What to do with Taylor Hendricks year one

[kabenac]

I agree RE: the 5.

And I know the difference between 3 and 4 is basically zero, so I'll just say that I think Hendricks should be able to guard any perimeter wings, plus do some banging with the bigger powerwings in the interior. He's a big, switchable wing.

His recipe for minutes is pretty straightforward to me: (a) hit his threes and move ball, (b) very solid man-to-man defense, (c) the awareness of when to rotate and protect the rim as a help defender.

Aside from the obvious strengths most people talk about (good shooter, defense, rebounding, good at running the floor) his catch-and-shoot numbers in college were really good, which has me super excited. He's going to be clutch for us in the NBA and he'll get a ton of open looks, not that he necessarily needs them.

He also has a good basketball I.Q. on both sides of the ball and as you mentioned I agree - he'll be a solid help defender.

Hendricks is going to melt the faces off the JF posters who are sleeping on him. It feels like there are only a handful of us who are really high on him.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Aside from the obvious strengths most people talk about (good shooter, defense, rebounding, good at running the floor) his catch-and-shoot numbers in college were really good, which has me super excited. He's going to be clutch for us in the NBA and he'll get a ton of open looks, not that he necessarily needs them.

He also has a good basketball I.Q. on both sides of the ball and as you mentioned I agree - he'll be a solid help defender.

Hendricks is going to melt the faces off the JF posters who are sleeping on him. It feels like there are only a handful of us who are really high on him.

There are some folks who aren’t big fans… he will have ample opportunity to prove himself… I’m a believer… the organization obviously believes in him.

 

[KqWIN]

I do wonder how much Taylor Hendricks some have actually watched. I think there are reasons to like him, I also had him at #9 like the Jazz....but some of the excitement about him seems misguided. For example, when Andy Larsen compared his shot blocking to JJJ. That is absurd from pretty much any kind of perspective beyond only watching highlight clips. If you watch actual film or just do a basic simple analysis it not hard to see how absurd that comparison is, specifically in terms of shot blocking is. Like in what world do we compare that very best player at a certain skill to someone that is.....good for his position. I also feel like there are some things that are clear negatives/improvements areas for him that are being presented as positives. I don't know where that's coming from.

The Jazz obviously believe in him and showed that by drafting him 9th. But they also came right out and said he was their last choice at #9 and made/attempted to make moves that make his path to minutes cloudy. With that in mind, I have little to no expectations for him playing early on. It's not like when the drafted Jazz got Trey Burke or Donovan Mitchell and clearly had plans for them early on. There's not a lot of clear, open minutes to begin with....especially if this stuff about Ochai is actually how the org feels about him.

 

[silesian]

There is nothing rough about Hendricks game. He has some skills like shooting, finishing at the rim and defense that are going to translate immediately.

I hope you are right but I know you are wrong

 

[silesian]

Besides spot-up, His offensive game is based on athleticism, not nba skills. Against tier 2 colleges this was enough. But his athletic advantage at nba level is a different story altogether. Offensive IQ is a big question mark and his learning curve will be steep.

He was my guy in the draft, but I see him as more of a high upside/ low downside project offensively.

I think we need to level set expectations or we’re going to be killing the guy for no reason.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It’s not how he did it. Guys win rotation spots and then if they don’t play themselves out of the rotation they kinda stay there until an injury or in our case a trade happened. Unless there was load management the rotation was the rotation.

Once it was tank season you saw THT and Ochai getting a bunch of burn… they collected dnps when healthy.

You don't remember when he was cycling through NAW and THT? Or randomly interesting Udoka?

 

[sip]

Besides spot-up, His offensive game is based on athleticism, not nba skills. Against tier 2 colleges this was enough. But his athletic advantage at nba level is a different story altogether. Offensive IQ is a big question mark and his learning curve will be steep.

He was my guy in the draft, but I see him as more of a high upside/ low downside project offensively.

I think we need to level set expectations or we’re going to be killing the guy for no reason.

His offensive game will be spot up shooting and rim running. Those are 100% nba skills and they should translate quickly. Over time hopefully he also develops more of an off the dribble game and post game but he can have a very successful nba career being a high level spot up shooter and rim runner.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

You don't remember when he was cycling through NAW and THT? Or randomly interesting Udoka?

Not how I remember it. There were injuries and absences and at one point THT was so awful he got himself benched. Once the trades and injuries hit it was whoever is available plays.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Coaches don’t randomly cycle through players… it’s a good way to lose your guys. The rotation generally gets set and is adjusted based on injury or poor/great performance. Generally being “fine but not great” means you stay in the rotation.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Coaches don’t randomly cycle through players… it’s a good way to lose your guys. The rotation generally gets set and is adjusted based on injury or poor/great performance. Generally being “fine but not great” means you stay in the rotation.

But he did cycle the back end. You got some memory loss or something.

 

[HermanG]

But he did cycle the back end. You got some memory loss or something.

Last seasons theme was to evaluate the guys we got. All but few were new to the team.

Considering those premises Hardy did surprisingly little shuffling. Maybe that was due to the early success.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

But he did cycle the back end. You got some memory loss or something.

Sure bud

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Last seasons theme was to evaluate the guys we got. All but few were new to the team.

Considering those premises Hardy did surprisingly little shuffling. Maybe that was due to the early success.

I mean Rudy Gays corpse was in the rotation until we fully sold off vets and managed injuries. THT got yanked from the rotation due to sucking. Other than that it was really trades and injuries that caused the rotation to change.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Last seasons theme was to evaluate the guys we got. All but few were new to the team.

Considering those premises Hardy did surprisingly little shuffling. Maybe that was due to the early success.

So we don't want to evaluate Samanic/Hendricks/Sensabaugh/Simone?

Those 4 will all be cycled through for minutes until someone really steps up.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I mean Rudy Gays corpse was in the rotation until we fully sold off vets and managed injuries. THT got yanked from the rotation due to sucking. Other than that it was really trades and injuries that caused the rotation to change.

Yeah, you have a bad memory. Time for your son to put you in a home.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yeah, you have a bad memory. Time for your son to put you in a home.

Go check the game logs and come back to me. I’m sharp homey… I remember you calling Tony Bradley a poor man’s Aldridge… I remember you telling us the Jazz would be awful… I remember you telling us we should send Walker Kessler to the G League.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Go check the game logs and come back to me. I’m sharp homey… I remember you calling Tony Bradley a poor man’s Aldridge… I remember you telling us the Jazz would be awful… I remember you telling us we should send Walker Kessler to the G League.

I guess I take up all the real estate in your head then. Makes sense why you cant remember other things.

 

[HermanG]

So we don't want to evaluate Samanic/Hendricks/Sensabaugh/Simone?

Those 4 will all be cycled through for minutes until someone really steps up.

Ofc but that evaluation might happen outside of meaningful game minutes next season if they are serious about the playoff push.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I guess I take up all the real estate in your head then. Makes sense why you cant remember other things.

Nah man I just have room for only the things that really happened... not ******** cooked up that one person says happened. It sounds cute but its not reality. Its not the best way to see what you have anyway. You need an actual sample to see what you have and so they will roll with the guys they think have the best shot at working out.

 

[fishonjazz]

Go check the game logs and come back to me.

No way is Cy gonna do that lol.