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Jazz Draft Jared Butler

tonstermits said:
Looking forward to summer league. All I want is a Donovan Mitchell type summer league from young Jared.


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I see that there are a lot of good undrafted prospects. Hopefully we can bring a lot of them to the SL.
 
SteakNEggs said:
I'm sorry to be a Debbie downer as I'm still bitter about last season, but what so far has made this 2nd round eliminated, 4 straight losses to an injured Clippers team better? Remember, if Butler was so important to our championship aspirations we would've drafted him at 30.
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1. Don't think we were going to address our problems in the draft.
2. We were also an injured team.
3. IMO Butler definitely makes us better.
 
stitches said:
I like the player, I love the value. The trade was solid too. Overall I think it's a good first draft day for Zanik. One problem - he doesn't help us with our main problems - lack of length, athleticism and defense on the perimeter. I guess we will have to address that in FA.
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If you think he doesn't help with defense on the perimeter, you don't know Butler.
 
I watched a lot of video on Butler earlier today and was excited to see he has a nice midrange game as well. Combine this with his outside shooting and the fact he's not afraid to drive to the hoop and the guy is solid.

I know he's not super athletic but in our system he doesn't have to be. It's a bit impressive he's a decent defender despite having a short wingspan and not being super athletic.

I think he'll fit in well and look forward to see how quickly he can contribute. Like some draft pages have stated the guy is intelligent and always seems to be in the right spot to hit a shot. He hit so many quick threes and seems to be into his shooting motion before catching the ball so I believe he'll be a good catch and shoot player as well.
 
Not sure if it has been mentioned, but an underrated aspect of Butler's game that will translate to the league is that he shot a ton of NBA range threes at Baylor. Butler has excellent, effortless range.
 
I'll feel better about the health concerns when somebody from the Jazz FO or Butler himself addresses them. I have to think that will come soon assuming there is a press conference.
 
Butler will come in with a lot to prove
He did not get first round guaranteed money
He will bust it to show he deserves first round money
 
slc said:
Butler will come in with a lot to prove
He did not get first round guaranteed money
He will bust it to show he deserves first round money
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Jazz should give him as much guaranteed money as they can. If his injury issues end up having him medically retire its a nice jump start to life. I'd give him as many minimum years as we are allowed.
 
Huge fan of Butler, but his draft fall makes me wonder if his health issues are more serious than we know. Still a great value at #40 though.

I love his game. Most people are casting him as an NBA ready player, and I think that's true. He was one of the best players in college basketball last season and has an NBA style game. But I also see him as prospect with a great deal of potential. I think people get "high potential" wrong a lot of the time and focus too much on size/athleticism instead of focusing on elite skills. His off the dribble shooting and scoring in PnR might be the elite skill that makes him an all star down the line.

Health aside, I couldn't understand why he was rated so low...especially when compared to Davion Mitchell. Baylor had two great guards, but one of them was their best player all season and got all the accolades. He's also two years younger. Jared Butler is still only 20 years old!
 
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