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Nice post on Portis. Will rep when I can. Think of a more mobile, harder working and smarter version of Andray Blatche. Portis is also a good passer. I'm okay with Lyles too.
 
Catchall said:
Booker doesn't shoot, score or rebound well enough to replace what we lost with Kanter. The Jazz may not keep him, tbh. Truthfully, Booker isn't that good.
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Really? I thought he filled in really well for Favors the last couple of games. Brings a nice burst of energy off the bench with an improving outside game too.
 
Catchall said:
Booker doesn't shoot, score or rebound well enough to replace what we lost with Kanter. The Jazz may not keep him, tbh. Truthfully, Booker isn't that good.
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I disagree with this.

Catchall said:
I agree with Johnson as a stretch-4. It's a tough transition, but Johnson could do it. It's basically like Draymond Green or Harrison Barnes.
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I agree with this.

ONE LOVE said:
Really? I thought he filled in really well for Favors the last couple of games. Brings a nice burst of energy off the bench with an improving outside game too.
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This.
 
I agree with everyone else, just take BPA, but I also think one of the guys were are discussing is going to be the best player available. I do think some of this depends on whether we keep Booker and whether or not we can get one of either Pleiss or Tomic, though.

I would try and package the 2017 GSW first-rounder, OKC first-rounder, and #11 or #12 (wherever it ends up) to move up a couple of spots and draft Johnson. I would LOVE Hezonja, but I think he goes top-7, Porzingis could be a target if he fell to 8 or 9.

Looney is a guy that I have warmed up to, went 22-53 from three this year, is 6'9, and rebounds the ball well. He was up to #6 in Chad Ford's big board at one point in February/March, fwiw.
 
spycam1 said:
You're thinking too much about what the drafted big would do for us in the present instead of the future. He could be the long term 3rd big. It's not guaranteed that Booker will be here after next season. Besides, I think Portis could be as good or better than Booker as a rookie.

And you could say this about the wing position too. We've got Hayward, Hood, Burks and Ingles. Are we really going to use this pick on a 5th wing? Using your logic, the Jazz should only be looking at PGs.
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Agree. I love Booker's intensity. But skill-wise, Jazz would be better served by having a strecth-4 because we don't get a lot of range from Favors and none from Gobert. Also, as you said, there's no guarantee he stays in 2016. You can't break the bank for him...not with Gobert coming off his rookie deal soon and bigger payouts for Favors and Hayward coming up. But a LOT of teams are going to overspend in 2016. It will be like letting coeds loose at Chuck-A-Rama. Booker could get a much higher offer than what we want to pay.
 
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I was tearing up.. what a wonderful story, a wonderful young man. Thank you so much for posting.



We need to go get this guy.
 
dong2ha said:
he asked about booker not randle :cool:
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Haha.. well yeah, the misconception is that I think every player can play the 3... that's not true, I've only really said insinuated that Randle can play the 3 last year. May be my infamous video analysis was too convincing.



It's kinda interesting how far people take things at times and draw conclusions.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Haha.. well yeah, the misconception is that I think every player can play the 3... that's not true, I've only really said insinuated that Randle can play the 3 last year. May be my infamous video analysis was too convincing.



It's kinda interesting how far people take things at times and draw conclusions.
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Oh the irony...
 
spycam1 said:
Everyone better be praying to the Lottery Gods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgMvIQ4uw8
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Start a thread. Torch has been passed. Do it on any player of this draft.


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I do not know this team as well as all the long term Jazz fans here. But just based on what I've seen since Cotton signed, when I started to study this team, what is going to happen at PG seems problematic. The Jazz are the third slowest team on pace. Dante Exum is not Bryce Cotton. But he can be developed to be more aggressive, to make use of his considerable speed. He can steal a page from Cotton and bring that part of his game up to speed. When??

If the brain trust decides on PG, one who may declare and be available is Kris Dunn of Providence. Does have a turnover issue that would need work in the D League. The upside is considerable due to his great athleticism, length, speed, amazingly quick hands on D, one of nation's steal leaders. Superb court vision, 7.5 assists/game this year. Not seen much nationally because he played in Big East and Fox Sports 1, which nobody watches. As a true point guard, I believe he would in fact be better then any guard on this roster now.

https://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Kris-Dunn-6440/
 
Kris Dunn's lack of toughness around the basket, on both ends of the court in addition to not fighting through screens is a big turn off for me. That with his careless turnovers makes him a big gamble.

Even though Donte may never draw fouls around the rim, at least he battles on D and as this season wore on was much more careful with the ball.

The pace at which the Jazz play when Cotton is at the point is impressive but I'm not even sure it's necessary from our starting PG. Our D can be so dominating that a slower pace will demoralize the opponent quicker than a fast paced game. And went do we want Rudy running up and down so often.
 
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