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Following potential 2015 draftees

orangello said:
There is nothing dumb about you fish. You're my inspiration for life, NO HOMO.
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May your life be as mediocre as mine then bro.
Revel in the meh
 
mellow said:
Cameron Payne is this weeks Myles Turner. He is flying up the mock draft boards and is the focus of all the chatter.

Earlier it was OKC supposedly promised him at #14, today....

Steve Kyler ‏@stevekylerNBA

There is almost no doubt Cam has a commitment just not sold its 14 - I think its higher
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That's great news for the Jazz.
 
mellow said:
Cameron Payne is this weeks Myles Turner. He is flying up the mock draft boards and is the focus of all the chatter.

Earlier it was OKC supposedly promised him at #14, today....

Steve Kyler ‏@stevekylerNBA

There is almost no doubt Cam has a commitment just not sold its 14 - I think its higher
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I think I like Kyler, but I just looked at his last mock draft... it reminds me of old darftnet mocks.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
How come we are wasting our time machine on just finding out who was right about what player? Let's trade some options and place some bets in Vegas then we can just own the team and do what we want with it.
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You are now my inspiration in life
 
fishonjazz said:
May your life be as mediocre as mine then bro.
Revel in the meh
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My life is already as meh as it comes. The little bit of joy I have in life is stalking you here on Jazzfanz and showing people how bad Trey Burke is (and how I was right for hating that draft selection).
 
orangello said:
My life is already as meh as it comes. The little bit of joy I have in life is stalking you here on Jazzfanz and showing people how bad Trey Burke is (and how I was right for hating that draft selection).
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Lol.
I was on board with you and your trey hate before we drafted him..... Well maybe I didn't hate trey but I didn't like him and didn't want the jazz to draft him
 
orangello said:
My life is already as meh as it comes. The little bit of joy I have in life is stalking you here on Jazzfanz and showing people how bad Trey Burke is (and how I was right for hating that draft selection).
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OK, there was one other thing that I get joy from, it's saying that Cy works fast food. It brings a smile to my face every time.
 
orangello said:
Because as Jazz fans we want more than money, we NEED a championship!
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Send me back and I'll buy us a championship... and some seriously skimpy cheerleader outfits. No more non-navel showing tanks.
 
orangello said:
Please tell me more and I want videos. I did see one of him shooting and he hit a couple of outside shots.
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Kaba is an 'oversized face-up PF' prospect, legitimately talented and coordinated, he definitely plays fast enough for the NBA, covers a ton of ground, strong with almost no body fat, has some hesitations and fakes that he uses naturally, could develop into a 2 way presence.. the DX vid will show the range on his jumper.

player comp is somewhere between Caboclo and Capela.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtNh7WTW7j8 - wearing #11, April 2014.

Overall a bad game, plenty of mistakes, they got him switched onto smaller players repeatedly without much success, he missed a wide open putpack, failed vs double teams and paid for keeping the ball low twice.

the stats read 8 points, 5 rebounds in 20 minutes. I still think this is a fine example of why NBA scouts will take a liking to him though there's some interesting flashes, stuff that will look good in workouts.

- His first step looks quick, It's a continuation after a foul but check out 1:35 to see a drive from the 3 pt line. he doesn't finish the play but its still a sweet drive at 3:58...

-14:27 catch + shoot 3pt make, only other attempt from 3 is the last shot of the game.

- FT's at 33:33.

- face up move at 35:50.

- 1:04:00- 1:04:46 not a bad sequence.

- 1:06:00 and 1:07:00 - 2 nice shot contests, and another 2 contests at 1:07:37.
 
Cy said:
Because Pacers are the only team he has had an individual workout with. They give you clothes.
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and he has no other basketball clothes... Why you gotta crap on everyone. That's a decent thing to notice.
 
A thought: if this is the Jazz's last chance to draft this high for some time, is insurance for if Hayward leaves a consideration at all?
 
From Kevin Pelton's chat today:
Tom (New York): Thoughts on the theory that junior and senior college players who struggled in their early college years struggle to stay in the NBA?
Kevin Pelton (1:33 PM): I think I've pushed that harder than anyone, so ...
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Kevin Pelton ‏@kpelton 11m11 minutes ago

@Aheffy @AndrewDBailey @Lockedonsports Kaminsky was terrific on a per-minute basis as a sophomore.
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Patrick (Chicago): Define "struggle during early college years"? Does being buried on the bench b.c the coach always plays upperclassmen - ala Thomas Robinson/Cliff Alexander - count as struggling?

Kevin Pelton (2:05 PM): My projections are based on per-possession stats, so playing time only factors in to the extent that minutes are used to weight different seasons. Robinson actually rated better as a sophomore than a junior, but Alexander did not rate exceptionally well per-minute.
Kevin Pelton (2:05 PM): One player for whom this really matters: Frank Kaminsky, who played limited minutes as a sophomore but was great when he did.
And in relation to Kaminsky specifically:
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Good point. This is where the math gets janky. Why was he not getting time? Merit or pecking order thing with the coach? Was he playing starters?
 
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