Stockpiling 2nds and time to spend

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After the trade today we have gotten yet another 2nd round pick. We are stock piling those second rounders and I don't really know what we can do with them. Also, the more of them we have the less of a value each of them have. Right now we have the following future picks:

2015: Jazz' 1st and 2nd
2016: Jazz' 1st, Jazz' 2nd, Warriors' 2nd, Boston or Toronto's 2nd
2017: Jazz' 1st, Warriors' 1st, Jazz' 2nd, Warriors' 2nd, Knicks' 2nd
2018: Jazz' 1st, Jazz 2nd, Knicks' 2nd

+ the one acquired in this current trade (I still don't know for what year it is. Possibly 2015).

So in the next 4 years we have possibly 5 first round selections and 10 second round picks. I don't know if teams would be willing to give up much if they knew that those picks are not of much value to us as picks. I think the time for spending is coming. Maybe this coming year, maybe the year after, but I think we definitely need to start cashing in for all those assets, before they start losing their value.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

If there's ever a chance, I would trade every one of those picks in order to get Thon Maker. Every. Single. One.

 

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If there's ever a chance, I would trade every one of those picks in order to get Thon Maker. Every. Single. One.

We should get Ben Simmons in 2016 and Thon Maker in 2017 and build an Aussie colony here

 

[Jeffrey32]

Lindsay comes from the Spurs, so second round picks means second round Euro draft and stash steals.

 

[jazzfan1971]

We've had pretty good success with 2nd rounders in the past.

 

[Ellipse]

Some Jazz 2nd round picks:
1993 Bryon Russell
1996 Shandon Anderson
2001 Jarron Collins
2003 Mo Williams
2005 C.J. Miles
2006 Paul Millsap
2008 Ante Tomic
2010 Jeremy Evans

 

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Some Jazz 2nd round picks:
1993 Bryon Russell
1996 Shandon Anderson
2001 Jarron Collins
2003 Mo Williams
2005 C.J. Miles
2006 Paul Millsap
2008 Ante Tomic
2010 Jeremy Evans

A couple starters in 20 years time, a bunch of fringe rotation players and one stash that we haven't yet seen in a Jazz jersey 6 years after he's been drafted. That's all good, I know we can stumble on a gem in the second round, but we have 10 in the next 4 years with 5 first round picks for a really young team. We can't use them all on the roster. Simply can't! That's why I am saying the time is probably coming when we need to cash in on some of those.

 

[♪alt13]

A couple starters in 20 years time, a bunch of fringe rotation players and one stash that we haven't yet seen in a Jazz jersey 6 years after he's been drafted. That's all good, I know we can stumble on a gem in the second round, but we have 10 in the next 4 years with 5 first round picks for a really young team. We can't use them all on the roster. Simply can't! That's why I am saying the time is probably coming when we need to cash in on some of those.

I still think we will turn Kanter and some 2nd rounders into a more affordable player and a first.

 

[Avery]

Disagree that the more picks we acquire means they become less valuable to opposing teams. If a team came at DL and lowballed him because we have so many, he would probably kindly tell them to **** off and come back when they've tucked their bush in.

 

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Disagree that the more picks we acquire means they become less valuable to opposing teams. If a team came at DL and lowballed him because we have so many, he would probably kindly tell them to **** off and come back when they've tucked their bush in.

You mean like he did in this year's draft? That second round pick in such a stacked draft had the value of at least an average draft's late first round pick and we gave it up for what would probably be mid second round pick in a much more shallow draft.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

If there's ever a chance, I would trade every one of those picks in order to get Thon Maker. Every. Single. One.

Never heard of him, but spent 5 minutes looking for a Seymour Butts or Al Caholic type joke in there somewhere.

 

[framer]

You mean like he did in this year's draft? That second round pick in such a stacked draft had the value of at least an average draft's late first round pick and we gave it up for what would probably be mid second round pick in a much more shallow draft.

I actually have total faith in the Jazz with second round picks. I don't for a second believe that they saw value in using a pick on any of the Euros, so they traded out for another chance next year. I suspect the Jazz Euro scouts, who actually have their jobs on the line, know a little more than draft express who pull stuff out of their behind all of the time. Remember when the Jazz drafted Podzelzoine (sp) that 7'6" guy and promptly traded him to Dallas? People whined, and yet it was the right decision. Just because you have a second rounder doesn't mean you have to throw it away on some guy DX is hyping to make people interested in the second round of the draft. If the Jazz like and want a guy, they will go and get him. They didn't want any of those guys. Probably liked some of these underutilized guys, like the guy they picked up today, better.