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Who is next to join the list of award winning Utah Jazz players?

Our friend and colleague Hearsky is to be commended for putting up with numerous family jokes that would likely drive some others off of our site. I tip my hat to Sir Hearsky.
 
YoungJefe said:
What were Jokic's college stats?
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He averaged far more assists internationally before entering the NBA than Whitmore did before entering the NBA. Like 3-4x the amount.

Having players who aren’t multifaceted on the wing is just bad for winning basketball imo. Whitmore does what well? Rebound? Great. It’s not exactly our biggest need with Kessler and Lauri aboard. Whitmore’s a wing who is a mediocre shooter 34/70 and never passes the ball, two things we need, sort of really badly. The pick makes no sense. Doing it because he has an NBA is a dumb reason. Doing it because he’s young and we like his stroke and think he has a ton of upside is not a great reason. We’re at 9. Not 15 or 20. We’re in the top ten and almost all of these guys are super young. There are far more super young (like him) players who’ve actually produced quality stats and managed to get their team into the tournament, in some cases, deep into the tournament.
 
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Keefe said:
He averaged far more assists internationally before entering the NBA than Whitmore did before entering the NBA. Like 3-4x the amount.
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Bam Adebayo averaged less than 1 assist per game in college and has developed into one of the better playmaking bigs in the league
 
Using this logic, it doesn’t matter what anyone did in college. Just draft them because some individual player in the past once evolved into being good at something that they sucked at in college.
 
Keefe said:
Using this logic, it doesn’t matter what anyone did in college. Just draft them because some individual player in the past once evolved into being good at something that they sucked at in college.
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Not what I was saying, I was just giving an example of someone that developed from being a non playmaker in college to a premier one in the league.
 
Keefe said:
Great, so that means Cam will how?
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Well maybe coaching, better teammates, more maturity, working on his game? Things like that? Passing is a very easy thing to do.
 
Keefe said:
Using this logic, it doesn’t matter what anyone did in college. Just draft them because some individual player in the past once evolved into being good at something that they sucked at in college.
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No. Draft a player based on physical profile and tools. Then you coach and develop to eliminate/reduce their weaknesses while improve on their strengths.
By your logic you should not draft any player at all because they all have weaknesses.
 
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