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Guys you were wrong about

In looking at our draft picks just saw that Millsap and D-Will are almost tied for career minutes and points.

Millsap-28,961 MP
D-Will -28,865 MP

Millsap-13,919 PTS
D-Will - 13,804 PTS
 
I was thinking Kris Humphries and Kirk Snyder could be part of our path back to greatness.
I’ll tell you a funny story about that. So as I mentioned, I was on my mission during that draft. I had been out about 4-5 months and was with my second companion. He had a couple months or so left before he was going home. He kept telling me about this girl he really liked and he was wanting to date. I was disappointed with the draft (because I had no clue who those guys were we drafted, why we traded Pavel Podkolzine, and WTF we let Pavlovic go in the expansion draft). So at the same time, he finds out that this girl he likes is actually getting married to the Nevada basketball player. He’s pissed because he thought he was going to go home and date her, now she’s engaged to a guy headed to the NBA. I’m pissed because, well, the Jazz got KOCed. Eventually we realize that the source of both our frustrations coincide with Kirk Snyder. He didn’t find that very amusing because he thought his frustration was more legitimate than mine.
 
I was pretty hyped about Anthony Bennett at one point. I was thinking at worst a Zach Randolph type. I didnt think he'd go #1 overall, that was a shock to say the least.
 
Frank the Tank
Denzel Valentine
Stanley Johnson
Trey Burke

Thought Aaron Gordon would be awesome and he’s okay.

first year I thought Hayward was gonna be super meh.
 
Elie Okobo too... though there’s still time but doesn’t look great.
 
I loved Skal... and Exum... and DSJ... Elie Okobo... and Fultz... but that last one is a weird one. I'd give myself a pass on it.

I didn't love TJ Warren and he's turned into a good player. Never expected Pascal Siakam to become what he's become.

It seems like I have more misses on players I loved than on players I didn't like. Or at least I remember more the ones I loved and didn't pan out.
 
Who’s going to fess up to Saer Sene?
 
Dante Exum - our highest pick ever and I thought he was going to go to Orlando and I was Jazzed when we got him.

CJ Miles - the last year for high schoolers. He looked like a smooth shooting, 6'7" complete package. He wasn't.

Ante Tomic. That one panned out

I definitely drank the Saer Sene punch. It tastes like pee now.

I threw a party when Millsap was drafted though. Got that one right.
 
Two guys l completely flip flopped on and turned out to be completely wrong - Alec Burks and Klay Thompson.

I did not like Burks at all coming into the draft - wanted Klay Thompson. Then when they got in league l thought Burks could be a star and Thompson looked like an overwhelmed chucker. Oh well....

Just as well- if The Jazz drafted Thompson Corbin would have just sat on the bench his first two years behind Josh Howard and Raja Bell.
 
For some reason, I thought Cole Aldrich was gonna be good. 8 year career averaging 3ppg and 3.4rpg says otherwise.

I thought Thabeet was going to be good too. After that draft, I have focused all my draft love on athletic guys like Kawhi and Stanley Johnson with extremely mixed results.

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TBF I'm pretty sure there was a good chunk of people who thought Tim Thomas was gonna be better than KVH, that wasnt the case either.



That was just a draft full of duds tho... PPL even thought Chauncey Billups was a big dud at first...
 
I remember thinking Herro wasn't going to be good in the NBA. I didn't think he'd be able to defend and that he wasn't athletic enough.

Like many, I thought Burke would be our awesome PG. Whoops.
 
I thought Derrick Williams would be good. Instead he busted out of the league.
I thought Archie Goodwin could have been good, but he never learned to shoot.
I thought Mario Hezonja had at least as much natural talent as Gordon Hayward, but he can't dribble or pass, so he mostly just stands there.

I too thought williams would be a force


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