Hotdog
Well-Known Member
Its really at the heart of the problems for the Jazz, and the reason why there are no championship banners in the ESA.
The common theme the Jazz seem to use for drafting, is just try to bring in "good guys". It seems like they are willing to pass up potential for safe picks too.
This gets so old and frustrating. At what point do they say to themselves, we actually want to win, and we are gonna take some chances?
Trey Lyles is a perfect example of this. He's got all the makings of a good role player, and zero star potential. You are kidding yours if you think otherwise. So the question is, what is the point of that? Why spend a bunch of time developing a guy that you could replicate pretty easily in a trade or free agency?
I know it's hard to land a star at the 14th pick, but you still have to take swings and try. There were a bunch of players picked after Lyles that have higher upside than him.
It's not just Lyles though, this has been going on a lot. Rudy is the only draft pick in a while that they took a swing on, and that was lucky as hell that they got Denver to trade that pick for so cheap. Rudy was passed on basically twice by the Jazz when they traded for stupid Trey Burke.
It's either their philosophy sucks, or they just plain suck at picking players. Either way, it's broke. They are always going to be a step behind if they keep drafting like this.
Just saying.
The common theme the Jazz seem to use for drafting, is just try to bring in "good guys". It seems like they are willing to pass up potential for safe picks too.
This gets so old and frustrating. At what point do they say to themselves, we actually want to win, and we are gonna take some chances?
Trey Lyles is a perfect example of this. He's got all the makings of a good role player, and zero star potential. You are kidding yours if you think otherwise. So the question is, what is the point of that? Why spend a bunch of time developing a guy that you could replicate pretty easily in a trade or free agency?
I know it's hard to land a star at the 14th pick, but you still have to take swings and try. There were a bunch of players picked after Lyles that have higher upside than him.
It's not just Lyles though, this has been going on a lot. Rudy is the only draft pick in a while that they took a swing on, and that was lucky as hell that they got Denver to trade that pick for so cheap. Rudy was passed on basically twice by the Jazz when they traded for stupid Trey Burke.
It's either their philosophy sucks, or they just plain suck at picking players. Either way, it's broke. They are always going to be a step behind if they keep drafting like this.
Just saying.
