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Ideal 2026 draft - January edition

Who do you want the Jazz to draft if they get the first pick in 2026?

  • Peterson

    Votes: 12 38.7%

  • Dybantsa

    Votes: 11 35.5%

  • Boozer

    Votes: 5 16.1%

  • Trade down for Wilson

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Trade down for Flemings

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • Trade down for Brown

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Trade down for Ament

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Trade the first pick for a veteran star

    Votes: 2 6.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    31
When I watch Peterson play, it looks like the game is going in slow motion around him. I don't see that from AJ. Peterson also is a MUCH better shooter. Both are very good players, but Peterson is much better of the two when healthy.
 
default said:
When I watch Peterson play, it looks like the game is going in slow motion around him. I don't see that from AJ. Peterson also is a MUCH better shooter. Both are very good players, but Peterson is much better of the two when healthy.
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Peterson is awesome, but he would stay 4 years or so and then leave like spidda. AJ has to be the vote even if he is not a perfect fit. How many stars really like Utah? That's why I luv Lauri.
 
oldtimer said:
Peterson is awesome, but he would stay 4 years or so and then leave like spidda. AJ has to be the vote even if he is not a perfect fit. How many stars really like Utah? That's why I luv Lauri.
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I still think that there is a high chance that Boozer, too, will be receptive to playing in Utah. He grew up listening to the stories about the glory days oh his dad, and they were with the Jazz. And his dad is involved with the Jazz now. I think, it usually counts.

Another thing about preferences of top-3 prospects is that the Jazz does not have much of competition. If not Utah, then what? Charlotte, New Orleans, Sacramento, Indianapolis? The strongest realistic competitors now are Brooklyn and Washington, DC... which is not much. And by the time of free agency feelings and connections could take roots.

After all, nobody in the 1990s thought that San Antonio would somehow become a desirable destination.
 
oldtimer said:
Peterson is awesome, but he would stay 4 years or so and then leave like spidda. AJ has to be the vote even if he is not a perfect fit. How many stars really like Utah? That's why I luv Lauri.
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Spida didn't leave though. We traded him.
A team can keep a player they draft for like 7/8 years, not 4. They are restricted after their rookie deal (I think)
 
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