Utah Jazz Draft Night 2015 - Rate Dennis Lindsey's Choices....

[Maneesh]

is booker end up like Stauskas? mayb a good comp, yes?

 

[gregbroncs]

yup. Nothing else we can do now, really. Gonna hold all judgement on Lyles until summer league.

May want to wait longer than that. This pick if nothing else showed that the Jazz are still going to be patient. Lyles is unlikely to get many minutes this season and judging on SL is about worthless. I'll say for him what I thought about Exum, it will take him a little time. He's should be farther along than Exum but he is playing a position we are much stronger at than the one Exum plays. So he won't likely get at many chances this year to show his talent.

 

[gregbroncs]

Ummm other then shooting what potential are u talking about. He's in athletic and a spot up shooter. Not a defender not a good ball handler all he does is spot up. Lyles on the other hand can guard two positions. As far as the Jazz are concerned, he projects to be a good shooter can take a bigger 4 to the hole and over power the smaller 4's and is a good passer for a big. Plus he's a high quality guy with B-Ball smarts.

Who else were the Jazz going to draft? I like Oubre, but he does have huge bust potential. Booker, see what I said above. 12 was too early for guys like Portis and Looney. Dekker, I like him, not as much a need or fit with the roster as Lyles is. What ever happened to "I'll trust whatever DL goes with". Bunch of cry babies. DL and co know better then all a ya armchair GM's. DL gets an efffffffing A+++++. It was even reported they see him as projecting as a stretch 4, and he projects as so much more. I don't think he will be an Allstar, but other then Porzingas Lyles has a better chance at being an Allstar as a stretch 4 more then the other stretch 4's again other then Porz and even he has bigger bust potential then Lyles. This is the case because he brings other qualities to the table as a stretch 4. Unlike most stretch 4's, he can post up, face up and triple threat abilities. He can defend on the perimeter and post defend bigger 4's.

He may not be the sexy athletic pick but he was the right pick for the Jazz.

We all believe the jazz's coaching staff is most equipped at developing players and their skills. So just because the pick isn't who u wanted, and instead of complaining that just because his range isn't what you'd like doesn't mean the staff can't help him improve his range. Hell of a pick. Great find DL.

I hope you are right. I have not criticized the pick mostly because I trust DL because of his track record. And I did not watch any Kentucky this year and know nothing about him. I think this is a pick to replace Booker after this next year. I don't see this guy proving you right for a few years because of lack of opportunity to play.

 

[gregbroncs]

It's funny all the talk about this might be the most fun draft in years because teams are going to move and there are going to be a bunch of trades.....um virtually nobody traded picks.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

That's not my point.... And even so. DL and Jazz brass are way more informed then u. Weather they are wrong or not.

Not your point, and yet you make the same stupid point again. Even when DL is wrong, he's still smarter than you! Once again, when NBA GMs are wrong, they are just like everybody else. The difference is that they get things right more often than most fans, but that doesn't mean they are still right even when they are wrong. Sometimes I think you were dropped on your head as a child, and maybe as an adult as well.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Not your point, and yet you make the same stupid point again. Even when DL is wrong, he's still smarter than you! Once again, when NBA GMs are wrong, they are just like everybody else. The difference is that they get things right more often than most fans, but that doesn't mean they are still right even when they are wrong. Sometimes I think you were dropped on your head as a child, and maybe as an adult as well.

Stop smurfing ur self


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[mellow]

DoL on 1280 this morning....

I missed the first part, but when I tuned in he sounded tired, defensive and on his heels.

He picked up the energy and enthusiasm when he talked about Trey's ability to defend the pick n roll and Trey's physical tools.

Olivier is very intelligent, was very tough. He showed his conditioning and stamina at the workout against Jerian Grant. Jazz will get him into the program right away, he will play summer league then the Jazz will see what happens in the fall.

Quinn thought Trey was big.

Jazz want to bring Tibor Pleiss into Salt Lake for Camp, Jazz will meet with his reps soon. Tibor shoots from outside. Jazz will talk with him in the next few days.

 

[Scat]

Both. Freakin' canadians slipping across the border. They're behind the fattening of America with all that bacon they sneak into the country. They talk funny. too. Heck, the country can't even decide what language to officially use.

But they are such sophisticated and nuanced thinkers!

 

[kabenac]

It's funny all the talk about this might be the most fun draft in years because teams are going to move and there are going to be a bunch of trades.....um virtually nobody traded picks.

I was one of the posters who thought there would be a lot of trades - definitely not! I'm shocked there were as few as there were - the better teams didn't make movies for the most part - they just waited their turn and drafted!

 

[nateboz]

Trey Lyles. A
Olivier A-
After looking more at these guys this is my day after the draft grade. Olivier may just beat out Burke. Burke may be on his way out depending how Olivier picks up the offense. He's just like Burke but taller and a better finisher.


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[BENTLEY]

As a 35 year Jazz fan I reserve the right to bitch and moan and criticize if I want to. I can't change teams - my ego attached itself to the Jazz during the Stockton-to-Malone era (I actually started watching around '83 - I loved A.D.). So it pisses me off when they do stuff that pisses me off. Do I know better? Maybe. probably not but maybe. And even so it's just one fan bitching. That's part of the fun. We're so invested in this team. So I will bitch about their drafting Mr. Vanilla and bitch about wanting the FO to do whatever I think they should do.

Now, that said, I am feeling better about the pick. The crushing disappointment has subsided a bit and now I'm back to hoping he's good.

 

[Elizah Huge]

As a 35 year Jazz fan I reserve the right to bitch and moan and criticize if I want to. I can't change teams - my ego attached itself to the Jazz during the Stockton-to-Malone era (I actually started watching around '83 - I loved A.D.). So it pisses me off when they do stuff that pisses me off. Do I know better? Maybe. probably not but maybe. And even so it's just one fan bitching. That's part of the fun. We're so invested in this team. So I will bitch about their drafting Mr. Vanilla and bitch about wanting the FO to do whatever I think they should do.

Now, that said, I am feeling better about the pick. The crushing disappointment has subsided a bit and now I'm back to hoping he's good.

It's not like we passed on Justise Winslow or Stanley Johnson for him. The only other guy I wanted was Booker, other than that Lyles was the BPA available after him, imo.