Is Ace Bailey the best draft prospect in Utah Jazz history?

[Bawse Dawg]

The question as I understand it is "is ace bailey the best draft prospect in jazz history?"
So let’s imagine there was a draft thread on jazzfanz when jokic was drafted. How much hype and discussion do you think there would have been in that thread about jokic? Im guessing almost zero because he was not a very good draft prospect.

That’s fine, but if a single person, fan or draft analyst, had made a scouting report about what Jokic could be (would become) based on the skills he had as a prospect, would that then change things?

I suppose it has to be a ‘consensus’… back to bowing out

 

[Elizah Huge]

I'll just note that you're presenting a claim as if it isn't debatable. That's fine—because this is teh internet.

No sir it’s just my opinion.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Not at all

Based on what?

 

[Hearsky]

You all be sleeping on Darrel Griffith. Based on the Hot Rod Hundley expectation model, none bigger than the Golden Griff.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

This isn’t best player drafted it’s how they were perceived coming into the draft. DWill was only considered an early pick after his ncaa run he was if I recall at one time mocked between late lottery to early 20’s. Stevenson was drafted in the 20’s as for Kanter I remember being pissed we finally had third pick and the best we could do was Kanter and it was perceived as a weak top of the draft other than Kyrie, so I wouldn’t consider Kanter. In my opinion Ded Ex was the only prospect that has a chance at the top spot. He I remember got a lot of national attention. And was being comped to some elite legends. Kobe and Penny and a couple others.

 

[rippimpc]

2011 draft was weird cuz 11 - 20 was better than 1 - 10

 

[framer]

Are we counting Pistol Pete or no? Because if so, it was him.

 

[framer]

Are we counting Pistol Pete or no? Because if so, it was him.

Jazz didn't draft Pistol Pete. Sorry about that!

 

[fishonjazz]

That’s fine, but if a single person, fan or draft analyst, had made a scouting report about what Jokic could be (would become) based on the skills he had as a prospect, would that then change things?

I suppose it has to be a ‘consensus’… back to bowing out

Nah, how good a prospect is, is based off lots of peoples opinions. If one person said that jokic would be an nba mvp one day but all the other persons said he wouldn't make it in the nba then he wouldn't be considered a good draft prospect. Ya consensus is a big part of this topic of discussion.

Its not really all that complicated. You could think of it as how much hype the player has if that makes it make more sense. Is Ace the jazz draft pick with the most hype headed into the nba in jazz draft history could be another way to ask the question. When you look at it like that then guys like gobert would obviously have had no where near the hype of Bailey.

 

[Miggs]

 

[rippimpc]

Sounds like Nate Duncan doesn’t think super highly of Ace