Which of the Jazz's young players are most likely to be on the team in 3 years?

[homeytennis]

What's depressing about our young players at the moment is that I can argue that they are no better than Luka S, Frank Jackson, Dok, Yurt 7, Bolmaro, NWG and Trent Forrest.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I would probably agree with your take but why do you see Flip as equal to Lauri, Walker and Key? He looked very, very forgettable this year.

I'm not saying these players are equal. I'm saying that this group of 5 looks like long-term players worth keeping for the Jazz at the moment.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

What's depressing about our young players at the moment is that I can argue that they are no better than Luka S, Frank Jackson, Dok, Yurt 7, Bolmaro, NWG and Trent Forrest.

Keyonte was a hit in 2023. Flip was a hit in 2024. Ace is a hit in 2025. That's pretty good drafting. You can't compare these guys to the cast-offs you just mentioned.

Hendricks was always going to be limited by his lack of ball skills. Then his injury really set him back. I've always compared him to Dorian Finney-Smith, and Hendricks can get there within a couple years.
Cody's offensive game hasn't translated to the NBA, but his defense is more or less on track. I think he'll come around, though it may take another year or two. Jerami Grant was a guy who didn't do anything in his first 3 or 4 years in the league, and he's had a long career. Cody can still do the same.
Collier was seen as a change-of-pace guard who doesn't shoot and had turnover issues. That's why he fell to the end of the 1st round.
Brice can still make it too. His role model should be Aaron Nesmith. He just needs to keep working on his body and his defense.

 

[homeytennis]

Keyonte was a hit in 2023. Flip was a hit in 2024. Ace is a hit in 2025. That's pretty good drafting. You can't compare these guys to the cast-offs you just mentioned.

Hendricks was always going to be limited by his lack of ball skills. Then his injury really set him back. I've always compared him to Dorian Finney-Smith, and Hendricks can get there within a couple years.
Cody's offensive game hasn't translated to the NBA, but his defense is more or less on track. I think he'll come around, though it may take another year or two. Jerami Grant was a guy who didn't do anything in his first 3 or 4 years in the league, and he's had a long career. Cody can still do the same.
Collier was seen as a change-of-pace guard who doesn't shoot and had turnover issues. That's why he fell to the end of the 1st round.
Brice can still make it too. His role model should be Aaron Nesmith. He just needs to keep working on his body and his defense.

Tay Henny's twin brother is just a junior in college. Cody has had moments. Still let's remove Kessler and Key from the question who wins the best of seven: The young guys or the cast offs? The winner gets to keep the court.

 

[jazz bear]

The problem is the Jazz whiffed on all of their top 10 picks. Williams and Hendricks will be out of the league in 2 years. Bailey is still at least 2 years away and the best he will be is a starter on a non-playoff team

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

The problem is the Jazz whiffed on all of their top 10 picks. Williams and Hendricks will be out of the league in 2 years. Bailey is still at least 2 years away and the best he will be is a starter on a non-playoff team

I think Ace can be a little better than that (like the 15th best PF in the league), but yes, the Jazz got 0 stars and 2 probably non-NBA players out of three top 10 picks.

 

[Qman]

I think Ace can be a little better than that (like the 15th best PF in the league), but yes, the Jazz got 0 stars and 2 probably non-NBA players out of three top 10 picks.

Still too early to say anything about the top ten picks.

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Still too early to say anything about the top ten picks.

Cody can't crack the rotation of one of the worst teams in the NBA and he's apparently doing even worse in practice, it's over.

Taylor maybe has a future in the NBA? But it's so unlikely and so many years away that he'll probably have to spend a couple years in Europe or the G-League first before coming back to the NBA as teams won't invest in all the years of development he needs. He just doesn't have enough upside to be patient enough to wait four more years for a potential return.

Ace just is playing so badly right now and played so badly in college that you can probably write off stardom, but he has enough shooting and defensive upside to be a league average starting PF one day.

 

[Qman]

Wait until they have played a 100 games.

 

[default]

Not Cody.