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Following Potential 2026 Draftees

SoberasHotRod said:
Philon and Flemings would be fine next to Keyonte, in my opinion, because they don't need to dominate the ball and can both play defense. There is no way I would take Lopez or Avdalas with a top 8 pick with the Jazz's biggest weakness by far being defense. We'll see what Tounde and Carr do in conference play.

I mostly agree on Quaintance being a big risk when you have Kessler as a mostly non shooter, however, there might not be a better bet in the draft at solving our defensive issues than Quaintance.
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Defense matters for sure, but I think the Jazz will make moves in free agency and trades to address it. The best defenders are proven vets. The top half of the lotto is where you try to draft players with star ceilings.
 
Quaintance is interesting, but he's a big who already had knee surgery. He's not really close to NBA ready, so I dont get how drafting him would make the Jazz want to part with Kessler. If anything they would keep Kessler and have Quaintance develop behind him and see how becomes expendable.

He's got health red flags and offensive red flags with how bad his shooting touch is while being an undersized 5.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Defense matters for sure, but I think the Jazz will make moves in free agency and trades to address it. The best defenders are proven vets. The top half of the lotto is where you try to draft players with star ceilings.
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I mean, we have taught literally none of our young guys or vets how to defend and NBA defense is weak-link driven now.

The Will Hardy Jazz are historically inept on defense, he's the worst defensive coach of all time statistically and we have to address it in every way this offseason.
 
Drafting another C in the top 8 would be like the 87th sign that the Jazz don't really want Kessler as their long term C.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Quaintance is interesting, but he's a big who already had knee surgery. He's not really close to NBA ready, so I dont get how drafting him would make the Jazz want to part with Kessler. If anything they would keep Kessler and have Quaintance develop behind him and see how becomes expendable.

He's got health red flags and offensive red flags with how bad his shooting touch is while being an undersized 5.
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I've got a feeling he falls to the middle of the first once medical teams get hold of the info.

It may be the injury but he just moves in a clunky way that doesn't inspire confidence for me... on top of the offensive stuff.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I've got a feeling he falls to the middle of the first once medical teams get hold of the info.

It may be the injury but he just moves in a clunky way that doesn't inspire confidence for me... on top of the offensive stuff.
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I get what you're saying with his movement, he looks top heavy. For all the twitter glaze Quaintance has, he's been a little underwhelming.
 
fishonjazz said:
I don't know many prospects outside the top 4 or 5 but I did watch a highlight video of Carr and he seemed very athletic and powerful and seemed like a dawg. Looked like he had decent size but I'm not sure what position he would play for the jazz.
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Carr is an athletic 2/3 imo. Role-wise he might be similar to Shaedon Sharpe. The question for me is how much he can do off the dribble. He's a good shooter and play finisher, but doesn't appear to self-create as much from what I've seen.
 
KqWIN said:
I get what you're saying with his movement, he looks top heavy. For all the twitter glaze Quaintance has, he's been a little underwhelming.
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And maybe it doesn't matter but combined with injury concerns and the offense I just can't get there with him. With his red flags he needs to be an other worldly defensive prospect to really justify a top 8 pick in this draft.
 
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