing like Omari Moore who is rising fast instead.
 
I'm going to bump this thread after the draft. The franchise probably does whatever we least want them to do with the pick which is why I didn't include an option of trading the pick for cash considerations.
 
For me, it depends on what happens with 9 and 16. But I would trade it for a 1st rd pick next year since the Jazz don't have any 1 rd or 2nd rd pick in 2024.
 
I hate posting on here, but if trader Danny actually keeps the pick, I'll be shocked. Here are a few commonly projected dudes I'd be interested in at 28:

TJD - Poor man's version of a Bam/Sabonis hybrid
Sasser - Competes and skilled
Rupert - Stash-able with untapped lead guard skills
 
I have converted to thinking we need to draft two guys within first 16. So if there is a trade up, I wouldn't use #16 for that but rather use future resources. Reason is simply that the #16 looks like a position where there are plenty potential guys on the board to become the "2nd egg in the basket" in our quest to find a star.

I think we have a good culture, good locker room group and good coach... and we know our player development has worked magic in the past so overall very good circumstance for a rookie to come in. We can also give him a solid rotational role and reps immediately. I think we are in a good position to maximize potential for anyone we draft.

But ofc you never know with the kids coming in, are they gonna play only for 1 bag, can they handle the pressure, are they gonna lose their heads for whatever reason, does their body hold up etc.etc.... so hence the 2 eggs.

Therefore, long story short, I would use the #28 for a lower upside guy who could turn into a solid rotational piece or a role player. This is for contract/CBA reasons.
 
we were a few (possibly tanking) injuries away from the playoffs last season, and we will have a lottery pick and more team chemistry next year. that means i like a lot of the players we have now. if we draft three firsts, that's three players that get pushed off the end of the stick. better to use it to move up a bit and get a better player earlier.
 
cctrackstar said:
we were a few (possibly tanking) injuries away from the playoffs last season, and we will have a lottery pick and more team chemistry next year. that means i like a lot of the players we have now. if we draft three firsts, that's three players that get pushed off the end of the stick. better to use it to move up a bit and get a better player earlier.
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Que?

THT - Dunn
Ochai - Sexton
Lauri - Simone
KO - Samanic
Kessler - Jones

You really that pressed about the minutes of guys like Samanic/Simone/Jones? Plus THT and KO only have 1 year left on their deals and we have no picks next year.
 
Fakers Luck said:
I hate posting on here, but if trader Danny actually keeps the pick, I'll be shocked. Here are a few commonly projected dudes I'd be interested in at 28:

TJD - Poor man's version of a Bam/Sabonis hybrid
Sasser - Competes and skilled
Rupert - Stash-able with untapped lead guard skills
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Rupert is not stashable
 
cctrackstar said:
we were a few (possibly tanking) injuries away from the playoffs last season, and we will have a lottery pick and more team chemistry next year. that means i like a lot of the players we have now. if we draft three firsts, that's three players that get pushed off the end of the stick. better to use it to move up a bit and get a better player earlier.
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We need a star. History tells us we dont know who from the draft will turn into one.
We need a championship level starters on backcourt. Currently we have 4 great pieces to round out the roster, but we cannot expect to put 2 of them on the court and claim its a championship team.
We need frontcourt depth. Currenly KO is our 3rd best FC guy, Tech is 4th, Samanic 5th, Jones 6th. Not good enough there either.

As you see there are just too many holes in the roster to bundle picks. We can address some via FA but the new CBA favors draft/develop over FA/trade and we dont exactly have a lot of homegrown guys on the roster.
 
Luca Pacioli said:
With a deep draft in a position that the Jazz need I would keep the 28th pick and draft accordingly:

#9 Taylor Hendricks; hope he's there.
#16 GG Jackson; is it a good idea to draft 2 similar players in this draft. I think so!
#28 I like Dereck Lively; can't have enough rim protectors. Put him in the G-League.

Question: what if Gradey Dick is available? He could be at #9. Will be gone before #16. Thoughts?

I also like Jarace Walker, if Taylor is not available at #9.
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starting to look like there is no chance lively lasts until 28.
 
If history repeats itself, Ainge drafts all three and keeps all three. Last time Ainge had a million picks for the Celtics, everyone thought he would trade 1 or 2 picks. They had 3 or 4 firsts plus several second round picks. He took every pick.

Most didnt develop. It was wasteful from the outside looking in.

Does Ainge learn? Or repeat?
 
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