Yep. People think he was a great individual defender because of his stocks but teams regularly targeted him one on one in college. They will do it even more in the nba.
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I think you are being a bit reactionary to the magic having a bad couple playoff games and Black currently not playing. He showed some nice flashes this year and think his future is pretty bright.
Sheppard could ironically be the player with the best career in this draft. Lots of average players throughout
Castle is growing on me, the free throw rate sticks out as something good and historically it is an indicator of learning to shoot long range. We can afford to be bad for a year with him learning to shoot. Other teams will avoid him but he could be there at 8 or 9. Maybe we should go for it?
Castle is growing on me, the free throw rate sticks out as something good and historically it is an indicator of learning to shoot long range. We can afford to be bad for a year with him learning to shoot. Other teams will avoid him but he could be there at 8 or 9. Maybe we should go for it?
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He could. But IMO the same could be said for about 10-12 guys.
I see Shep and I see a rich-man's Payton Pritchard. Not bad but I have a hard time with him in the top 5.
We only have one guy who we know for sure is a starter, but he can play with literally anyone and he might be gone anyways. Drafting for fit would be stupid. If we happen to have to players who are both good enough that overlap matters...what a nice problem to have. Only got to worry about this is if there isn't a path to playing time/development resources.
Agreed. IMO you draft for fit only when you are on the verge of contention. And we are so far away right now. We should be getting the best talent we can find. The best talent that could be part of the next contending Jazz team.
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There are times when fit drives things. Big believer in draft tiers. If you have a good non-shooting center and have two guys in a tier available and one is a non-shooting center... maybe opt for the other guy. Position/fit/future flexibility should be a tie breaker of sorts.
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Shep & Black. I’d be on board for it. But trading Key this early would be risky. I think I'd do it though.
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Unless we take Clingan I doubt any player we take in the draft is going to cause a trade of a current player. Even then you need 48 minutes. See which dude is better and then move the other if you want some variation.
Maybe if they took Dilly they move Sexton and JC... I just think you basically operate as though you have a blank slate for now.
I think fit can matter in terms of fitting the right developmental environment. Being in the right situation can mean a lot.....but beyond that I think people get way too ahead of themselves and forget that the most important thing is to get the best player or an actual NBA player at all. The Jazz have almost nobody established right now, I think there's playing time for everyone. Maybe you could say drafting a C is different because there won't be PT, but I don't find that to be true with non C's. But IMO, there's still zero players I would pass on because I don't think we have the right situation to develop them.
How many of the NBA starting point guards are not weak defensively and not targeted? Brunson, Young, Curry, Lillard, Conley... Unless the player is small/bad defender even compared to other PGs then being a defensive weak link individually is not an issue.
That's the truth for the most part. It's still an issue.