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I dont care if Nnaji cant play the 4. The Jazz's are in a dire situation when it comes to the backup 5. If they think Nnaji is that dude, then I'm ok taking him. He does a lot of things I like.

I'd prefer a Bey/Woodard, but a rookie 5 probably has an easier path to minutes on this team that anyone else.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Zeke might play some 4... the shot might be good enough and he has gotten himself into amazing shape.




If we draft him DL will mention 1200 times that he plays the piano and DM plays the drums... he always latches on to weird ****... so from then on it will be the balance beam, hand pads, and he was top of the class at band camp.
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If you think Jalen Smith can play at the 4, you kind of have to give the same benefit of the doubt to Nnaji. The idea is that he'd give the Jazz a big, mobile defender who can also space the floor and play backup 5. So the Jazz would bring him in to replace Derrick Favors' role. That said, it's in the same vein as Jarrell Brantley and Juwan Morgan. So the question is how much better Nnaji is going to be.

FWIW, I still think Reggie Perry is more offensively skilled than Nnaji, but the risk with Perry is that he plays defense as an afterthought. Nnaji is a disciplined defender. He'll dig in and do the dirty work that Favors used to do. He's got good size at 6'10" w/ a 7'2" wingspan.
 
Catchall said:
If you think Jalen Smith can play at the 4, you kind of have to give the same benefit of the doubt to Nnaji. The idea is that he'd give the Jazz a big, mobile defender who can also space the floor and play backup 5. So the Jazz would bring him in to replace Derrick Favors' role. That said, it's in the same vein as Jarrell Brantley and Juwan Morgan. So the question is how much better Nnaji is going to be.
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huh?? no... This type of categorical labeling doesnt make any sense..
 
Its such a strange phenomenon to me, its like people want the draft board to look like Jeopardy, with your categories and then your teirs within those categories...


but this is basketball... poetry in motion as bill walton would say.... things arent black and white like that.... and certainly when your talking about pegging "Bigs" as "Mobile defenders at the 4".... seems to me a bit willy nilly, for lack of a better term.
 
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Catchall said:
If you think Jalen Smith can play at the 4, you kind of have to give the same benefit of the doubt to Nnaji. The idea is that he'd give the Jazz a big, mobile defender who can also space the floor and play backup 5. So the Jazz would bring him in to replace Derrick Favors' role. That said, it's in the same vein as Jarrell Brantley and Juwan Morgan. So the question is how much better Nnaji is going to be.

FWIW, I still think Reggie Perry is more offensively skilled than Nnaji, but the risk with Perry is that he plays defense as an afterthought. Nnaji is a disciplined defender. He'll dig in and do the dirty work that Favors used to do. He's got good size at 6'10" w/ a 7'2" wingspan.
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Also Reggie Perry isnt near the shooter as Nnaji.
 
NUMBERICA said:
A big if since he didn’t do it in games.
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I'd say its a medium if since he shot free throws well and his form on the 15 foot pick and pop looks pretty pure. He seems like a workers so I think its a fair projection.

The bigger if is can he guard on the perimeter imo. Otherwise is he small Meyers Leonard? Is he Jamychal Green-ish?

I think he's a legit possiblilty... he might become what DL thought he could get in Trey Lyles. I wouldn't hate it but its not sexy at all and would seem to be drafting for current need which is not a super sound strategy (because most rookies suck).
 
Pretty sure if everyone here saw Tony Bradley play Zeke Nnaji 1v1 to 15 by the end of it no one here would want to draft Nnaji in the first.
 
Certainly, I think it sends a significant message if the Jazz draft a clear big with their first-rounder: negotiations with Gobert ain't going totally swimmingly.

Zeke would be a good hedge IF he can play 4. Since that is something we can't know yet then, well, I don't know.

In any case, the Jazz's abject inability to address the 4-spot since Millsap left has held them back, IMO. So I'm about figuring it out. It's a big reason why I like Woodard.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Certainly, I think it sends a significant message if the Jazz draft a clear big with their first-rounder: negotiations with Gobert ain't going totally swimmingly.

Zeke would be a good hedge IF he can play 4. Since that is something we can't know yet then, well, I don't know.

In any case, the Jazz's abject inability to address the 4-spot since Millsap left has held them back, IMO. So I'm about figuring it out. It's a big reason why I like Woodard.
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Your inclinations are several years behind. You think Utah's gonna send a message to their $100MM+ player in his prime with a $2MM 1st rd pick? That adds up in your mind as a plausible scenario?

Utah is far more likely to draft a SF/PF tweener type than to go after a "Big" and test him at the 4...

You may remember a player named Derrick Favors? They tried that experiment here for years with Rudy... You think their gonna invest a 1st rd pick to test the water on starting another cycle of that?

I can say with great confidence Nnaji will not be the pick...
 
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When you think of how Utah lost in the playoffs... What does Zeke Nnaji exactly bring to the table? Denver plays Michael Porter Jr at the 4. MPJR is even taller than Nnaji... You're gonna draft this kid to guard someone like MP JR?

Thats a disastrously bad take...


you must have never seen Zeke Nnaji play... Is that the impression your trying to give here? cuz ur doing a resoundingly good job at it..

What this guy is talking about is grounded almost entirely in fantasy... make believe... he's fallen victim to narrative bias and just wont put it down, just gonna keep on running with it.
 
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I've been here posting about Zeke Nnaji since his recruitment first blew up and he surfaced as a t100 prospect, but what would i know.
 
Catchall said:
Zeke Nnaji is at least as mobile and versatile a defender as Jalen Smith is out on the floor. Make sense yet?
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The guy who averaged less than a block a game playing C in over 30MPG is as versatile a defender as Jalen Smith? no.... that doesnt make any sense... why would it?
 
U gonna tell me how great the talent is in the pac12 and thats why nnaji couldnt block a shot a game? the pac12 has been pitiful for years now..
 
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