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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
@Tony Jones seems to like Salaun for the Jazz -- big, long, athletic, high-energy, young. To me, he's an interesting lump of clay to develop and maybe worth swinging on at 10 in a draft like this one, especially if guys like Sheppard, Castle and Williams are long gone. Portland and San Antonio are probably looking at him, but there's a chance he gets to #10.

He becomes somewhat interesting to me because his 9'2" standing reach and bounce suggest he might even be able to play some minutes as a stretch-5. He's got about +4 inches of standing reach on John Collins and +3 inches on Filipowski, for example.
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Young enough that he could grow another inch or to maybe too
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
@Tony Jones seems to like Salaun for the Jazz -- big, long, athletic, high-energy, young. To me, he's an interesting lump of clay to develop and maybe worth swinging on at 10 in a draft like this one, especially if guys like Sheppard, Castle and Williams are long gone. Portland and San Antonio are probably looking at him, but there's a chance he gets to #10.

He becomes somewhat interesting to me because his 9'2" standing reach suggests he might even be able to play some minutes as a stretch-5. He's got about +4 inches of standing reach on John Collins and +3 inches on Filipowski, for example.
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My issue with him is his lack of creating his own shot.

I dont want just another Taylor Hendricks on the team
 
The Midnight said:
My issue with him is his lack of creating his own shot.

I dont want just another Taylor Hendricks on the team
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FWIW, he handles and slashes a bit better than Hendricks. He's a 2 or 3-dribble guy right now, but he's like Lauri in the sense that if he gets going downhill he's going to be tough to stop from getting to the rim.

If Risacher, Sarr, Sheppard, Castle, Buzelis, Williams, Clingan, Carter and Knecht are off the board, then the Jazz are pretty much down to Salaun and Holland -- young, athletic, underdeveloped guys. But picture Salaun with another 15 - 20 lbs playing as a high-energy 4/5. Even if his skill level is pretty average, he's probably still going to have some impact.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
FWIW, he handles and slashes a bit better than Hendricks. He's a 2 or 3-dribble guy right now, but he's like Lauri in the sense that if he gets going downhill he's going to be tough to stop from getting to the rim.

If Risacher, Sarr, Sheppard, Castle, Buzelis, Williams, Clingan, Carter and Knecht are off the board, then the Jazz are pretty much down to Salaun and Holland -- young, athletic, underdeveloped guys. But picture Salaun with another 15 - 20 lbs playing as a high-energy 4/5. Even if his skill level is pretty average, he's probably still going to have some impact.
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He would retain his value a bit longer if that is the case.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
FWIW, he handles and slashes a bit better than Hendricks. He's a 2 or 3-dribble guy right now, but he's like Lauri in the sense that if he gets going downhill he's going to be tough to stop from getting to the rim.

If Risacher, Sarr, Sheppard, Castle, Buzelis, Williams, Clingan, Carter and Knecht are off the board, then the Jazz are pretty much down to Salaun and Holland -- young, athletic, underdeveloped guys. But picture Salaun with another 15 - 20 lbs playing as a high-energy 4/5. Even if his skill level is pretty average, he's probably still going to have some impact.
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If Holland and Salaun are there at #10 that’s an extremely good problem to have.

And I’d have a very hard time choosing between the 2 … lol
 
The Midnight said:
If Holland and Salaun are there at #10 that’s an extremely good problem to have.

And I’d have a very hard time choosing between the 2 … lol
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I think I’d still rather take Holland and see if his shooting can improve a bit.

His ability to slash and his defense on the perimeter are skills our team currently lack and he’ll be a really great fit next to Keyonte.

Salaun and Hendricks have too similar skillset as it stands.
 
bigmike said:
IMO - get us the hell out of this draft. If someone is dumb enough to fall in love with someone at #10 and/or #29 and give us quality veteran value or future draft capital, Danny should take it and run.
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Outside the top 3-4 this is a really good draft, I don’t understand this.
 
If I had to guess the Jazz big board for guys who could be at 10 is probably

Williams
Carter
Salaun
Edey
Holland
Knecht

Feel fairly confident that Williams tops that list. Semi confident Carter is 2nd, but could easily see Salaun being 2.

Edey at 4 is probably just me being wishful. Without a draft day trade it just seems highly unlikely.
 
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