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Aaron Gordon is entering the draft!

Hantlers said:
The question isn't whether he will improve, but how much.

I'm sure he can improve, but none of us know whether he will or not.

I like him as a player, I just like Parker a hell of a lot more.
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I understand the love for Parker, I had it too, but aren't you worried about our team's already slow pace of play? Parker doesn't have great handles, not the most fluid or fastest in open court (not saying he hasn't done it, it just didn't look NBA-esque), and wasn't even fast enough with his feet to guard college level centers, let alone SF's. Parker has issues with weight as well. How heavy will he get? How much slower will he be in 5 years?

A slow player who can't defend, but can shoot sounds a lot like more of the Al Jefferson days. Maybe he can ease some of these fears with his peromances at the combine, who knows. But drafting him as is is just asking for a slow paced, horrible defending, one-man show of a team.

If our players were good in the half court, that'd be one thing, but they're not.
 
Beantown said:
He has elite size and length at SF, but he will be undersized and a liability as a PF.

But you are assuming that Gordon (an 18 year old kid) can't improve on his shooting which is crazy.

Also it comes down to defense. He is an amazing wing defender. But can you imagine him trying to guard Love, Aldrige, Gasol's, Bosh, Dirk, Jefferson, etc....in the paint? He would get destroyed.
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Gordon is darn good defensively and I would argue that with the new "no contact" rules he would do a better job defending these power forwards than most. He has the strength and athleticism to stay in front of them and the intelligence to recognize and fight through screens. He just has to not bite on pump fakes and leave his feet early. He can also follow some of the stretch 4's to the perimeter and not get burned. He is probably the prototype that you need to defend dominant stretch 4's.
 
You know its just awesome that we have a good GM. Dennis won me over last year in the draft. The guy knows his stuff. There are so many players in this draft that will be great. We have more ammunition then anyone to get who we want. Its so fun to be a Jazz fan right now. I really like Gordon, he kind of reminds me of kahwi Lenard in the sense that people say he can't shoot. We don't know if he can or can't but he is an elite athlete and a good defender
 
I like Aaron Gordon with our draft pick if he is still available. His motor reminds me of Malone and Noah. Guys like these make others around them better and their energy tends to rub off on others. Its hard to not care on defense when you have a guy like Gordon busting his butt next to you. Jazz defense is as bad as I've seen it and definitely worse than their offense. Their biggest problem with the offense is the coaching, not the players. They score just fine, but they can't stop anyone and never get fast break points. Imagine if they actually got stops that produced some fast break points. A young team that tries to win in the half court game, good luck.
 
I really like him if we end up getting hosed in the lottery and end up with the 5th or 6th range pick. He is a hustle/energy guy and a defensive stud. We need defensive help. If wiggins, parker(if he declares for the draft), embiid are all taken I would be happy with Gordon
 
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