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Following potential 2015 draftees

QS's hair is being unfairly harsh at best and simply inaccurate at worst regarding DRussell. Says he hasn't showng up in big games. Vs #16 Maryland - goes for 18, 14 and 6. Vs #23 Indiana 22, 6 and 10. In a two point win over Northwestern (not really a big game, per se, but because it was a two point win, it was huge that Russell came up big) he goes for 33, 7 and 6.

On thing I really like about Russell, and it has been apparent in some of his poor shooting games is that even when he does shoot it poorly, he impacts the game in other ways - he recently went 4-13 FGs in consecutive games, but went for 6 rebs, 7 assists in one, and 5 rebs, 6 assists in another.
 
After seeing a few games from Booker I'm sold. He can do a little bit of everything. He plays big for his size. His J is wet. He can rebound, and defend. He is tough. He can slash, and move well without the ball. The kid is a young fresh face ready for prime time. Sign him up!
 
freakazoid said:
Nah, if DL has an opportunity to upgrade Burke and that's our best option to add talent, he'll do it. They just gave Burks a significant contract, so I don't think it's likely they'll throw a bunch of money at someone to start in front of him. If Utah is really serious about winning next year, our biggest hole is at PG.
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DL called Dante a placeholder in his last interview, so I think they realize they've jumped the gun a bit with him as a starter. Unless Dante makes a big jump by next year, Utah won't have a starting caliber PG, so they could definitely try to upgrade Burke and bring Dante off the bench. A serious upgrade at PG puts this team in the playoffs. I honestly don't think Dante is a player that will be upset about going back to the bench for a while, as long as he gets decent playing time between the pg/sg. He's a bit out of his element right now, and he seems to know it.
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Anyway, I have no idea who Utah will go after, I just mentioned Lawson as a possibility of being available. He's signed for 2 more years, which could work out great.
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OK.


I've quickly gone through other teams' roster and I seriously couldn't pick out a vet/legit star that a team would be willing to trade away that won't impact on that team's performance, etc. Also we just don't have enough info - DL must get calls all the time about who's available for the pick that we have - so I guess we'll just have to wait and see around draft time about who might be available.


My take is though if we can grab one of Hezonja / Johnson, then we should just draft & develop them instead. They looked like they can contribute straight away instead of long term projects.
 
Why trade away our pick? We need a wing, this draft is deep on wings, lets draft a wing. Its not like were in title contention.
 
If we get OKCs pick in 2017, that gives us 3 first rounders in 2017, right? Isnt that a good draft? I think then would be high time to pick up a solid veteran.
 
freakazoid said:
Nah, if DL has an opportunity to upgrade Burke and that's our best option to add talent, he'll do it. They just gave Burks a significant contract, so I don't think it's likely they'll throw a bunch of money at someone to start in front of him. If Utah is really serious about winning next year, our biggest hole is at PG.
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DL called Dante a placeholder in his last interview, so I think they realize they've jumped the gun a bit with him as a starter. Unless Dante makes a big jump by next year, Utah won't have a starting caliber PG, so they could definitely try to upgrade Burke and bring Dante off the bench. A serious upgrade at PG puts this team in the playoffs. I honestly don't think Dante is a player that will be upset about going back to the bench for a while, as long as he gets decent playing time between the pg/sg. He's a bit out of his element right now, and he seems to know it.
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Anyway, I have no idea who Utah will go after, I just mentioned Lawson as a possibility of being available. He's signed for 2 more years, which could work out great.
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Remember we still have the rights to Neto as well. Putting up pretty good numbers in Spain.
 
NCJazz said:
Remember we still have the rights to Neto as well. Putting up pretty good numbers in Spain.
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Neto's numbers are OK, but nothing to write home about:

22MPG, 8.7PPG, 4.4 APG, 2.7TO, 2.0RPG, 1.0SPG => shooting 41%FG, 24% 3P FG, 70%FT.
 
stitches said:
Neto's numbers are OK, but nothing to write home about:

22MPG, 8.7PPG, 4.4 APG, 2.7TO, 2.0RPG, 1.0SPG => shooting 48%FG, 24% 3P FG, 70%FT. Interesting that his 2P game seems extremely good(64%) while his 3P shot is very shaky. Just for reference - there is no guard in the NBA with higher % on 2P shots. The closest ones are Beno Udrih(57%), Andre Miller, Goran Dragic(56%) and Steph Curry(55%)...
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Am I being too optimistic here or is his game better suited for the NBA? I always felt that way when I had the chance to see him play. Especially that game before the WC against team US. I don't know maybe it's because he is so likeable but I would like to think that he can suceed here.
 
Primetime said:
Am I being too optimistic here or is his game better suited for the NBA? I always felt that way when I had the chance to see him play. Especially that game before the WC against team US. I don't know maybe it's because he is so likeable but I would like to think that he can suceed here.
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My numbers were wrong. I made the correction above. The way the site I'm looking at lists them had me fooled - they list FGA and FGA Made, but they mean 2P FGA, so I calculated how much his 2P FGA would be and got 64%, but then I got suspicious when I saw the NBA stats and checked several other sites and it turned out his 2P FGA is 48%, not 64...

On your question - I am not sure... he seems turnover prone. He threads the needle a lot it seems. His defensive game looked good in those WC games. To me he looks like a game manager type of PG - solid all around playmaker, who won't blow you away but will run your team solidly. His stats numbers are pretty good for Europe(they are really stingy with assists usually). To me Neto looks like a back up in the NBA... he might be a good one though.
 
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