Do you think Aaron Gordon will have a better NBA career than Jabari Parker?

[Stifle Tower]

This is what does it for me.

Right now we need more defenders, but we need someone we can build an offense around even more.

Defenders can be found later. This is by far our best chance to get a #1 option, imo. That's not to say Gordon couldn't develop his offensive game, but he's never going to be a guy you build an offense around.

Just depends on the draft position, IMO. Would Gordon be a good pick if the Jazz were choosing 8th or 9th? Probably. He's a great defender. Is he the best pick at #4 or #5? Probably not.

What bothers me the most is that this season and last could have/should have been seasons of discovery. Instead, we still have many ?'s. particularly when it comes to playing Kanter and Favors together. And for whatever reason, Utah drafted a PG but is having Hayward run the offense. Maybe Burke ISN'T a starting PG in the NBA. But if Hayward is Kobe-lite, then the Jazz should have drafted a Fisher-like player to complement him, not a true PG. There is truly dysfunction from management down to the coaching staff. Whether the blame lies with Lindsey, Ty or somewhere in between, it has been a wasted season in so many ways - all except for (fingers crossed), bumbling their way to a top-5 pick.

 

[green]

Just depends on the draft position, IMO. Would Gordon be a good pick if the Jazz were choosing 8th or 9th? Probably. He's a great defender. Is he the best pick at #4 or #5? Probably not.

What bothers me the most is that this season and last could have/should have been seasons of discovery. Instead, we still have many ?'s. particularly when it comes to playing Kanter and Favors together. And for whatever reason, Utah drafted a PG but is having Hayward run the offense. Maybe Burke ISN'T a starting PG in the NBA. But if Hayward is Kobe-lite, then the Jazz should have drafted a Fisher-like player to complement him, not a true PG. There is truly dysfunction from management down to the coaching staff. Whether the blame lies with Lindsey, Ty or somewhere in between, it has been a wasted season in so many ways - all except for (fingers crossed), bumbling their way to a top-5 pick.

I don't think this year is a wasted year. I think the wasted year was last year. The Jazz kept Millsap and Jefferson, made their playoff push, fell short, and lost a year of Favors on a rookie deal, lost a year of Kanter on a rookie deal, lost a year of seeing what Hayward could do, lost out on a better draft pick, etc.

Imagine if Utah trades Jefferson and Millsap away at the deadline last year (or at least sits them and starts to play the "future" guys).

Nevermind. Just went back and looked at that draft and we might have gotten the best player in the draft. Holy crap, we had some lottery picks in terrible drafts.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Nevermind. Just went back and looked at that draft and we might have gotten the best player in the draft. Holy crap, we had some lottery picks in terrible drafts.

One would think that with a potential starting lineup up of a #3, #3, #9, #9 and #12 pick, the team would be pretty good. Drafts have indeed been pretty weak for Utah when they've had the high picks.

 

[green]

One would think that with a potential starting lineup up of a #3, #3, #9, #9 and #12 pick, the team would be pretty good. Drafts have indeed been pretty weak for Utah when they've had the high picks.

No kidding. If we set the draft back one year on all our picks, this is who we end up with:

PG - Bledsoe
SG -Harden
SF - DeRozan
PF - Favors
C - Drummond

Wow. We were screwed. That is if we had every draft taken back one year. Yikes.

 

[Jazz4ever]

One would think that with a potential starting lineup up of a #3, #3, #9, #9 and #12 pick, the team would be pretty good. Drafts have indeed been pretty weak for Utah when they've had the high picks.

Also let's not forget Favors was traded impart because he wasn't knocking the socks off anyone in New Jersey, putting up 6 and 5 in 20mpg, and had not even cleared bust status at that point.