seattlejazzfan
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right, he'd fit with any type of primary scorer.
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seattlejazzfan
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this one is much more robust in terms of the sheer number of big boards/mocks it uses to get the results - though it doesn't break it down by decimal point:
2025 NBA Draft Consensus Big Board - Rookie Scale
Weighted aggregation of mainstream and #DraftTwitter big boards and mock drafts.
www.rookiescale.com
That makes sense.
Although I think you are basically saying that Kon is projected to be a role player. I don't disagree that getting really good basketball players that can play with anyone is a bad strategy. I think that VJ would also work with any of the 3 guys from the 2026 draft as well.
I think which player we get would determine what type of PG we would want. Peterson is going to be playing with the ball in his hands a lot, and so I would prefer Kas next to Peterson who I think can play more off ball than Fears. AJ/Boozer can play more off ball and so having a more ball dominant point guard like Fears is probably ok.
(None of these opinions are very strong opinions as I would like to see what these players look like in College)
HadAnEffectHere
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VJ is much more of a pure role player than Kon. Kon played kind of like Devin Booker in college (just with bad athleticism) whereas VJ has no offensive game at all.
Kon rarely shot off the dribble 3s or middies and he somehow played like Devin Booker?
seattlejazzfan
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"no offensive game at all" c'mon now.
i'm not much of a vj fan - he's clearly behind ace and tre in my mind, but my dude put up 17 ppg on 45/39/82 shooting splits and 3+ apg in conference play this year. you don't do that if you don't have some offensive game.
I think projecting Kon to be a high end role player and a really good 4th or 5th option on a championship team is fair. There are outcomes where he turns into the 3rd best player.
If I try to read some tea leaves here, the Jazz may really want Tre Johnson, enough to trade up with Philadelphia. However, a deal with Philly may be too difficult to put together. If the Jazz think Edgecombe goes at 4 to Charlotte (like almost everyone else seems to think) and the Jazz have concerns about Ace Bailey, then that would explain why they'd look at Jeremiah Fears or even Kon Knueppel.
In other words, the Jazz may not be comfortable with Ace for one reason or another and he may be the guy most likely to slip to #5.
In other words, the Jazz may not be comfortable with Ace for one reason or another and he may be the guy most likely to slip to #5.
HadAnEffectHere
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He didn't have to because Flagg and Maluach et al were so efficient that doing so would be stupid, but he absolutely could and ran a lot of PnRs when needed.
I think his high end outcome offensively could look be at like a Bogey level.
In college, yes.