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Kyle Filipowski's Road to Being a 7' Playmaker

The Jazz drafted 27 player in the second round since 2000. Only three of them amounted to anything: Mo Williams, Paul Millsap, and Jarron Collins. So, about one out of ten is becoming a good rotational player. On the other hand, all 16 second-round Jazz picks since 2010 were busts, so the Jazz are overdue for finally finding something in there.
 
jazznik said:
The Jazz drafted 27 player in the second round since 2000. Only three of them amounted to anything: Mo Williams, Paul Millsap, and Jarron Collins. So, about one out of ten is becoming a good rotational player. On the other hand, all 16 second-round Jazz picks since 2010 were busts, so the Jazz are overdue for finally finding something in there.
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Like you said we are overdue. Also, there is a difference between pick 32 and 40+
 
jazznik said:
Are you sure about that? Mo Williams was drafted at 47, Paul Millsap at 47, Jarron Collins at 52. All of the Jazz second-round picks in the 30s were busts.
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I'm almost positive that if you looked at the history of the draft you would find a much higher percentage of rotation players that were picked in the 30's vs the 40's+

The truth is our previous success rate on second round picks has nothing to do with Flip.
 
I feel like Flip is still in his own head about NBA speed and length. He doesn't have elite physical tools so he will have to learn to use his good physical tools with high bb iq. The first summer league game SLC he was complete lost. But each game I see him figuring out a little more what he can and can't do at this level. Hopefully he can make good strides in the next few summer league games. But for this season I expect him to be in the G league most of not all of the year.
 
Qman said:
I feel like Flip is still in his own head about NBA speed and length. He doesn't have elite physical tools so he will have to learn to use his good physical tools with high bb iq. The first summer league game SLC he was complete lost. But each game I see him figuring out a little more what he can and can't do at this level. Hopefully he can make good strides in the next few summer league games. But for this season I expect him to be in the G league most of not all of the year.
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Whenever he has made a good play he comes down and makes another. Just a splash of confidence makes him way better.

He might be in the G for a bit, but it won't be long. The Jazz aren't trying to win
 
stitches said:
The thing I'm most surprised with is... he actually moves his feet well on defense. His defense is not polished or anything, but there are things for a coaching staff to work with. The offensive flashes was the whole reason he was considered a high level prospect at one point. But yeah... I'm intrigued. No guarantee he will pan out, but he has ball skills, he has some passing chops... can he shoot it? Can he finish?
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Not exaggerating but I think he moves his feet better than Sensabaugh
 
The Midnight said:
Flip had so far shown that he’s:

- not very athletic
- not all that tough physically
- slow on defense (basically a traffic cone at times)
- not big enough to guard 5s and not quick enough to guard 4s
- doesn’t hustle on defense
- doesn’t have a consistent 3 point shot (yet)

To me there are lots of concerns there, things he needs to work on physically and mentally.

But all Cy could say is “ohhhhhh… but he can passssss”

Gee dude, we get you’re a contrarian, but maybe take look at the whole picture once in a while?
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Looked pretty athletic to me today
 
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