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Following potential 2015 draftees

stitches said:
Yet they drafted both Exum and Hood last year, who refused to work out with the Jazz and traded up for Burke the previous year who also didn't work out for the team... The team doesn't care if they want to work out for the team, if they think the player is the best one on the board they will draft him.
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Ellis269 said:
Yep. Workouts should be a very, very small part of the evaluation process. When all else fails. . . trust the tape. Workouts and interviews can give insight into their personality and a better idea of mechanical and technical issues in their games, but not really how well they'll play for you in competitive situations. My personal opinion is that workouts should function to drop a guy on your board, but not raise his stock directly.
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Solid posts from 2 of my favorite posters. Thanks for keeping things sane.
 
Workouts I would think have more to do with seeing how a guy does a certain drill you're interested in, or how he responds to instruction, how he competes, responds to instruction, etc. Obviously, given that they've probably watched a metric ****ton of tape I doubt they're learning a whole lot about the abilities of the players.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
A. Single. Draft. Spot. Really, that's what passes for a reasonable argument? You guys are reading wayyy too much into things. Utah will absolutely not hesitate to take Frank if they believe he's the BPA.
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I never said they wouldn't draft someone who hadn't worked out. I just think kaminsky situation is different than exum's.
 
mhindy said:
Workouts I would think have more to do with seeing how a guy does a certain drill you're interested in, or how he responds to instruction, how he competes, responds to instruction, etc. Obviously, given that they've probably watched a metric ****ton of tape I doubt they're learning a whole lot about the abilities of the players.
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The argument some people seem to be making is that the Jazz should be offended when a player chooses not to work out for us. In reality, we just can't afford to be so thin-skinned. I call it Kanter overreaction-itis.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
The argument some people seem to be making is that the Jazz should be offended when a player chooses not to work out for us. In reality, we just can't afford to be so thin
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I think an important distinction is that 99.9% of the time it's the agent trying to do what they think will be best financially for the player. I really doubt the players care THAT much. Anyways, once the player is somewhere, it's not like they're just not going to play hard. You have control for 4 years bare minimum, don't worry about what they think of you the night you draft them.
 
Crocodile Dante said:
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second players that have never lived here (in Utah) don't know what it is like. players that have usually go away with nothing negative to say. dwill still has a home here and wants his children raised in Utah. I bet Trevor booker would say positive things about Utah.
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Memo also loves it here
I have a friend on Facebook who put up a pic of him golfing with memo in slc today
 
Here's what I think is likely to happen in the draft for reals:

1 Towns
2 Okafor
3 Russell
4 Porzingis
5 Hezonja
6 Mudiay
7 WCS
8 Turner
9 Oubre
10 Winslow
11 Johnson
12 Kaminsky /Dekker /Booker / Looney

Kind of a worst-case for the Jazz.
 
BENTLEY said:
As has been said by many, there are a lot of players to like in this draft. I didn't have any favorites. But as the date approaches I find myself pining for Turner more than anyone. Guess I have a favorite now.
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Good favourite to have as I think he is the jazz favourite too
 
Catchall said:
Here's what I think is likely to happen in the draft for reals:

1 Towns
2 Okafor
3 Russell
4 Porzingis
5 Hezonja
6 Mudiay
7 WCS
8 Turner
9 Oubre
10 Winslow
11 Johnson
12 Kaminsky /Dekker /Booker / Looney

Kind of a worst-case for the Jazz.
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I like that scenario.
Team Frank!!!
 
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