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The Jazz don't have much young talent...

The Jazz Wonderbra said:
KOC YEARS

2011: Enes Kanter (gone) and Alec Burks (doghouse)
2012: no pick, since Golden State tanked

DENNIS LINDSEY YEARS:

2013: Trey Burke (Corbin begged for a point guard... this one's on Corbin), Rudy Gobert (1st TEAM ALL NBA 2016)
2014: Dante Exum (stifled by injuries), Rodney Hood (solid starter who's main fault is health)
2015: Trey Lyles (TERRIBLE PICK - but was cashed in for a lottery pick in one of the deepest drafts in a decade in spite of sucking)
2016: no pick, traded #12 for a season of George Hill (who was a very solid pickup and lead us to the second round of the playoffs which is more than I can say for any single player that was available at #12 last year. If you loved a player in last year's draft that was available after #12 in last year's draft then name him. Murray was a major stretch at #12 btw and many of you wanted Baldwin who was just cut after 1 season - The draft sucked and we got George Hill for a year - job well done.
2017: Donovan Mitchell (AMAZING prospect)

I'd say we have no room to complain. None. We draft well, develop the talent we have well. We lost our all star player last year, they need a minute to figure things out. We'll be fine folks. It may be a rough year with ups and downs, but young talent will be something we will have for years to come.
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If anyone wants to complain, go back to the corbin/koc days. Kanter, Favors (traded for, didn't draft), and Burks was decent considering those are the main things we had to show for some pretty bad years. Burks should have been Kawhi... that one was a big miss. But we never get a lottery ball, we lost every coin toss including losing out on what became the Harrison Barnes pick, and the best pick we have ever had was a single top 3 pick in one of the worst drafts.
 
I think we're gonna look back at that Lyles over Booker pick as one of the major missteps....



I know hindsight is 20/20, but damn... 1 guys is a future All Star, another could be out of the league in 1-2 years.
 
ONE LOVE said:
I think we're gonna look back at that Lyles over Booker pick as one of the major missteps....



I know hindsight is 20/20, but damn... 1 guys is a future All Star, another could be out of the league in 1-2 years.
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Still not as bad as burke. Lyles coulda shoulda been booker.
Burke coulda shoulda been McCollum and giannis iirc.
 
fishonjazz said:
Still not as bad as burke. Lyles coulda shoulda been booker.
Burke coulda shoulda been McCollum and giannis iirc.
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I get what you're saying, but Burke was college player of the year that year, and he was the consensus player at the pick. Nobody complained about it.


Lyles was more of a stab in the dark and many here thought Booker was clearly the best player available at that point of the draft. Many here really questioned the pick but had to buy into that 'balance test is everything' narrative from DL.
 
ONE LOVE said:
I get what you're saying, but Burke was college player of the year that year, and he was the consensus player at the pick. Nobody complained about it.


Lyles was more of a stab in the dark and many here thought Booker was clearly the best player available at that point of the draft. Many here really questioned the pick but had to buy into that 'balance test is everything' narrative from DL.
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True. Though I never liked the trey burke pick.
 
MVP said:
because he does not fit that description.
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Its okay if you dont see the obvious talent. Its hard when the only two seasons you got to see him play was his rookie year as the youngest NBA player that was a project and last year when he was recovering from injury. He showed enough at the end of the season and beginning of this year but not for everyone. Time is on his side to prove himself.
 
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