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Jazz Draft Jared Butler

SteakNEggs said:
By all means be happy but we're a second round exit again and with no Mike(ATM) and Favors we are worse. I'll leave it out of this particular thread though as it truly the best pick we could've gotten. My bad on that
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So something that's important to note here on depth is that because we had none of it, when the Jazz had injuries, they had to overload their already creaky roster. Joe was cooked by the post-season because of Conley's hammy and Donovan's ankle. Conley's hammy might've been in better shape but they needed him to win games reliably. Donovan needs to play 36 minutes a game to win games reliably. This constant wear and burden with no release valve has a compounding, cascading, and deleterious effect on the health of the team.

Also, I don't know how much better Favors even made the Jazz, all things considered. If we went by advanced metrics, Tony Bradley was as good. Good Favors was good, but by mid-season, he was already hobbled and couldn't even scale up minutes if we wanted to.
 
TheGoldStandard said:
To be fair, the Jazz felt the same way when Curtis Borchardt fell into their laps, a player they didn't even work out.

We received similar draft grades at the time and the medical issue (foot) that caused him to drop in the draft ended his very short, injury riddled career. Hope that is not the case here, but at #40, it was by far a gamble worth taking.
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Borch was big and slow. At the very least, Butler can shoot.
 
LoPo said:
Actually, it's because his heart wasn't ready for such an incredible experience.
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Alabama is a **** hole country. You couldn’t pay me to live there. Like seriously, Alabama and West Vagina are two horrible places.
 
KqWIN said:
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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Knee was flagged too… plenty of guys have been flagged and worked out… Brogdon and Anunoby come to mind… at 40 the risk <<<<< reward… cuz he’s damn good.
 
I sure hope Quin gives him a lot of opportunities for him to play. And not have to ride the bench 60-70% of the time this season. He's ready to help the team.
 
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