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Taylor Hendricks Hype Thread

Hendricks is definitely showing strong role player potential. Looking very much in the RoCo mold.
 
I think the Tay Henny express will be rolling with a strong summer of work. The rooks and Juzang all balled out last night. If the Jazz could open the game by not throwing up on themselves the outcomes would be much much closer.
 
I'm interested to see where his defense goes. IMO, there's 3 defensive roles he had the potential to fulfil: 1) perimeter stopper 2) off ball playmaker 3) Pseudo big man. I don't think he will be elite at any of these roles, but A-/B+ level at these important roles will be huge for us. Will probably have to see where his physical development goes.
 
KqWIN said:
I'm interested to see where his defense goes. IMO, there's 3 defensive roles he had the potential to fulfil: 1) perimeter stopper 2) off ball playmaker 3) Pseudo big man. I don't think he will be elite at any of these roles, but A-/B+ level at these important roles will be huge for us. Will probably have to see where his physical development goes.
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Good post. He has shown some promise in all three roles... well kinda. He has stuck to guys in the stopper role better than I though. Off ball he has been about what I thought. He was more disruptive earlier in his stint as a starter than he has been lately. He hasn't played much as a pseudo big man but has held his own in the post at times when i thought he'd get bodied. Trying to remember the specific instance/matchup but has shown flashes of all the things you'd want to see on that end.
 
homeytennis said:
I think the Tay Henny express will be rolling with a strong summer of work. The rooks and Juzang all balled out last night. If the Jazz could open the game by not throwing up on themselves the outcomes would be much much closer.
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I have great doubts about the actual value of these 'NBA' minutes for the Jazz lately.

If we you are trying to judge future potential on actual good teams. Putting up numbers on a god awful tanking team, with no semblance of what the future roster will look like is the very lowest stage of evolution.

E: This is not about Hendrix, but any young player. Hendrix actually feels the most like a guy who would thrive in a catch and shoot 3 and D roll and on an actual team. I hope we can see that sooner than later.

Also, I will be calling him Hendrix, henceforth.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
I have great doubts about the actual value of these 'NBA' minutes for the Jazz lately.

If we you are trying to judge future potential on actual good teams. Putting up numbers on a god awful tanking team, with no semblance of what the future roster will look like is the very lowest stage of evolution.

E: This is not about Hendrix, but any young player. Hendrix actually feels the most like a guy who would thrive in a catch and shoot 3 and D roll and on an actual team. I hope we can see that sooner than later.

Also, I will be calling him Hendrix, henceforth.
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I think the minutes matter. They matter less. It also depends on the role the guy is playing. Like when they were forcing Ochai on ball last season during garbage time I don't know that its particularly helpful.

It is fair to question anything that happens in March April for teams that aren't playing for anything.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Good post. He has shown some promise in all three roles... well kinda. He has stuck to guys in the stopper role better than I though. Off ball he has been about what I thought. He was more disruptive earlier in his stint as a starter than he has been lately. He hasn't played much as a pseudo big man but has held his own in the post at times when i thought he'd get bodied. Trying to remember the specific instance/matchup but has shown flashes of all the things you'd want to see on that end.
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It's honestly hard to judge him too much on defense because our overall defense is so terrible. I think he's displaying all the physical attributes + good effort, however, so it will be hard for him to fail with that. I think it might be the case where he's more of a wing stopper early on....I actually think that takes less awareness/is a simpler role. Over time he may become for of a secondary big as he learns the game more and puts on more size. How much of a true big versus disruptor/playmaker will probably come down to how much size. Chasing guards around screens is something he will probably be ok at, but I don't think that will be his specialty which is to be expected from a 6'10 guy. I see him trending more towards guarding power wings, secondary big, center w/Lauri kind of stuff.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Good post. He has shown some promise in all three roles... well kinda. He has stuck to guys in the stopper role better than I though. Off ball he has been about what I thought. He was more disruptive earlier in his stint as a starter than he has been lately. He hasn't played much as a pseudo big man but has held his own in the post at times when i thought he'd get bodied. Trying to remember the specific instance/matchup but has shown flashes of all the things you'd want to see on that end.
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I think he will be the type of dude that you can put on the opponents best big wings. He will guard the LeBron, KD, Doncic, Ant type of players imo. I'm hoping anyway.

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