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Kemba Walker vs Brandon Knight

Which player do you like better for the Jazz?

  • Kemba Walker

    Votes: 11 19.6%

  • Brandon Knight

    Votes: 45 80.4%
  • Total voters
    56
mellow said:
I have questions about both of them. The thing that concerns me about Knight, (in the limited time I've listened to him or watched him ) he reminds me of CJ Miles. A bit timid, hesitant. Sure he'd be a great community guy but will he be able to lead the team? Winning in the NBA can be just as much about personality as it is physical mesurments.

I have a small sample size and he is young so maybe there's nothing to it.

Kemba troubles me. I like shooters, I like winners. So I don't know why he is not ranked higher on everyone's board. Yes, he is shorter than Knight, yes this draft is a confussing mess at the top. But why is the National Champion, who played on the National FIBA team, who showed he can shoot lights out not projected higher than Jan Vesely? Since his resume looks good I assume there are problems in the interview. My gut tells me proceed with caution.
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?? I don't understand your logic in this comparison.
 
shadler said:
Kemba does so many things better out there on the court. Chad ford chat did mention that the jazz where high on him. I think people are way too big on Kanter,knight and dwill 2 when they might be good players but are they going to be any better then what we have? Dwill looks like he might be better then sap but kanter better the favors or aj? I wanted to watch knight more other then the few games i watched but he looked so much like a back up player to me/ I seen a few things on him but I did not see what the big deal was with him. Kemba i enjoyed watching what he does on the court very much and how he could help a team out. His cross over move is going to be a killer much like what we had before. He is going to be very smart using his body getting to the line. Both players seem to move pretty good without the ball and need to work on their shot a lot better. I was on the knight side before but after watching what each player brings kemba adds more to the team right now. knight is a question mark to me. Biggest thing I did see on kemba is he seems to want to win.
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Exactly my point. We need players who want to win but aren't total whiners either. lol

There are a couple reasons why Kemba isn't rated higher:
1) Size - He was listed at 5'11". However, now he's correctly listed at 6'1". Did he grow or incorrect college measurement?

2) Interview? - I suppose some teams are looking for more good guys these days. Knight interviews well and comes across as a great locker room guy. Kemba maybe isn't as eloquent and maybe seems more direct, but I think that his game shows that he's more of the type of guy that speaks on the court. I'm not saying he's dumb. I just think he's more of a physical guy that communicates more with his body than with his mouth. Even so, he's still very well spoken. Just saying it could be a possibility when teams compare the different point guards. Irving, for example, comes across as a franchise-type spokesperson along with someone we all know well, in Fredette.
 
Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
?? I don't understand your logic in this comparison.
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It's ironic how "mellow" is talking about how mellow Knight and CJ Miles appear to be on the court. ;)

In other words, he's saying that they both tend to be inconsistent in their tenacity. They can really turn it on and be great at times. Other times, they seem to be rather passive and just go through the motions. We really don't need another guy like that. We need guys who are self-motivated and can get other guys going.

EDIT: Knight sure proved that wrong with his workout with us. He seems like a true professional. That bodes well for his and his future team's success.
 
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Thanks guitaro thats what I was getting at. Knight wasn't the emotional leader of thier team, and like CJ he teases you into believing he could be great, the physical skills are there, but they lack something. The 'it' factor.

BTW, mellow is nick name from long ago, it was granted to me because I was so high strung.
 
Let's spice this up a bit and inject a little Jimmer talk. (Hope you don't mind, Guitaro).

Let's really look at Fredette. Does he have leadership qualities that you're looking for in a PG? Does anyone think he can be a starting PG, or is he just a backup? What are the things lacking in Fredette's game that he will need to develop, or are they things he can't develop?

The thing is - Fredette can be had at 12, whereas both Knight and Kemba will be gone.
 
Well, this tells you how important jazzfanz thinks physical profiles are. Sure, Knight has tools to be a better player. But I'd rather follow Kemba into battle.
 
NAOS said:
Well, this tells you how important jazzfanz thinks physical profiles are. Sure, Knight has tools to be a better player. But I'd rather follow Kemba into battle.
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I'm not going to say national championships don't matter, but besides that, how much better has Walker really proven himself to be (keeping in mind that he is also at least 2 years older and more experienced)?
 
NAOS said:
Well, this tells you how important jazzfanz thinks physical profiles are. Sure, Knight has tools to be a better player. But I'd rather follow Kemba into battle.
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It's not entirely about who you'd go to war with today - it's about who you think will be the better NBA player. That's what the draft is about, evaluating a body of work and then projecting how that player translates down the road, sometimes as far as 2-3 years. Arguments can be made for both players - but I went with Knight.
 
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