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Batman said:
Just imagine if we had drafted Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, and the Greek Freak instead of Hayward, Burks, and Burke.
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Every team could make up the same kind of list. Imagine if we had drafted Aldrich or Henry instead of Hayward; or ANYONE still on the board when Gobert was selected. No GM hits on 100% of their picks. No team makes the absolute correct bet on who will boom and who will bust 2-5 years after the draft. Jury is still out on Exum, of course, but I'm happy Hayward is a fringe all-star, Gobert looks like he'll be a DPOY candidate for the next 10 years, Burks is/will be a solid rotation player - whether as a starter or 6th man - and Trey is at least a decent backup PG. And pretty pleased KOC got Favors in the Deron trade. Just that swap alone was pretty fair, IMO.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Every team could make up the same kind of list. Imagine if we had drafted Aldrich or Henry instead of Hayward; or ANYONE still on the board when Gobert was selected. No GM hits on 100% of their picks. No team makes the absolute correct bet on who will boom and who will bust 2-5 years after the draft. Jury is still out on Exum, of course, but I'm happy Hayward is a fringe all-star, Gobert looks like he'll be a DPOY candidate for the next 10 years, Burks is/will be a solid rotation player - whether as a starter or 6th man - and Trey is at least a decent backup PG. And pretty pleased KOC got Favors in the Deron trade. Just that swap alone was pretty fair, IMO.
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My post was not meant to be critical of the Jazz FO. I think they have done a good job. The post was more so "Can you imagine how many points opponents would be scoring against us with these guys.

I love Hayward and think he might be a slightly better offensive player than Paul George. But George is a tier or two higher on the defensive side of the ball according to all the advanced statistics.
 
https://m.espn.go.com/nba/rankings?pollId=1000&week=19&season=2015

Jazz move up another two spots to 15th.

"What has to excite The SLC as it soaks up Gobert Fever -- beyond the fact that Monsieur French Rejection has anchored the NBA's stingiest defense since he became a starter -- is that Utah came within a second of a 4-0 road trip without even seeing Alec Burks. Quin Snyder and Dennis Lindsey are building something."
 
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