In the "keyonte or Walter Clayton who has the better career" thread I voted Keyonte (who only got 39% of the votes) and posted "I go with keyonte because I think he has the size/length and athleticism edge." and "Ya but keyonte has been cool, calm and collected this season and his mental toughness has been awesome so far. I think he has matured a lot and is just getting better. As weird as it sounds, keyonte is still younger than Walt."
In the "If the jazz are better than expected its because....." thread I voted keyonte and or collier have a glow up and posted "Lauri plays like an all star again and key has the jump I'm expecting him to have plus good health" then FalseFlag K posted "Just put money on Keyonte to win MIP so hopefully its that" (well done) and i responded with "Good bet. He is gonna have a fantastic season." Soberashotrod posed the question if we thought key could lead the jazz in scoring and I responded "I think he finishes 2nd to Lauri. I think key will average about 20/21 and Lauri will average about 24"
In the "Rookie contract power rankings" thread I posted "For whatever reason I just can't quit believing that there is something special there in keyonte. My eyes just tell me he should be really good. He is so young. I like that hardy keeps feeding him minutes and touches. If he continues to fall then oh well, tank on. I still think he will get there though. Maybe not this year but eventually." That was from november 1st 2024. Also in the same thread i posted "I talk a lot of **** about keyonte but still every time I watch him play his physical tools, athleticism, great looking shot, swagger, etc stand out. I still believe in him even though his production/box scores often tell me I shouldn't" That was from February of this year. Then in july I listed my rookie rankings and had it Kessler, Key, Ace, etc etc. to which cy responded to my post with "Feel like the real hopium on this list is Keyonte at 2" (thought be fair, cy has mostly been a believer) and I responded with "Ya I think keyonte is going to have a huge breakout year. No hopium involved through since I have never really been a big keyonte guy."
Then from july 14th I posted this: "I think keyonte has all the tools. I have seen him play a ton the last 2 years. He has a great looking shot, he is a great passer, great ball handler, is great at drawing fouls, is extremely confident, has good size and great athleticism.
Imo the things that have been his biggest issues the last 2 years are his mental immaturity and that the jazz have been trying to lose and held onto to vets that weren't doing him any favors. I think that this season the jazz are going to try to win on the backs of the young guys. I think this is good for keyonte mentally. I also think that guys usually mature as they age and that immaturity has been his biggest negative."
I posted this in the same thread "I think that the last two years its been quite obvious that the jazz were trying to lose (not many teams have been fined like the jazz were after all). I think trying to win and putting out the best lineups possible and building chemistry in those lineups/rotations will do wonders for keyonte this year combined with it simply being his 3rd year in the league and he will get to be one of the veteran leaders of the team."
btw in that thread JazzFever had Keyonted at #9 in his rankings. Only ahead of Tonje lol. And from august 6th I posted "Been saying all off season that Keyonte is going to take a big leap this season."
Then from the thread titled "Which young player will have the largest improvement" I voted Keyonte and posted "Key. He is still going to suck defensively but his offensive efficiency is going to go away up" and then later in the thread when kessler was noted in the other choice I posted "I'm still riding with keyonte" (also posted "Kessler is a stud and has been a stud his entire time with the jazz. They need to extend him. The last day is the 20th right?")
I have no idea how to use the search function and only went back a few pages worth of threads looking for thread titles that might contain keyonte prediction discussions so im sure there are quite a few more posts of me proclaiming keyonte upcoming leap this season.
I felt pretty certain this jump was coming from him.
