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

[Handlogten's Heros]

Thomas Bryant was my homer pick. He wasn't given much chance till Wizards and he had better G-league numbers and play. Lakers were grinding talent at that time.

I liked him so much more that Tony. That type of guy makes sense because he had shown some ability to shoot as well as the other big stuff. He's turned out fine. If Udoka hits that level its a success for him... IDK its just such a weird pick.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Nope. I won't.

For all those saying we filled a need last night... per Locke the Jazz front office folks were really downplaying what he will contribute this year. So we get to groom another backup center or we selected Rudy insurance for down the road.

Sounds like a pretty common sense move by the FO IMO

 

[Hekate]

Cool... tell me how well Udoka gonna pass from the elbow... go watch the tape he misses obvious ****ing reads constantly. Will set bigger screens and have value as a rim runner... great.

Defense he protects the paint... great. He's also a ****ing turnstyle on the perimeter and won't be able to recover to shooters or to the ball handling guards.

IFFFF he develops he's high character Whiteside... we could get a guy at the minimum that will be better at doing what rookie Udoka is supposedly good at.

Xavier Tillman does all the things you want from a modern big except shoot and he's shown some signs of maybe being able to do that. If we wanted a band aid big that's fine... pick a better target. We are aiming at the wrong ****... how much you want to bet that either Ed or another vet end up being our backup center? DL and Quin hate relying on unproven players. They crave the certainty of vanilla ice cream.

We run plenty of handoffs, off-screens, dives. He won't be passing much but I am sure short roll passes will be a focus. He isn't a skilled passer but we wouldn't need him to be. Neither Bradley or Davis are good passers and Morgan's passing is overrated around here.

He isn't good on perimeter defense and he can be taken advantage of at times but I don't know to what degree. I don't think he will be as bad as you think.

Xavier Tillman doesn't defend well in space either and has limitations that will be obvious in NBA. He will need to shoot to make it in the NBA.

I can't bet ****, dude. Do you know how much is the rate of Turkish Lira is against Dollar? I wouldn't be able to afford cellular data if we bet 20$.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

We run plenty of handoffs, off-screens, dives. He won't be passing much but I am sure short roll passes will be a focus. He isn't a skilled passer but we wouldn't need him to be. Neither Bradley or Davis are good passers and Morgan's passing is overrated around here.

He isn't good on perimeter defense and he can be taken advantage of at times but I don't know to what degree. I don't think he will be as bad as you think.

Xavier Tillman doesn't defend well in space either and has limitations that will be obvious in NBA. He will need to shoot to make it in the NBA.

I can't bet ****, dude. Do you know how much is the rate of Turkish Lira is against Dollar? I wouldn't be able to afford cellular data if we bet 20$.

Agree to disagree then. We shall see.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Sounds like a pretty common sense move by the FO IMO

Yup super smart.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Nope. I won't.

For all those saying we filled a need last night... per Locke the Jazz front office folks were really downplaying what he will contribute this year. So we get to groom another backup center or we selected Rudy insurance for down the road.

If they don't plug him in right away, I agree that it will have been a bad pick. You take a guy like Azubuike, a four year guy with an NBA body who accomplished a lot at the college level to come in and have an impact. Having said that, as thriller alluded to, it also makes sense that the Jazz would downplay it at this point in the game. But yeah, he needs to get minutes very soon.

 

[framer]

Nope. I won't.

For all those saying we filled a need last night... per Locke the Jazz front office folks were really downplaying what he will contribute this year. So we get to groom another backup center or we selected Rudy insurance for down the road.

But isn't that the point? We were not filling an immediate need last night no matter what. We will need to improve via free agency. It wasn't an accident that we drafted 4 year guys though.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

But isn't that the point? We were not filling an immediate need last night no matter what. We will need to improve via free agency. It wasn't an accident that we drafted 4 year guys though.

There are wings that are ready to play and it is easier to think they could contribute immediately and potentially be a starter level player later.

 

[jazzfan1132]

I Like this Tread. Good emotions. When we drafted Stockton Delta Center was booooing.
Guys we do not know nothing at this point. DL make a call on Udoka.Az and take responsibility of it. That's it.
First. See what FO will do in FA
Second. Udoka is better than T.Bradley that's for sure.
Third. Love you all.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

There are wings that are ready to play and it is easier to think they could contribute immediately and potentially be a starter level player later.

one of those might be elijah hughes. regardless of which wing the jazz may have picked it would have been tough to crack the rotation right away. Jazz are pretty set with their top 8-10 dudes at those wing positions.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I Like this Tread. Good emotions. When we drafted Stockton Delta Center was booooing.
Guys we do not know nothing at this point. DL make a call on Udoka.Az and take responsibility of it. That's it.
First. See what FO will do in FA
Second. Udoka is better than T.Bradley that's for sure.
Third. Love you all.

Good energy

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

one of those might be elijah hughes. regardless of which wing the jazz may have picked it would have been tough to crack the rotation right away. Jazz are pretty set with their top 8-10 dudes at those wing positions.

Hope so