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2023 Annual JazzFanz Current Players Draft - Round 1: Team E vs. Team F

Which team would win in a 7-game series?

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HermanG said:
No disagreement there. But if you would turn Siakam into Gordon, would you draft him 24th?
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He isn't Aaron Gordon.


I don't think comping Gordon and Siakam makes all that much sense for how they would be next to Jokic. There are similarities for sure, but I envision Siakam as an elite slasher who would just be unstoppable getting fed from Jokic and could take some playmaking pressure off Jokic when needed.

It's just about talent and ability and I wanted a physically imposing athletic player next to Jokic. I wanted a transition threat who could grab and go or a guy who could run the court and be an easy target for Jokic outlets.

Jokic is an elite playmaker, but he isn't ball dominant. I filled the team with high IQ players so we could run a heliocentric offense around Jokic (and spurts of Harden ball when necessary).
 
I do really like Team F.

Drafting Wood was a crazy choice though. I don't think bench really matters too much for most voters, but when you add someone who struggles to get signed that's hard to spin as a positive when you should be drafting top 120 players.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He isn't Aaron Gordon.


I don't think comping Gordon and Siakam makes all that much sense for how they would be next to Jokic. There are similarities for sure, but I envision Siakam as an elite slasher who would just be unstoppable getting fed from Jokic and could take some playmaking pressure off Jokic when needed.

It's just about talent and ability and I wanted a physically imposing athletic player next to Jokic. I wanted a transition threat who could grab and go or a guy who could run the court and be an easy target for Jokic outlets.

Jokic is an elite playmaker, but he isn't ball dominant. I filled the team with high IQ players so we could run a heliocentric offense around Jokic (and spurts of Harden ball when necessary).
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I get your idea. Murray was great with Jokic and I dont see why the slasher has to be a backcourt player. Might be even better that way, since that would probably collapse the defense more and open up shots for Garland, Wagner and Bane.

So are you then using Garland more as a shooting/transition threat who can bring the ball up and get it to Jokic and Siakam in their spots but isnt running sets or actions?
 
HermanG said:
I get your idea. Murray was great with Jokic and I dont see why the slasher has to be a backcourt player. Might be even better that way, since that would probably collapse the defense more and open up shots for Garland, Wagner and Bane.

So are you then using Garland more as a shooting/transition threat who can bring the ball up and get it to Jokic and Siakam in their spots but isnt running sets or actions?
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Garland would be similar to Murray. He's the primary ball handler bringing it up the court and getting it to the spot Jokic needs it, and of course spacing the floor and playmaking when he has the opportunity.
 
Like it's 2023, you can have multiple playmakers on the floor together as long as you have floor spacing.

The only player that doesn't clearly fit my team is Harden and that's why he comes off the bench.
 
The Vucevic/Wood tandem is a problem... Giannis obviously helps on the defense part of that but that's one of the main reasons I went the other way.
 
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