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stitches said:
Seems like every game Hezonja has some crazy athletic play:

https://vine.co/v/OXunr9M5JUj

Finished the game with 9 pts, 4/9 shooting, 1/4 from 3, 1 ast, 1steal in 22 mins of play..
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He has some athletic plays that rival Wiggins and Aaron Gordon in college. Hezonja has real star potential. I have to believe he's high on the Jazz's board, especially if Kanter and Gobert keep showing improvement.

Picture a team with Exum, Hezonja and Hayward, where Hayward is the least athletic of the three. All of them can initiate offense, make shots, get to the rim and use their length and quickness to defend multiple positions.

I think Hezonja is going to be better offensively than Paul George. He's got a better handle and quicker reactions.
 
Catchall said:
He has some athletic plays that rival Wiggins and Aaron Gordon in college. Hezonja has real star potential. I have to believe he's high on the Jazz's board, especially if Kanter and Gobert keep showing improvement.

Picture a team with Exum, Hezonja and Hayward, where Hayward is the least athletic of the three. All of them can initiate offense, make shots, get to the rim and use their length and quickness to defend multiple positions.

I think Hezonja is going to be better offensively than Paul George. He's got a better handle and quicker reactions.
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I've been a huge fan of his since last year's draft. At this point, I'm concerned that the Jazz will win too many games to get him without pulling off a trade to make it work.

Let's say that they could pull it off and nab him. . . Gobert/Favors, Favors/Kanter, Hayward/Hezonja/Ingles, Burks/Hezonja/Hood, Exum/Burke/Neto. I love the length of that team and the versatility for creating matchup issues in the starting lineup and off the bench.

And Ingles is the oldest player with the rest of the key guys all 25 or younger. Damn.
 
Nice to see I revived the pro-Hezonja sentiments on the board. He isn't a shooter though. People on the board need to get that right. He is an athletic scorer, much likes Burks. Potentially he is the best of a mixture of Burks/Hayward.
 
Cy said:
Nice to see I revived the pro-Hezonja sentiments on the board. He isn't a shooter though. People on the board need to get that right. He is an athletic scorer, much likes Burks. Potentially he is the best of a mixture of Burks/Hayward.
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Yep, I was getting down on him due to several scouting reports trashing him for his defensive discipline and will to play defense. Then I decided to watch some full games of his and even though I can see in certain situations what they are talking about, I think it is way overblown and is very fixable issue.

Here's highlights video of Panathinaikos vs Barcelona(Hezonja with 2 athletic plays):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcNX2OOXzg
 
Cy said:
Nice to see I revived the pro-Hezonja sentiments on the board. He isn't a shooter though. People on the board need to get that right. He is an athletic scorer, much likes Burks. Potentially he is the best of a mixture of Burks/Hayward.
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I like this comparison, but I will amend it slightly. When I watch him play, I see a lot of the physical attributes that make Hayward special, but I think he has a similar mentality as Kobe Bryant. He just has that "take no prisoners" desire to score. And you're right. He's not a shooter. But he looks like he could be coached to be much better in that area. I like his form and his confidence. He absolutely has to speed up his release and he needs to learn to make better decisions. I think working with a coach like Snyder would do wonders for him.
 
Cy said:
Nice to see I revived the pro-Hezonja sentiments on the board. He isn't a shooter though. People on the board need to get that right. He is an athletic scorer, much likes Burks. Potentially he is the best of a mixture of Burks/Hayward.
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For the first time in his career, Hezonja is finding significant playing time for FC Barcelona and for the most part, he's making the most of it. He cracked 20 minutes for the first time against Milan two weeks ago and scored 13 points. He followed that up with 15 points in 17 minutes against PGE Turow Zgorzelec and then played 29 minutes against Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul on Dec. 11 shooting 4-for-6 from beyond the arc. Hezonja is shooting an impressive 44 percent from 3 this season in Euroleague play. His numbers aren't quite as impressive in Spanish League (ACB) play, but he did just score 14 points in 28 minutes of play against Zaragoza on Sunday.

I have to disagree that he isn't a "shooter", he has gotten a lot better
 
Crocodile Dante said:
For the first time in his career, Hezonja is finding significant playing time for FC Barcelona and for the most part, he's making the most of it. He cracked 20 minutes for the first time against Milan two weeks ago and scored 13 points. He followed that up with 15 points in 17 minutes against PGE Turow Zgorzelec and then played 29 minutes against Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul on Dec. 11 shooting 4-for-6 from beyond the arc. Hezonja is shooting an impressive 44 percent from 3 this season in Euroleague play. His numbers aren't quite as impressive in Spanish League (ACB) play, but he did just score 14 points in 28 minutes of play against Zaragoza on Sunday.

I have to disagree that he isn't a "shooter", he has gotten a lot better
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Extremely small sample size. I continue to disagree.
 
I think you're both right. I don't know if I'd define him as a shooter, but he has gotten better at it this year. He's definitely a scorer. He's savvy in a way that vets are in getting open and making plays.
 
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