2021 NBA Draft Preview (new thread)

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I mentioned it before, but I think Vrenz Bleijenberg is going to be viable on defense, especially when he gets NBA-level conditioning. So, 6'10" (w/o shoes), 7'1" wingspan with handle, passing, defense and probably adequate shooting if he'll cut out some bad habits.

Isnt the whole knock on him that he is extremely soft?

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Isnt the whole knock on him that he is extremely soft?

He used to be like 180 lbs. He was a waif. Now he's up to about 210 lbs, he's keeping up with wings, and his length is disruptive.

Some poor schmuck compiled a bunch of footage on him this season. Defense starts 2 hrs in. There are timestamps in the description.

Squint your eyes and pretend he's Chandler Parsons on that end.

 

[Bodhi]

Going to focus more on trade down targets now. I think it's basically a guarantee the Jazz won't draft til the 40's.

Kessler Edwards
Aaron Henry
Isaiah Livers
Jason Preston
Austin Reaves
Rokos Jokubaitis
DJ Carton
Sam Hauser
Justin Champaigne
Aamir Simms
Vrenz Bleingbergh

This is now who we looking at.

Out of this group I feel like Edwards and Vrenz could be late draft sleepers. I like a lot of what Edwards does.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He used to be like 180 lbs. He was a waif. Now he's up to about 210 lbs, he's keeping up with wings, and his length is disruptive.

Some poor schmuck compiled a bunch of footage on him this season. Defense starts 2 hrs in. There are timestamps in the description.

Squint your eyes and pretend he's Chandler Parsons on that end.

So what are Vrenz's weaknesses or potential NBA downfalls? The way you talk about him makes it sound like he's a top 14 class player.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

So what are Vrenz's weaknesses or potential NBA downfalls? The way you talk about him makes it sound like he's a top 14 class player.

When he gets his feet under him, takes a split second to get his balance and leans into his shot, he's a good shooter. When he flings the ball off balance, he has some wild misses. He also doesn't have much of an in-between game right now. He uses his length and uses angles to score at the rim, but I wonder if that will work against NBA rim protection.

He's also a bit too upright on defense sometimes and lets guys get a step. He has a habit of wanting to trail defenders and use his length to make a late play on the ball. That probably won't work against fast guards or crafty wings.

His free-throw shooting percentage is pretty poor, but that's based on a sample of like 30 FTAs, so that's pretty much meaningless.

He needs to get stronger, see if he can become a bit more explosive and improve his defensive technique, but you'd expect the same from any 20 year-old. He's a high-ceiling/meh floor prospect who will probably go in the early 2nd round. The appeal is that in a high pick-and-roll situation he can make any pass over the defense, and he has ability to make reads and time his passes. I think he could learn under Joe Ingles and be a fluid secondary creator. Playing off of Rudy could make his life pretty easy and could get him some open looks right on the rim. He could run a high screen/roll and end up dunking the ball if the defense doesn't commit to him.

 

[Hekate]

So what are Vrenz's weaknesses or potential NBA downfalls? The way you talk about him makes it sound like he's a top 14 class player.

My main knock is that he may not be an enough presence on the floor. Upside is real and he plays with some vision/reads the game but too many empty possessions and they seem to come in stretches. Shooting is wild, some bad misses plus poor percentage but form is generally fine. I bet his Catch and Shoot numbers are much better.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I don’t want Vrenz just because there will be 15 “get the Vrenz out of the garage” threads.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I feel like Jay Huff will be a starz man and @homeytennis will bring him up every time we mentioned we need a stretch 5 (all love of course). He just seems like he has a Utah vibe.

 

[Ineptimusprime]

Going to focus more on trade down targets now. I think it's basically a guarantee the Jazz won't draft til the 40's.

Kessler Edwards
Aaron Henry
Isaiah Livers
Jason Preston
Austin Reaves
Rokos Jokubaitis
DJ Carton
Sam Hauser
Justin Champaigne
Aamir Simms
Vrenz Bleingbergh

This is now who we looking at.

Mega barf.

If those are the options, Kessler Edwards by a country mile.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Mega barf.

It’s what we get for our ******** last offseason.

 

[homeytennis]

I feel like Jay Huff will be a starz man and @homeytennis will bring him up every time we mentioned we need a stretch 5 (all love of course). He just seems like he has a Utah vibe.

Sweet stats this season 13 and 7. He would be as useful as our No 1 pick this year. I remember his dad was a small college star at PLU in Tacoma.

 

[Jingled]

In his latest article Tony Jones mentions Joe Wieskamp as a guy that the Jazz really like, they could trade down the second round and likely still get him.