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Jazz select Grayson Allen at 21

TheStormofWar said:
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One silver lining is that when a team tries to up the physicality like Minnesota, Phoenix and OKC did last year, Grayson Allen won’t back down an inch. I do like that about him a lot. You know that he’s going to be right in the middle of the conflict. I just hope he doesn’t end up looking like an asshat doing it.

Gotta think that Donovan, Rudy and Jingles will all LOVE his competitive edge. That seems to be right in line it’s them. I’m still kind of meh on the pick, but I’ll wait to see how Quin and the staff do with developing him.

Makes me wonder if the draft wasn’t quite as strong as we all thought it would be. 2012 was a year where after the top 10, the best two guys drafted were seniors in the second round (Draymond Green and Jae Crowder). Looking back, there were a lot of bad picks of young guys “with upside” that didn’t pan out.
 
oneye said:
Sorry guys this was a bad pick. A further negative added to this is the fact we now have Donovan, who has been in a full out attempt to change the perception of this market, and then you pick Allen. Sorry guys, but a pick like this makes a lot of people who cover the league, or are in the league...sort of laugh and think “classic Utah”.
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I guess we shouldn't had picked Ingles either... sigh.
 
Ellis269 said:
One silver lining is that when a team tries to up the physicality like Minnesota, Phoenix and OKC did last year, Grayson Allen won’t back down an inch. I do like that about him a lot. You know that he’s going to be right in the middle of the conflict. I just hope he doesn’t end up looking like an asshat doing it.
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He tries any of that tripping stuff in the NBA, especially as a rookie, he'll be a marked man for sure. He better hope his teammates call out back screens for him.

He's probably on the "watch-list" right now as it is.
 
I thought we were shooting for the moon with the pick because of what we could have done... this was a conservative pick/approach... we could have had Niko who would be a starter albeit with a bigger contract and shorter deal but we could finally see what Rudy looks like with a knock down shooter. That was the safest route and has a much higher ceiling than what we did.

If DL thinks Elder Allen is better than Okobo that is fine... I have to believe he knows more than I do, but there were statistical models that loved him. Would have been phenomenal to trade back and get him while picking up a second rounder to use on a guy that was “safe” and could produce early on his rookie deal.

I think Allen will be in the league 10 years but I’m not sure how much better he is than replacement value... don’t care about the tripping stuff... think he will be good on offense but worry he doesn’t have the functional athleticism to defend at a high level.
 
Why are we still questioning his athleticism despite his athletic testing?

I mean, I know the testing doesn’t mean everything, but bad athletes don’t test well.

Duke’s defensive scheme is hell on guards. It’s antiquated, and doesn’t offer hardly any help. Even Rodney Hood was better at defense in the NBA than at Duke, and Allen was a better defender than Hood was there.
 
Ostertag>Duncan said:
It really pisses me off 97.5 is stuck at a BYU snoozefest conference and not covering the draft and talking to Grayson. Couldn't BYU wait til Monday?

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We have a long damn summer ahead of us and one of the few times I want to hear what the talking heads on the Zone have to say, they devote the broadcast day to BYU football. I've tried 4 times today to tune in, only to hear lame *** questions asked of a lame *** coach about some lame *** player on the lame *** team.

A pox on BYU football … oh wait, that's already happened.
 
Waking up this morning I love this pick even more.

Allen looks genuinely happy to be here similar to Mitchell last year. Going to be a fan favorite for sure.

Very likable guy and everyone will come around to him when he starts draining threes every game.
 
White Chocolate said:
Waking up this morning I love this pick even more.

Allen looks genuinely happy to be here similar to Mitchell last year. Going to be a fan favorite for sure.

Very likable guy and everyone will come around to him when he starts draining threes every game.
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I just want to see him display leadership and confidence in summer league. That’ll go a long way towards getting me on board.
 
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