Following potential 2014 draftees
- Thread starter Dr. Jones
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I know he has weaknesses like he cant dribble and tends to float but he can shoot the hell out of the ball and is pretty athletic i thought in a historically bad draft a player with his ability should have gone top 3
spycam1
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I certainly hope so, and it's possible.
Right now the only team in the West that looks unbeatable--as far as tanking goes--is Phoenix. The only way we compete with them and Philly is if two of the C5 have season ending injuries.
So if the Kings are better than expected, then that's great for us.
♪alt13
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Caveat
Phx have a couple things we don't some decent combo guards and a guy that most people knew would make a great coach before he even retired. Furthermore we are playing them 3 times in November before our team will probably be playing well together.
As for Philli they are tanking too hard. Irony will be waiting for them at the lotto as the fates will conspire to make sure they draft fourth.
Park Bites
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I just like his demeanor on the court. he is the blue color player we need anchoring the bench.
Hantlers
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In case y'all are curious, and I know you are, this is Jabari Parkers line in their scrimmage against Bowie State. And yeah, I don't even know who Bowie State is. Who cares?
16 points, 6-9 from the field and 1-3 from 3, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks in 24 minutes. Not too shabby.
Rodney Hood had 19/8/4 btw. Thanks again Cyrone, wherever you are.
16 points, 6-9 from the field and 1-3 from 3, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks in 24 minutes. Not too shabby.
Rodney Hood had 19/8/4 btw. Thanks again Cyrone, wherever you are.
Park Bites
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Parker/Young in 2014
Other than Randle (who is almost certainly a top-3 pick), is there another big in this draft that would make the Jazz better than we already are in the front court? Even if Austin and Cauley-Stein really pan out, it seems they are no better than a lateral move from Kanter, Favors and Gobert.
It looks like we can focus on guards and wings, of which this draft has plenty.
Now, lets say we trade one of our bigs (Favors or Kanter) for another pick. How high up do you think that would get us?
See, here's the scenario I'm looking for---the Jazz's own pick comes in top 5 and nets us Jabari Parker. Then by trading Kanter, the Jazz get back in the draft at #7 or 8 and pick Aaron Harrison or Dante Exum.
That would leave us with Harrison/Hayward/Parker/Favors/Gobert, with Burke/Burks off the bench and ample cap flexibility. That's a nice distribution of talent with plenty of offense, defense and rebounding. I like Kanter, but the reality is that we can't afford to extend everybody, and Gobert is the kind of defensive presence a championship contending team needs to have.
Or maybe we just stick with Kanter/Favors and bring Gobert off the bench. Keep Trey Burke as the starter and draft Aaron Harrison or Wayne Selden with GSW's pick.
It looks like we can focus on guards and wings, of which this draft has plenty.
Now, lets say we trade one of our bigs (Favors or Kanter) for another pick. How high up do you think that would get us?
See, here's the scenario I'm looking for---the Jazz's own pick comes in top 5 and nets us Jabari Parker. Then by trading Kanter, the Jazz get back in the draft at #7 or 8 and pick Aaron Harrison or Dante Exum.
That would leave us with Harrison/Hayward/Parker/Favors/Gobert, with Burke/Burks off the bench and ample cap flexibility. That's a nice distribution of talent with plenty of offense, defense and rebounding. I like Kanter, but the reality is that we can't afford to extend everybody, and Gobert is the kind of defensive presence a championship contending team needs to have.
Or maybe we just stick with Kanter/Favors and bring Gobert off the bench. Keep Trey Burke as the starter and draft Aaron Harrison or Wayne Selden with GSW's pick.