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With the 23rd Pick... Rodney Hood

not much of a rebounder though!
He has to improve in that department if he is an SF.
I am delighted that he was drafted there.

Because he as coming from a legit programme with good numbers.
I really don't get the Euro fetish. If a player is good enough to average 17 points and/or 10 rebounds in a major NCAA league, you draft him, at least in the second round.
Run the dice with/for him.
Dukies usually perform badly in the NBA but still ...
 
I find him similar to a young Travis Outlaw in his short prime with Portland. Tall and athletic slashing SF with a very high shot release, not a great rebounder but a decent defender.
 
I was shocked because of the players available at 23.

Glad hood was one of them. Otherwise I heard the jazz were trading out, despite the others still available.

Has anyone heard why Hood fell on draft night?
 
Tarkanian said:
not much of a rebounder though!
He has to improve in that department if he is an SF.
I am delighted that he was drafted there.

Because he as coming from a legit programme with good numbers.
I really don't get the Euro fetish. If a player is good enough to average 17 points and/or 10 rebounds in a major NCAA league, you draft him, at least in the second round.
Run the dice with/for him.
Dukies usually perform badly in the NBA but still ...
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Mike Dunleavy, Shane Battier, JJ Redick, Kyrie Irving, Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer all laugh at you.
 
Hood should have been picked around #10... Well, I am still shocked he was available for the Jazz. I and some other posters here were begging to move up with 23 + 35 to get 17 or whatever to pick Hood. Then it's 22, MEM picks Jordan Adams, a solid SG but I am not sure he can compete at the NBA level. See this too, 17th pick James Young:

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Then it's 23, I am 100% sure DL will pick Hood at that point, because unlike many other athlete-turned-clueless-GMs out there, he knows the game of basketball.

Hood can score in a variety of ways and is NBA ready. Start him at SF. He can give you what you'd get from Hayward.. Only at 1/10 price!
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Better athlete than Marvin. But even if he is Marvin, if you can get a 10+ year rotation guy at 23, you've hit a huge home run.

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I would Marvin is more athletic because he has strength and athletic ability.

Hood and Marvin are both players who appear less athletic in game than they actually are.
 
I gotta be honest, I'm not a fan. He's soft, weak, doesn't play defense, and has short arms. Maybe he tumbled 10-ish spots for a reason.

I would rather have had P.J. Hairston.
 
If Hood isn't a flop, the Jazz now are abjectly without any toughness or D on the perimeter. I don't like that. I don't want a soft team.
 
Hood being the best PNR wing in college is a good sign that he will succeed in the NBA. NBA game lends itself to pick n roll players. Run PNR with him from the wings and he has the IQ to make the right play and the ability to knock down shots off the dribble.
 
I liked the Hood pick but still view him as a 23rd pick in the draft, regardless of where he was on the Jazz board. They got good value but I really don't expect a lot from him.
 
jjscap said:
Hood should have been picked around #10... Well, I am still shocked he was available for the Jazz. I and some other posters here were begging to move up with 23 + 35 to get 17 or whatever to pick Hood. Then it's 22, MEM picks Jordan Adams, a solid SG but I am not sure he can compete at the NBA level. See this too, 17th pick James Young:

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Then it's 23, I am 100% sure DL will pick Hood at that point, because unlike many other athlete-turned-clueless-GMs out there, he knows the game of basketball.

Hood can score in a variety of ways and is NBA ready. Start him at SF. He can give you what you'd get from Hayward.. Only at 1/10 price!
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Hood's almost 22, has very limited upside, especially when it comes to 1v1 defense.

Jordan Adams is 20, has a monster production, can read the game very well and he moves as good on the ground as he can't lift off the ground.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I gotta be honest, I'm not a fan. He's soft, weak, doesn't play defense, and has short arms. Maybe he tumbled 10-ish spots for a reason.

I would rather have had P.J. Hairston.
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How i feel too
 
eacioban said:
I find him similar to a young Travis Outlaw in his short prime with Portland. Tall and athletic slashing SF with a very high shot release, not a great rebounder but a decent defender.
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Getting Hood to realize his defensive potential is the difference between this being a good pick versus a great pick. He moves well laterally and he has a good enough feel for the game. He should be a better defender. He isn't long, but he doesn't lack any other attribute. He needs good coaching and to be held accountable.

If we're interested in Quin's coaching acumen (and I know we all are), I think Hood will be a good test case. If he is able to squeeze the most out of Hood, then we might have drafted a starter at 23.
 
Hood can be Hayward defensively, easily. That isn't going to make you a great defensive team, but it isn't going to hold you back from being one either.
 
[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];857655 said:
in terms of feel for the game:

Hood >> Hairston
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As far as heat check guys to turn around a game:

Hairston >> Hood

Really depends on what you want/need
 
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