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Takes on the 1st and 2nd-year players....and progress if there happens to be any

What scares me is it the Jazz can't build off any of their young players, they are going to have to start over again. Unfortunate, we are at the bottom with no clear way to improve. It is essential that Keyonte works out.
 
SojoDave said:
What scares me is it the Jazz can't build off any of their young players, they are going to have to start over again. Unfortunate, we are at the bottom with no clear way to improve. It is essential that Keyonte works out.
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Honestly, I don’t think the Jazz path to greatness was ever going to be made via mid to late lottery picks + Lauri. That doesn’t mean the current young guys can’t be valuable NBA players on a good team.

Also, the Jazz have plenty of ways to improve that aren’t predicated on any of the young guys becoming superstars.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I'm having a hard time getting too excited about our young players at the moment. I think they're rotational guys, and a few might be starters, but I'm not seeing bonafide stars at this point.
  • Taylor Hendricks remains in the Dorian Finney-Smith archetype. He's fine as a 3D guy with NBA length, who likely fits in as the 5th - 7th guy on a playoff team. He's not much of a roller, slasher or scorer.
  • Brice Sensabaugh did some really nice things as an isolation scorer and self-creator at Ohio State, but he's looking more like Aaron Nesmith vs. NBA size, speed and physicality. He has value as a confident shooter.
  • Keyonte is a talented scorer, but I don't think he's the guy who runs your team or leads your team like he may think he is. He might be in the same ballpark as Reggie Jackson.
  • Cody Williams has some really nice tools, shows good timing on defensive plays, and is a crisp passer. The question will be whether he's aggressive enough about his career to add the toughness and physicality he needs to have a real impact. He lacks physical presence, he avoids contact, and he defers a lot at this stage.
  • Filipowski is interesting as a complementary big who does a bit of everything, but he needs to fit into a more developed team concept in order to add value.
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I hope Keyonte becomes a talented scorer and a MUCH BETTER decision maker but 39% FG and 33% 3pt is not a talented scorer in my book.
 
Taylor is already a pretty nice NBA role player but not sure if he can develop into anything more.

The rest should consider themselves lucky to be still in this league in 5 years.
 
gomretat said:
I hope Keyonte becomes a talented scorer and a MUCH BETTER decision maker but 39% FG and 33% 3pt is not a talented scorer in my book.
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Calling Keyonte a "talented scorer" is a symptom of a common NBA sickness – overvaluing your own draft picks. When a guy isn't really showing you anything but there's a lot riding on him, you start squinting hard because the truth is too depressing. Chucking becomes fearlessness, ballhogging becomes leadership, getting blown by on the perimeter becomes bad help defense by someone else. You see it all the time.

Key will develop, but so will every young player. If you take away the rose-tinted glasses, he's a tweener with no elite NBA skills who's still blatantly quitting on defensive plays and sulking in his 2nd year. Not ideal, but it is what it is.
 
Also we have to consider the Jazz are playing playoff caliber teams, veteran playoff caliber teams.

If we are getting our asses kicked by Washington/Portland/Brooklyn there might be some warranted concern.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
That's my take on one 2nd year player. That's what this thread is for. Can't handle it? Put me on ignore, I don't give a F.
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100% of your takes here are doom and gloom, it's why I'm genuinely curious why you stick around when you think there's no hope and misery is all there is.
 
MT Steve said:
100% of your takes here are doom and gloom, it's why I'm genuinely curious why you stick around when you think there's no hope and misery is all there is.
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Misery is what miserable people spread, just like happiness is what happy people spread.

Sometimes its just that simple.
 
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