2025 Utah Jazz All-Time Bad Draft

[fishonjazz]

Besides Jonas, I was/am a fan of all the players you selected. That said, this team would still be terrible, although this team would probably be very solid defensively.

Ya that team averages about 70 ppg lol. No one can put the ball in the hoop.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Isaiah Collier

Team:

Earl Watson
Isaiah Collier
Elijah Millsap
Rudy Gay
Greg Ostertag

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Besides Jonas, I was/am a fan of all the players you selected. That said, this team would still be terrible, although this team would probably be very solid defensively.

Exum/Forrest/Udoh is an excellent defense

 

[fishonjazz]

Isaiah Collier

Team:

Earl Watson
Isaiah Collier
Elijah Millsap
Rudy Gay
Greg Ostertag

I had forgotten about Earl Watson. **** you for bringing back those memories.
Elijah Millsap lol, im surprised he even qualifies.
Ostertag is probably too good for this draft (he was a starter on some extremely good teams, albeit the weak link) but he is one of my most hated jazz players of all time at least.
Rudy Gay is a great pick if we are only using the jazz iterations of the player (I assume we are and will vote accordingly) but he had a pretty good career overall.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The center I thought people overlooked is Felton Spencer.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

My average starter scores 3.3 ppg.
John Amaeci (2.6 ppg)
Marc Iavaroni (3.5 ppg)
Jamie Watson (3.1 ppg)
Diante Garrett (3.2 ppg)
Jacque Vaughn (4.2 ppg)
TOTAL: 16.6 ppg

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

The center I thought people overlooked is Felton Spencer.

My center is worse.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Did we finish this yet?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Ill update everything probably Monday. I'm sick as hell right now and dont have the energy.

 

[Miggs]

My average starter scores 3.3 ppg.
John Amaeci (2.6 ppg)
Marc Iavaroni (3.5 ppg)
Jamie Watson (3.1 ppg)
Diante Garrett (3.2 ppg)
Jacque Vaughn (4.2 ppg)
TOTAL: 16.6 ppg

Ballers.

I’d be curious how many minutes per game they played and some of their other data like efg%.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Next time do an all time bad Jazz draft with starters.

 

[Schrödinger's Gerbil]

I think you're not. Basketball Reference has Dwill starting only 47 games that year. Says he started games 9-28 (with one game missed), but then went back to the bench for games 29-54, before starting the rest of the way. It also says McCleod started 32 and Palacio started 18 with a stretch that they apparently both started together.

I remember it well. I has season tickets and grew increasingly frustrated watching McLeod and Palacio play over D-Will, when anyone with even the smallest of discernment could see that D-Will was the far superior player. Plus, he was the #3 pick, people were excited about seeing him play, and here he is being passed over in favor of two at best replacement level journeymen.Sloan's rationale was something like "I don't start rookies, they have to earn it, grumble, grumble, " old-school nonsense. (That's, at least, one side of the story.) Meanwhile, Chris Paul was starting as a rookie and getting all kinds of attention and kudos. It played with D-Will's head, creating a good deal of resentment toward Sloan.