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I didn't say that the Jazz would be championship contenders after drafting Gordon. I was making the comparison with Kawhi Leonard to show how valuable an elite defender can be. To answer those who are wondering where the offense is going to come from, my answer is: everywhere. Burke is a...

If moving up is actually a realistic option (which, who knows if it is?), but it requires that we give up the farm in order to do so, here's some food for thought about intentionally staying at #5, keeping our current roster intact (I think Derrick Favors is worth holding on to), and drafting...

Which supports my argument. They're definitely taking him at 5.

I just don't see this as a valid argument, since more than one person is making it. When the Jazz brought in Carlos Boozer for a second workout and didn't take him in the draft, it didn't mean it was meaningless or a smokescreen. Maybe they thought he would still be there when they picked 12...

I think this is a very interesting predicament. It seems to me that his draft stock will fall considerably for a few reasons: 1. Sam Bowie and Greg Oden. Drafting big men in the first couple of picks with injury histories or who look like old men when Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant are...

I say Aaron Gordon at 5 and KJ McDaniels at 23. You've got the 3 sewn up for the immediate future and you're set if you can't / don't want to re-sign Hayward. If you do re-sign Hayward, you've got a deep 1-2-3 with Burks and Burke. AG can also play the 4. Either way, lots of flexibility. Oh...

My simple answer is that, in this draft, you pick as high as you can. While it is a deep draft, we need as much talent in as few players as possible. While we will likely be drafting three picks, at least one of them needs to be a starter or at least a sixth man. The further you trade down, the...

Character trumps talent more often than not with this franchise. The good news is there's plenty of both at #5 such that they won't have to feel like they're having to make that choice.

I'm liking KJ more and more each day. Hope he's still on the board at 23. He'd be a steal.

Fair enough guys, but my basic point is that we all need to temper expectations for Jabari, regardless of where he ends up. As "NBA ready" as the talking heads seem to think he is, he's still a 19 year-old who needs a lot of work (and time) to become my last paragraph.

I have to say...I (very regrettably) agree with a lot of this. I have spent this entire season hoping that the Jazz could end up with Parker, but I've slowly come to the realization that he is a flawed player at the NBA level. Though I don't see him getting a whole lot of minutes at the 4, I do...

I really do hope things work out with Hayward. On a reasonable to somewhat reasonably-high deal, he and Snyder could do some damage together. I understand the frustration that many have with the youth movement, but we all need to recognize that much of what we've seen (or not seen) thus far from...

I don't know about you guys but I am pumped for the Draft already, regardless of what the Jazz end up doing. Really hope the Jazz go with Aaron Gordon at 5 but this isn't a draft thread per se. Didn't think I'd be this pumped when I found out that the Jazz would likely miss out on Jabari Parker...

The answer is Andrew McCarthy. Thread closed.

Go to Best Buy, run into Deron Williams, and get his opinion on whether David Benoit still has any gas left in the tank.

I guess I just see great potential in this draft, whether or not they can get a top 3 pick. They can significantly improve the team either way...if they play their cards right.

This entire season, I -- like many of you -- have been hoping that the Jazz could somehow wind up with one of the top three picks in this year's draft. I have been hoping that they could land Jabari Parker for all of the same reasons that are well known and long established among many who think...

I was one of the people who was hoping that we would end up with him. Still do. Even if all he does as a backup PG is distribute the ball, he would do so in spades (as we've all seen) and that's exactly what you want from a backup PG. If he were a starter, I would care more about his lack of...

"Kind of felt a certain"? I honestly don't know what he's trying to say there. And I also don't know why the Jazz didn't try to acquire him for short money after he was waived.

Marc Stein is reporting a possible Bynum for Jefferson swap. Tank-a-palooza continues...