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Lyles is the pick at 12

Listening to some of the Lyles stuff with Locke Lyles says he definitely outplayed everyone in his workout (which included Myles Turner) and credits that workout as a big reason the Jazz were interested in him.

I'm curious to see how he does. I had hoped for Oubre, but I can see why a big is a much more pressing need than a project wing.
 
I'm almost glad that I'm not in love with this pick, because he's still a good player, and could be a good trade chip down the road that won't break my heart.
 
mhindy said:
Listening to some of the Lyles stuff with Locke Lyles says he definitely outplayed everyone in his workout (which included Myles Turner) and credits that workout as a big reason the Jazz were interested in him.

I'm curious to see how he does. I had hoped for Oubre, but I can see why a big is a much more pressing need than a project wing.
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He said that???
 
I thought DL said that since we're set at every position we had the chance to take a high risk / high reward player. That's not Lyles.

He also said that we had so many assets we needed to aggregate them to move up.

I wanted Turner. I knew we had to get in front of Indy. 1 spot.

If Winslow hadn't fallen to 10 maybe we coulda dealt with Miami and we'd have McRoberts on our team in addition to Turner.
 
OK, I'm done with the negativity... posted my impressions, my reaction, my grades of the picks... From now on, it's time to be supportive of our new rookies and hope they reach their full potential and lead us to championships(yes, plural... not 1, not 2...).

Come on everybody, lets welcome our rookies...

1..2..3... TREY ROCKS! :cool:
 
The one thing I'm happy about is how the Jazz are adding more cerebral players under Quinn and moving away from blockheads. It think the blockhead factor plays heavy into what the Jazz do and will going forward. The fact that they knew immediately when Jingles had been cut and pounced on it tells me good things about their scouting awareness. Also, what the hell do we want with Booker when we have Hood who is better by a mile? It would also be interesting to see how many people complaining now were on the Vonleh wagon at FIVE last year. Lyles is better than that guy at 12 in a poorer draft. I guess you can make the case that Booker will be better, but it is arguable. The problem is that nobody fell this year which we have been feasting on lately. Sooner or later that string was going to run out. Nobody really traded into the lottery either, the price was too high. If Snyder and DL wanted this guy over Booker. That's good enough for me.
 
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BENTLEY said:
I thought DL said that since we're set at every position we had the chance to take a high risk / high reward player. That's not Lyles.

He also said that we had so many assets we needed to aggregate them to move up.

I wanted Turner. I knew we had to get in front of Indy. 1 spot.

If Winslow hadn't fallen to 10 maybe we coulda dealt with Miami and we'd have McRoberts on our team in addition to Turner.
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If that player exists... which I don't think he/she does at #12 and beyond... You could argue Oubre is that player, but listening to his post draft interview I think he could be toxic to our team.


Since that player doesn't exists I think it was prudent for DL to take the next best thing, a prospect we can slowly bring along who has the potential to be a pretty unique player (i.e., a 6'10 SF/PF/C who can handle the ball and make plays).
 
Not that you can really compare but in 2005 NC had 4 players drafted in the lottery and the best NBA player was Marvin Williams (which Lyles could be compared to just without the confusion to what position he will play) and none of those NC players amounted to squat.

#2 Marvin Williams
#5 Raymond Felton
#13 Sean May
#14 Rashad McCants

So that equates to everyone being pissed off we didn't draft Rashad McCants. Kinda funny Felton could've been pretty good but behavioral/personality issues kinda kept him (along with weight) from reaching potential and Willie Cauley Stein would also kinda fit that potential personality/behavioral issue (just compared to the other KU players in this draft).

Anyway doesn't mean anything but just making stupid comparisons.
 
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