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Gobert's rise to the Greatest Jazz Center of All Time!

framer said:
So here are Gobert's current Stats:
Points 14
Rebounds 41
Blocks 7
Steals 3
Assists 1
This Moves him to #48
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#49 Pat Cummings
Points 15
Rebounds 5
Blocks 0
Steals 0
Assists 0
Pat Cummings was yet another serviceable to good center to find his way to Utah at the end of his career in 1990 in order to play 4 games. The University of Cincinnati product had an 11 year career averaging about 10 and 5. He was a bit undersized to play Center and was 35 so he sure wasn't backing up the Mailman.
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That jumpshot and that face though.
 
So here are Gobert's current Stats:
Points 19
Rebounds 51
Blocks 8
Steals 3
Assists 1

This Moves him into spot #46 ahead of:
Aleksandar Radojevic
Points 19
Rebounds 28
Blocks 2
Steals 0
Assists 6
The great thing about Radojevic is that he had to play at Barton County Community College after he got Kantered because of his European League experience, then he got Ohio State Buckeye coach Jim O' Brian fired after O'Brian fronted Radojevic $6,700 in cash ostensibly to pay for his father's funeral. After that, he was disqualified by the NCAA and had to enter the draft. He was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in the lottery at 12 in 1999. Injuries derailed his careere and he was traded twice, once for Keon Clark (who hasn't been traded for Keon Clark?) After that unpleasantness he went back to Europe, returning to play 12 games for the Jazz in 2004. He currently plays pro ball in the National Basketball League of Canada (who knew Canada had their own league?)
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Grow Burt is getting less burn than I had hoped for him.
 
framer said:
So here are Gobert's current Stats:
Points 19
Rebounds 51
Blocks 8
Steals 3
Assists 1

This Moves him into spot #46 ahead of:
Aleksandar Radojevic
Points 19
Rebounds 28
Blocks 2
Steals 0
Assists 6
The great thing about Radojevic is that he had to play at Barton County Community College after he got Kantered because of his European League experience, then he got Ohio State Buckeye coach Jim O' Brian fired after O'Brian fronted Radojevic $6,700 in cash ostensibly to pay for his father's funeral. After that, he was disqualified by the NCAA and had to enter the draft. He was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in the lottery at 12 in 1999. Injuries derailed his careere and he was traded twice, once for Keon Clark (who hasn't been traded for Keon Clark?) After that unpleasantness he went back to Europe, returning to play 12 games for the Jazz in 2004. He currently plays pro ball in the National Basketball League of Canada (who knew Canada had their own league?)
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Is that Raul Lopez at the left? I sure wish he had worked out. The guy picked immediately after him has had a decent career.
 
30 Carlos Arroyo PG 6-2 202 July 30, 1979 3 Florida International University
19 Raja Bell SG 6-5 204 September 19, 1976 4 Florida International University
5 Carlos Boozer PF 6-9 258 November 20, 1981 2 Duke University
22 Curtis Borchardt C 7-0 240 September 13, 1980 1 Stanford University
31 Jarron Collins C 6-11 255 December 2, 1978 3 Stanford University
6 Howard Eisley PG 6-2 177 December 4, 1972 10 Boston College
10 Gordan Giricek SG 6-6 210 June 20, 1977 2
44 Ben Handlogten C 6-10 240 November 16, 1973 1 Western Michigan University
15 Matt Harpring SF 6-7 231 May 31, 1976 6 Georgia Institute of Technology
43 Kris Humphries PF 6-9 235 February 6, 1985 R University of Minnesota
47 Andrei Kirilenko PF 6-9 220 February 18, 1981 3
2 Randy Livingston PG 6-4 209 April 2, 1975 8 Louisiana State University
24 Raul Lopez PG 6-1 170 April 15, 1980 1
25 Keith McLeod PG 6-2 188 November 5, 1979 1 Bowling Green State University
13 Mehmet Okur C 6-11 249 May 26, 1979 2
51 Aleksandar Radojevic C 7-3 250 August 8, 1976 1 Barton County Community College
3 Kirk Snyder SG 6-6 225 June 5, 1983 R University of Nevada, Reno

Dat Roster Doe!
 
Borchardt was the real disappointment. He had the IQ and all the skills to be an all-star center for years in the NBA, but his frail body just couldn't hold up. Really too bad. Imagine a healthy Borchardt alongside Boozer/Memo/Kirilenko. That would have been some front court rotation.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Borchardt was the real disappointment. He had the IQ and all the skills to be an all-star center for years in the NBA, but his frail body just couldn't hold up. Really too bad. Imagine a healthy Borchardt alongside Boozer/Memo/Kirilenko. That would have been some front court rotation.
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%@#%@$# I don't even have Borchardt on my list! How did that happen?!! OK, I'll have to adjust the rankings. Borchardt is still quite a bit ahead of Gobert, however.
 
Pretty cool thread tbh.

One thing I'd say is that someone who played the entirety of their career in New Orleans shouldn't count.

That's not my Jazz if ya feel me.


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One Brow said:
I've always thought that, when they were drafted, Lopez was better than Parker as well.
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No homerism at all since his career here was cut so short, but I still think Lopez would have been better than Parker in the long run, would have had the better career. He reminded me more of Stockton than any other guard I had seen up to that point. I know in Europe he had a moderately successful career, but it was all curtailed by the bad knees. Too bad. With him and a healthy Borchardt, alongside Boozer, Memo and Kirilenko that would have been a championship squad, imo.
 
So here are Gobert's current Stats:
Points 29
Rebounds 54
Blocks 10
Steals 4
Assists 2

This moves him ahead of a number of people, starting with :
#47 Dan O'Sullivan
Points 21
Rebounds 17
Blocks 1
Steals 1
Assists 4

As an undrafted rookie from Fordam, the 6'10" O'Sullivan played in 21 games for the 90-91 Utah Jazz. He would go on to play 2 more years on 4 different teams capping his career with a 33 point scoring explosion (for the entire season) at Toronto, where he will hang his legacy. The really sad thing is that his Jazz Jersey was on sale on ebay. Nobody owned a Dan O'Sullivan Jazz jersey but Dan. I couldn't find any pics of him, so we are going with the ebay jersey shot:
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framer said:
This moves him ahead of a number of people, starting with :
#47 Dan O'Sullivan
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I remember Danny boy, and for some inexplicable reason I had high hopes for him, he probably jumped on the floor to get a loose ball.

I posted this in the game thread, but this video of Gobert blocking the Thunder dribbling down the court and dunking is worth seeing again and again and again...
[video=youtube_share;oQeA--1jdjw]https://youtu.be/oQeA--1jdjw
 
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