Official Thread: # Jazz Draft Day 2018 #

[Handlogten's Heros]

There are times when Locke's "analysis" is suspect. I'm think this is one of those times because it doesn't tell the whole story. Grayson is adept in catch and shoot situations and has a fast enough release that he'll get the shot off before the defense closes on him. He also took plenty of shots a few feet behind the NCAA 3pt line and nailed those at the same clip. His form is good from what I see and he moves well without the ball. More or less, he'll find a niche in the league and he'll be a more efficient shooter with some seasoning. If the Jazz can turn Rick "The Brick" Rubio into an adequate three point shooter, than Grayson will be fine there.

Looking at the entire sample of his career and I think its safe to say he projects as a really good shooter. the volume is really important too.

I loved Allen as a Sophmore... I saw some Manu... Junior year I believe he was hurt and going through his karate kid phase.

I like him fine and think he's a player... just thought after what we passed on to keep the pick that we'd go for a bigger swing... increase the risk tolerance.

 

[jope]

533rd in the country? Where are you getting these numbers?

https://www.sports-reference.com/cb...val=&order_by=ts_pct&order_by_asc=&offset=300


Just change the filter at the top (show/hide search form) to 3pt, efg, or ts%

 

[Coach Ellis]

Interestingly enough, I think Orlando quietly had one of the best drafts yesterday.

Mo Bamba
Melvin Frazier
Justin Jackson

Length, defense and upside. My kind of draft.

 

[stitches]

Interestingly enough, I think Orlando quietly had one of the best drafts yesterday.

Mo Bamba
Melvin Frazier
Justin Jackson

Length, defense and upside. My kind of draft.

This is a trade mark John Hammond draft - length upon length. Those 3 picks are combined +26 inches of length(Bamba +10", Frazier +8", Jackson +8")... this is insane.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Apparently the Hawks GM was part of the Golden State FO when they drafted and developed Curry, and he wanted to emulate that success with Trae Young (Curry Lite) and Huerter (Klay Lite).

So even if we had wanted Huerter I don't think it was easy to trade up ahead of the Hawks to grab him.

And then the Bucks wanted DD, so I guess Allen was the last 'premium' shooter left on the board.

Could have we wanted someone else that went before us - maybe. But maybe the circumstances was such that Allen just happened to fell on our lap - and we had to grab him if we wanted an elite shooter.

Spellman (Draymond Green).

I have to really, really hope that turns out to be wrong. But I think Spellman is farther along with less experience than Green was at the same age. If/When he drops weight, could be a serious player.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Interestingly enough, I think Orlando quietly had one of the best drafts yesterday.

Mo Bamba
Melvin Frazier
Justin Jackson

Length, defense and upside. My kind of draft.

And no shooters. A very Orlando kind of draft.

I love the Bamba pick for them, but at a certain point, are they going to learn that spacing is a thing?