He seems like a pure draft and stash prospect. I would not want to start his contract clock by bringing him to the NBA this year.
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He seems like a pure draft and stash prospect. I would not want to start his contract clock by bringing him to the NBA this year.
Chargers Jazz Angels
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Right now as of 6/3/2017 this is who i am leaning to for each pick (based on DX availablilty)
#24 - Jonathan Jeanne or Jordan Bell
#30 - Bell, Derrick White, Josh Hart, Thomas Bryant, Frank Jackson
#42 - Semi Ojeleye, Frank Jackson, Tony Bradley, Josh Hart, Dillon Brooks, Jonah Bolden
#55 - Tyler Dorsey, Cam Oliver, Wesley Iwundu, Sindarius Thornwell, Dwayne Bacon
IF these are the players available I think i would select
Bell
Jackson
Ojeleye
Thornwell
#24 - Jonathan Jeanne or Jordan Bell
#30 - Bell, Derrick White, Josh Hart, Thomas Bryant, Frank Jackson
#42 - Semi Ojeleye, Frank Jackson, Tony Bradley, Josh Hart, Dillon Brooks, Jonah Bolden
#55 - Tyler Dorsey, Cam Oliver, Wesley Iwundu, Sindarius Thornwell, Dwayne Bacon
IF these are the players available I think i would select
Bell
Jackson
Ojeleye
Thornwell
Just the other day I said a draft podcaster disliked Kurucs and you said thats why he doesnt have a job as a scout for a NBA team.
Perrin did not sound impressed with today's workout.
ncoloradojazz
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Depends on what you want
Frank has better bling term potential but will take longer to develop and White is more ready now but not as high of a ceiling
Frank has better bling term potential but will take longer to develop and White is more ready now but not as high of a ceiling
He seemed cheerful enough. They talked mostly about Bacon. But yeah, he says he wants to bring in better prospects, players projected in the teens.
Chargers Jazz Angels
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But I am a huge Sam Dekker fan. He is being compared to Dekker.
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Kurucs looks like a guy who can create with the ball in his hands at (now) 6'9". He can make a play with the pass, drive and get on the rim, and shoot jumpers comfortably off the catch and off the bounce. So he looks like a triple-threat player with good length and adequate athleticism for a wing. He's not a magician with the ball, but a guy with IQ that you can plug into a system like Quin's. I'm going off of mostly highlights. Maybe his percentages aren't great or he has lapses. The guy is very young, so he's someone you're picking based on potential. It's a bit like Korkmaz last year. He's not ready physically for the NBA, but few 19 year-old wings are. The Jazz drafted Kirilenko as a 19 year-old and stashed him. The question is whether Kurucs is talented enough to spend a pick on. The general consensus seems to be that he's just above our range in the late teens and early 20s.
This scout on the Sixers' podcast is down on all the Euros, though that particular podcast made an effort to avoid talking about bigs.
I'm okay with Dwayne Bacon at 42 if he's there. He could benefit from practicing with Joe Johnson. Bacon is a talented scorer. It's just a question of whether he'll get smoked defensively.
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Chargers Jazz Angels
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smdh new DX mock has us taking Bam and Lydon at 24 and 30. If someone told me to pick my least favorite picks at 24 and 30, those two might be it.
Chargers Jazz Angels
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I might agree with you.
Congrats to DX for finally projecting Bam in the first round. They moved him up from 32. I still think it's unlikely he'll be on the board when Utah picks.
There's quite a bit of other movement on DX Mock:
** Fox at #4 to PHX ahead of Tatum. This would make Bledsoe more available in theory.
** Markkanen moved up to #7; they must have loved watching him shoot in his workout.
** Dennis Smith down to #10 (Kings)
** Kennard up to #11 ahead of Mitchell and Zach Collins is eye-opening
** Jeanne up to #22, out of the Jazz's reach
** Kurucs dropped 8 spots down to 29 (Spurs)
** Ojeleye also moved up to the 2nd round (up to 27 from mid-30s)
I don't know what they base this upon. There are some pretty big swings with their player projections.
There's quite a bit of other movement on DX Mock:
** Fox at #4 to PHX ahead of Tatum. This would make Bledsoe more available in theory.
** Markkanen moved up to #7; they must have loved watching him shoot in his workout.
** Dennis Smith down to #10 (Kings)
** Kennard up to #11 ahead of Mitchell and Zach Collins is eye-opening
** Jeanne up to #22, out of the Jazz's reach
** Kurucs dropped 8 spots down to 29 (Spurs)
** Ojeleye also moved up to the 2nd round (up to 27 from mid-30s)
I don't know what they base this upon. There are some pretty big swings with their player projections.
I'd be pretty thrilled with Bam at #24, myself. You might find me exclaiming things like, "Oh **** yeah!"
There are a few things that look funky on that mock, imo. Patton is too low, for one.
They still have the Jazz linked with Sumner at #42.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Jazz should just go big and trade up if not draft Ferguson. Trade other picks for whatever role players and replacements the jazz might need
My worst fear would be Terrance Ferguson and Ivan Rabb I think. Lydon would be a pretty poor result too. Bam I would be indifferent to unless they picked him over someone else that was available who I liked a lot.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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It's been a while, but Ferguson reminds me of Thompson before he was drafted. Thompson was who I wanted with the 12th pick that year. There were some similarities in their games on offense. Defense will probably be another story. Both good shooters that don't do much with the ball
Trade up for who?