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2021 NBA Draft Preview (new thread)

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Nah’Shon “Bones” Hyland, a scoring guard from VCU that many mock drafts have going in the Jazz’s range, worked out for the Jazz in that early workout during the Clippers series. He’s a scoring guard who can shoot and score from anywhere, but that “Bones” nickname is revealing — he’s quite skinny, and so may struggle defensively in the league. He’s been compared to Jordan Clarkson hundreds of times by now.

The Jazz have worked out a number of players who are on the fringe of the second round, despite not having a second-round pick — perhaps the team is looking to buy one, or just interested in getting their favorite undrafted free agents. Among those players: Seton Hall Sandro Mamukelashvili, South Carolina AJ Lawson, San Diego State guard Jordan Schakel, Georgia Tech’s Jose Alvarado, Georgetown’s JaMorko Pickett, LSU’s Trendon Watford, Notre Dame’s John Mooney, and Houston’s DeJon Jarreau.

Wichita State’s Tyson Etienne reportedly has“interest” from the Jazz, and West Virginia’s Miles McBride reportedly has interviewed with the team.

Then everyone in the workout from Tony’s article
 
zyzz said:
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Ahh. Nothing too interesting in the article that wasnt in Tony's Athletic article.

Sounds like everyone being worked out are fringe draft prospects. Utah must be having a hard time getting 1st round prospects in.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Ahh. Nothing too interesting in the article that wasnt in Tony's Athletic article.

Sounds like everyone being worked out are fringe draft prospects. Utah must be having a hard time getting 1st round prospects in.
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I’m gonna guess that we also are very sure we can trade back and get something useful. I’d guess we have a couple deals with loose frameworks already setup.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I’m gonna guess that we also are very sure we can trade back and get something useful. I’d guess we have a couple deals with loose frameworks already setup.
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Still think it's mostly covid and the Jazz's pick location. It explains the big group workout in Minny. IT allows a lot of teams to see a lot of players at once where they can all covid test at once instead of having them fly and have to wait on testing for each place they go. Utah would want to have as many players in as possible for data reasons.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Ahh. Nothing too interesting in the article that wasnt in Tony's Athletic article.

Sounds like everyone being worked out are fringe draft prospects. Utah must be having a hard time getting 1st round prospects in.
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We're going for the undrafted. That's the strategy.
They're not scouting for the Draft, but for Jazz B in summer league.
 
Jazzinho said:
We're going for the undrafted. That's the strategy.
They're not scouting for the Draft, but for Jazz B in summer league.
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I think we end up buying a pick or two in the 50s rather than doing the undrafted route. If a guy is drafted you can pay him $900k... if not then you pay the minimum of 1.7M regardless of experience. That savings winds up being around $3M when you consider tax and salary. Late picks go for around $1m or less... so its essentially a free prospect for us. I would not be surprised to see us trade 30 for an early second and a late second as well. I guarantee we will have a pick in the second round.
 
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