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Jazz draft Taylor Hendricks at 9

seattlejazzfan said:
that's how it was watching ucf during the season. it was hard to watch those games because he'd go such long stretches without touching the ball and they had some guards that love to chuck. kind of impressive that he managed 15 points a game with how little it seemed he was involved.
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Yeah, boring isn't necessarily bad.....but everyone else on that team is really bad it's hard to watch. UCF has only a few basic sets they run, but when they lineup and have both bigs (Hendricks included) standing on the two low boxes I just know it will never amount to anything. What is the point of that? Just let him space out to the corner. College basketball freaking sucks lol.

Brice and Keyonte are also two of the highest usage guys in the draft so it's a huge contrast. Those guys will dribble the ball more on one possession than Hendricks will in one whole half.
 
Hendricks matches John Collins super close on physical profile (height, wingspan, reach, vertical). Hendricks projects to be a better defender and 3 point shooter though. Collins probably a bit better rebounder all around scorer.
 
If anyone can find the full game to any of these games let me know. These are his highest FGA games and I don't want to watch 35 minutes of him standing around on offense.

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Honestly just hope we develop him to be Robert Covington 2.0 w/ added bonus of improved off-ball finishing.
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Robert Covington never averaged more than 15 points and has always been a weak rebounder and is a career 36% three point shooter. I'd hope that Covington is the actual damn floor and not some sort of aspirational goal.
 
I took this afternoon off and have wasted it watching Hendricks videos. Really wished he would have played for a better team. I love how his three point shooting is spread out and not just from the corner. His passing is pretty woeful, but at the same token, I'm not sure he SHOULD have been passing that often. He is more athletic than I thought, and has a pretty quick defensive bounce. It is quite evident the amount of coaching that has been put into a Walker Kessler as opposed to Hendricks. All of his rim protection relies on athleticism rather than craft (like Kessler.)

Overall, despite the polished three point shooting, he is raw as Hell. I can see how the Jazz feel like they can mold him into something better as there are parts of his game that are just bad habits from being undercoached (Nobody goes to Central Florida for the development.) I also see that a lot of what ails him is going to be swallowed up by playing with Kessler and Lauri, and his "hotspots" mesh with their shooting charts beautifully.

He's going to get some D league time. I'd bet we keep Olynyk around for a bit.
 
framer said:
I took this afternoon off and have wasted it watching Hendricks videos. Really wished he would have played for a better team. I love how his three point shooting is spread out and not just from the corner. His passing is pretty woeful, but at the same token, I'm not sure he SHOULD have been passing that often. He is more athletic than I thought, and has a pretty quick defensive bounce. It is quite evident the amount of coaching that has been put into a Walker Kessler as opposed to Hendricks. All of his rim protection relies on athleticism rather than craft (like Kessler.)

Overall, despite the polished three point shooting, he is raw as Hell. I can see how the Jazz feel like they can mold him into something better as there are parts of his game that are just bad habits from being undercoached (Nobody goes to Central Florida for the development.) I also see that a lot of what ails him is going to be swallowed up by playing with Kessler and Lauri, and his "hotspots" mesh with their shooting charts beautifully.

He's going to get some D league time. I'd bet we keep Olynyk around for a bit.
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I definitely concur with the athleticism, not craft thing. He's out of position a lot and/or caught staring at the ball....but it doesn't matter because he's athletic enough to recover in most situations. Good coaching can turn him into a defensive monster with that athleticism....but he won't have the same extreme length+athleticism advantage that he had at UCF.
 
framer said:
I took this afternoon off and have wasted it watching Hendricks videos. Really wished he would have played for a better team. I love how his three point shooting is spread out and not just from the corner. His passing is pretty woeful, but at the same token, I'm not sure he SHOULD have been passing that often. He is more athletic than I thought, and has a pretty quick defensive bounce. It is quite evident the amount of coaching that has been put into a Walker Kessler as opposed to Hendricks. All of his rim protection relies on athleticism rather than craft (like Kessler.)

Overall, despite the polished three point shooting, he is raw as Hell. I can see how the Jazz feel like they can mold him into something better as there are parts of his game that are just bad habits from being undercoached (Nobody goes to Central Florida for the development.) I also see that a lot of what ails him is going to be swallowed up by playing with Kessler and Lauri, and his "hotspots" mesh with their shooting charts beautifully.

He's going to get some D league time. I'd bet we keep Olynyk around for a bit.
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Fairly sure he comes off the bench for most of the season (while we all complain) I think KO is still really good and rookies generally suck at helping you win. I think midseason there could be a change but not for certain. I would guess Taylor plays like 20 minutes a night next year... I bet Key plays 12-15.
 
I'm watching some Taylor Hendricks highlights with my Jazz Homer glasses on and this kid is incredible. He's so long and athletic and has such a nice shooting stroke. He's a little raw, but I'm looking at that as potential.

My only complaint is that I wish he played a higher level of competition. Some of these dudes he's dunking on and blocking their shots are kind of scrubby. I think he'll take a minute to get up to NBA speed and athleticism.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Fairly sure he comes off the bench for most of the season (while we all complain) I think KO is still really good and rookies generally suck at helping you win. I think midseason there could be a change but not for certain. I would guess Taylor plays like 20 minutes a night next year... I bet Key plays 12-15.
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i think this might be realistic, but i'd be pretty pissed if that's the case. just like this past season, if you're not contending (and we know they aren't), get your young players big time minutes.
 
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