Following Potential 2025 Draftees

[mhindy]

So what about this idea
If Jazz don't get the #1 or #2 pick would you be willing to trade 3,4,5 to Nets for #6 and #19 pick?
Jazz may still get the guy they want at #6 and also move up a couple spots for another guy they want

I personally wouldn't, but it just depends on tiers. Jazz have so much quantity and not enough quality that I don't think this is the direction I'd like the FO to go either.

 

[homeytennis]

You know he committed to Duke. I would be surprised if he stays in the draft, but maybe he shows really well at the combine.

Coward is a guy that started at Division 3 Willamette U where they give no athletic scholarships. He transfers to Eastern Washington and then to Washington State. He is in the Homey Hall of Fame.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

i'm pretty close, but i think there is a cooper tier, a dylan tier, an ace tier, then probably 4-7 tier with fears, vj, kon and tre. i just don't think there is any chance the jazz pass on ace if they draft 3rd.

I think Kon and Tre have separated a bit from Fears and guys like Kas for me.

If I had to pick one guy outside of Dylan and Coop that will definitely be considered a top 5 guy in this draft… I think I’d pick Kon. I just don’t see him becoming much worse than a good starter. I think he is the “low upside” trap player that some will put a ceiling on because he’s not really long or athletic and a lot of the “upside” is between the ears. Like some of the narrative around like Haliburton (tho there were other indicators there).

I’m not sure what to do with Fears because I’ve fallen for that type before and ended up sad.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

So what about this idea
If Jazz don't get the #1 or #2 pick would you be willing to trade 3,4,5 to Nets for #6 and #19 pick?
Jazz may still get the guy they want at #6 and also move up a couple spots for another guy they want

I’d want something better but depends on if we are 3, 4, or 5. Maybe if we were 5 and it’s Tre or Kon.

At 3 I’d want like the 2028 clips pick the sixers own or the Heat pick the Hornets own… or a maybe like Toronto would give their own 2026 pick unprotected.

 

[KqWIN]

I think a compelling part of Kon's case is that he was a much more high usage scorer before Duke. It could be that the lack of athleticism caught up to him, but it could also be that he played on an incredibly stacked team that didn't allow for him to be higher usage guy. "Low" usage guys turn into higher one's more than you think at the next level. Kon has a lot of the signs of someone that could do more in the NBA than he did in college.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-61pesaSY

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Coward is a guy that started at Division 3 Willamette U where they give no athletic scholarships. He transfers to Eastern Washington and then to Washington State. He is in the Homey Hall of Fame.

He would have had to stayed at Willamette U for 5 years to be a Homey guy.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

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Hard to really argue against Bailey over Harper if you just want to draft on pure potential.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Hard to really argue against Bailey over Harper if you just want to draft on pure potential.

agreed. you take harper because his floor is higher and his ceiling is still pretty damn high. you take ace if you really want to gamble (see what i did there?)

 

[NUMBERICA]

He's on the edge I would say. 6'5 with a 6'5 wingspan. Average height 2'guard with a below average wingspan

He’s a combo, coming in as a PG. That’s basically average/median size for a SG. Some are bigger, some are Sexton.

For a PG? That’s great size.

 

[NUMBERICA]

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Locke going into cope overdrive in case the lottery results are sub-optimal.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Locke going into cope overdrive in case the lottery results are sub-optimal.

i just read the little summary, but the supposed bailey/bosh comp is very funny.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I think Kon and Tre have separated a bit from Fears and guys like Kas for me.

If I had to pick one guy outside of Dylan and Coop that will definitely be considered a top 5 guy in this draft… I think I’d pick Kon. I just don’t see him becoming much worse than a good starter. I think he is the “low upside” trap player that some will put a ceiling on because he’s not really long or athletic and a lot of the “upside” is between the ears. Like some of the narrative around like Haliburton (tho there were other indicators there).

I’m not sure what to do with Fears because I’ve fallen for that type before and ended up sad.

Fears to me is in a class of player that if they fall to the late lotto, try to trade up to get him if the price is reasonable (Donovan special). I think he’s got really interesting indicators and his film pops hard.