New Burks Injury

[Coach Ellis]

Luther Wright and Kirk Snyder spring to mind.

Both guys were picked #18 and #16 respectively in drafts where nobody of note was drafted after them. Blowing a top 3 pick on Enes Kanter (who later forced his way out via trade) when Klay Thompson or Kawhi Leonard were still on the board to be paired with Gordon Hayward at the wings, will likely go down as the worst draft pick the Jazz have made for a long time to come.

 

[My2Cents]

Both guys were picked #18 and #16 respectively in drafts where nobody of note was drafted after them. Blowing a top 3 pick on Enes Kanter (who later forced his way out via trade) when Klay Thompson or Kawhi Leonard were still on the board to be paired with Gordon Hayward at the wings, will likely go down as the worst draft pick the Jazz have made for a long time to come.

I don't know. I think Kanter was a consensus top 3 pick. I can imagine the outcry from the fans and media if we had used that pick on Thompson or Leonard. I like Burks, but the blown pick there was Burks over Leonard. I wanted Leonard bad and was yelling at KOC.

 

[Farmer.Tan]

I am glad AB is getting healthy. We all know that getting a healthy Alec Burks back is our biggest offseason acquisition.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I don't know. I think Kanter was a consensus top 3 pick. I can imagine the outcry from the fans and media if we had used that pick on Thompson or Leonard. I like Burks, but the blown pick there was Burks over Leonard. I wanted Leonard bad and was yelling at KOC.

I don't disagree. Kanter was (mostly) the consensus top 3 pick that the Jazz were expected to take. Doesn't diminish the fact that it was a bad pick. The Jazz can't afford to blow top 3 picks - regardless of what draft it is. IMO, they'd have been better off NOT moving into the top 3 and just sitting tight at whatever Brooklyn's original spot was and taking Thompson or Walker.