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Jazz select Udoka Azubuike with pick 27 & trade Tony Bradley + pick 38 to the Pistons

I hope Tony Bradley shows out for Detroit! He's not a big payday guy, hope he can at least get out there and get those oboards.
 
hgahahhahhaha I kinda almsot dont even wanna get into Utah selecting Udoka... I wouldnt have picked him that high, lemme say that.


At the same time there's no way im gonna sit here and kill that pick or even say its bad. It's plenty reasonable is how i really feel. I know ppl are more into extremist views but thats where im at on the Udoka pick...

I root for the kid bigtime... I posted about him a long time ago here..
 
I'll just tell this story about Udoka Azubuike, and its very true... He used to be extremely demonstrative to the opponents he was dunking on.


and it;d be like some matchup thats 6'6 and 150 lbs or standing next to udoka that's how they'd look...

one might call that type of behavior distasteful.. idk we'll see how it all plays out... he used to be all about that stuff tho..
 
framer said:
It is kind of notable that Udoka is a 4 year senior who is only 21. He's only been playing basketball for 9 years, almost half of that at Kansas.
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Ahh ok, I guess from that angle is a bit surprising. I see what he meant now.
 
also you all know that Udoka pulled a Pat Connaughton at the combine this year, right? he sandbagged his standing reach #'s to make his vertical look more explosive...


and it fooled plenty, givony was tweeting about udoka breaking the vert record for c's
 
Will also say this pick makes me less bullish on my opinion about moving on from Clarkson. If Udoka is really that dude on defense, the Jazz can return to being an elite defensive team which means I'm less worried about Clarkon's D.
 
framer said:
It is kind of notable that Udoka is a 4 year senior who is only 21. He's only been playing basketball for 9 years, almost half of that at Kansas.
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and he just barely turned 21 in september. played his entire senior season at age 20. it is absolutely notable that the Jazz are getting a guy with four years of college experience but is the same age as guys who came out after their sophomore season.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Will also say this pick makes me less bullish on my opinion about moving on from Clarkson. If Udoka is really that dude on defense, the Jazz can return to being an elite defensive team which means I'm less worried about Clarkon's D.
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This rookie is definitely not a clear sign of our return to an elite defensive. The biggest problem was—and remains to be—out on the perimeter.
 
I really like the pick in that:
1.This could help with our 48 minute defensive identity. He has a 68.6% TS% in college despite being so God awful from the line. If he can even get that up to 58-59%, we’ll have a very solid two way center. My biggest thing with hmm right now would be conditioning. He got into better shape year by year and I’d like to see that continue. That and his FT%.
2. We dumped Tony’s salary
3. Morgan and Brantley have a lot of room to grow as well still as other 4 or 5 options.
4. We still have the MLE and BAE to go after one or two really good defenders.
 
So Udoka is more like Hassan Whiteside than Rudy, much more fluid on the post with soft touch, but also much less mobile on defense that nearly gets him killed every time when he moves out of the paint. Good to know.
 
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