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People put too much trust in the experts declaring a draft four-deep or five-deep. The experts are always wrong. You can google and see that there was an expert consensus that Fultz is the number one pick and that Josh Jackson is a tip-5 pick - and that in the draft were Mitchell was drafted...

Here is the count of teams with starting non-shooting centers. Non-shooting centers - 12 Nets - Claxton Raptors - Poeltl Clippers - Zubac Cleveland - Allen Pistons - Duren Hawks - Capela Hornets - Williams Wolves - Gobert Jazz- Kessler Mavs - Lively Rockets - Sengun Pelicans - Missi Shooting...

Are you sure about "many"? Lets look at the last two drafts to see what kind of currently or potentially starting centers were drafted and who did they replace. 2023 Wemby - shooting C, replaced Poeltl (non-shooting) Lively - non-shooting C, replaced Powell (non-shooting) 2024 Sarr - shooting...

I am not sure that they are not similar at all. Their ideal position is at the 4. Defensively Flip is quite bad at the 5, while Hendricks is a poor choice at the 3 since he cannot really dribble well and he is bulked up quite a bit since his freshman season. He probably can play the small-center...

That's because you are looking at the centers playing today. But almost all young centers entering the NBA are either solid or developing shooters and it will continue. In 5 years 80% of the starting centers will be able to shoot open trees and guys like Kessler will be at a distinct...

The Jazz are putting on the floor lineups where Johnny Juzang is the best player by far.

Hendricks will become extension-eligible in a year. I know it is somewhat unfair due to his injury but the Jazz will have to decide if they keep him long-term or trade while he still has value based on his play next season. If he has a slow start or another injury his future with the Jazz will...

Shooting threes is a requirement for all players at 1 through 4 and soon will be a requirement for all centers as well. Wemby drafted in 2024 shoots 3s non-stop (looking at Embiid and Jokic) , all notable centers drafted in 2024 -Edey, Klingan, Sarr, Kel'el War - also shoot 3s. That is why...

Next season two rather similar players, Hendricks and Filipowski, will suit up for the Jazz. They are the same age (born within two weeks of each other), with the same one year of the NBA experience. Filipowski is a bit taller but Hendricks has a longer wingspan and their standing reach is...

The most obvious answer is Jokic. He is growing unhappy in Denver and is locked in the long-term contract. If the Jazz get the 1st pick and Flagg they can trade Flagg + Kessler + Sexton + fillers for Jokic. The Jazz get to immediately jump into contention with the core of...

Yeah, I did not mean it in a bad way. It is simply a kind of the stoic attitude of doing the best you can and hoping that other people do it as well. Is it that different from the attitude of John Stockton, for example? And if so, then Lauri can patiently wait until the Jazz are good again.

You are not being wrong but I think you are arguing a minor detail. My point was broader: Lauri never did anything to change his NBA trajectory of being stuck on bad teams. Players who truly want to play on better teams find a way to do it even when it costs them something: by taking less money...

Johnny is great for his price: always plays within himself, executes exactly what his coach wants, and never complains about his minutes... And he is only 24.

He actually has a pretty good point. Below is the full list of the lottery selections by the Utah Jazz in the last 15 years: Enes Kanter Alec Burks Shabazz Muhammed Dante Exum Trey Lyles Taylor Hendricks Cody Williams The list is pretty pathetic and does not include a single solid NBA starter...

I wasn't talking about the season "when Lauri was there". I was talking about the team that Lauri was traded to in the summer of 2021. He signed an extension as part of the sign-and-trade to Cavs, going to the 22-60 team. Lauri was OK going to a bad team, deep in the rebuild and certainly...

Why do you think Lauri is not OK with the continuation of the tank? His past history gives any indication that being on the winning team is a low priority to him. He never asked to be traded when he was on bad teams. Lauri signed his first extension with the god-awful Cavs in 2021 who had no...

Since 1990 the Jazz had the cumulative 49.8% chance of getting the first pick. No surprise that they never did.

The Lakers, Celtics and Knicks had many horrible seasons lately but last time any of them got the number one picks was 40 years ago. Historically, almost all "generational" NBA prospects went to small market teams with bad records: Shaq, Duncan, LeBron, Howard, Oden, AD, Zion, Wemby... You can...

Yeah, this is probably the best explanation: Kessler is stupid and the coaching staff is gladly giving him an opportunity to try and fail. But that just highlights how important and desirable the 3-point shooting became lately. Kessler desperately wants to be one of the cool kids and launch...

Maybe? So can you give me an example of a big shooting FT in the 40s and low 50s who all of a sudden "started shooting it well" from the three? Like, has it ever happened? And it is not simply "let him practice that, we are tanking anyway": Walter is clearly putting a lot of time and effort in...