Do you think Aaron Gordon will have a better NBA career than Jabari Parker?

[Revolution 9]

I still rank Jabari ahead of Gordon, but I wouldn't be shocked if Aaron ended up better. Ive always like Aaron Gordon. I think he is going to be real good.

Im just glad we are going to have a shot at someone good. This draft is a good top6 heavy maybe even top8 heavy.

Aaron does that potential. He could be a really good player, all-star, blake griffin type. Thats one of the allures in drafting him.

I still think Parker is more of a sure thing, and a pretty complete player. Maybe the defense is where Gordon is ahead of him. Jabari can still make plays on defense.
He'll still swat people, get some steals, and get some ket stops. I wouldnt write him off completely as being a decent defender

 

[infection]

I haven't seen Gordon play. I'd assume he scores well on the JazzFanz Boner Scale (a metric that is directly proportional to athleticism and inversely proportional to fundamentals or natural talent).

It's a shame we never got to see our speed & athleticism tear apart the league:

Shröder
Brewer
Jan Vesely
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[Bodhi]

I haven't seen Gordon play. I'd assume he scores well on the JazzFanz Boner Scale (a metric that is directly proportional to athleticism and inversely proportional to fundamentals or natural talent).

It's a shame we never got to see our speed & athleticism tear apart the league:

Shröder
Brewer
Jan Vesely
Biyombo
Saer Sene

Lawl'd

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Aaron Gordon.

Aaron Gordon.

Aaron Gordon.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jabari Parker has more scoring in the paint than Carmello. Carmello is mostly a pull-up shooter these days. They aren't all that similar, except that they're both 6'8" and can shoot.

 

[orangello]

Aaron does that potential. He could be a really good player, all-star, blake griffin type. Thats one of the allures in drafting him.

Gordon is nothing like Griffin and everybody needs to drop the comparison.

Griffin was a terrible defender coming into the league. He's passable now. What makes Griffin special is his ability to score from a variety of different ways.

Gordon is a terrible offensive player. He might get to the point where you can completely ignore him all game long. Gordon could be an elite defender in the league. He's also shorter and weaker than Griffin.

The only comparison they have is athleticism and being Mullatos. That is it, end of story.

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[spycam1]

I still rank Jabari ahead of Gordon, but I wouldn't be shocked if Aaron ended up better. Ive always like Aaron Gordon. I think he is going to be real good.

Im just glad we are going to have a shot at someone good. This draft is a good top6 heavy maybe even top8 heavy.

iawtp

 

[spycam1]

the jazz desperately need a focal point in the offense

Aaron Gordon means more offense by committee

This is what does it for me.

Right now we need more defenders, but we need someone we can build an offense around even more.

Defenders can be found later. This is by far our best chance to get a #1 option, imo. That's not to say Gordon couldn't develop his offensive game, but he's never going to be a guy you build an offense around.

 

[Stifle Tower]

This is what does it for me.

Right now we need more defenders, but we need someone we can build an offense around even more.

Defenders can be found later. This is by far our best chance to get a #1 option, imo. That's not to say Gordon couldn't develop his offensive game, but he's never going to be a guy you build an offense around.

Just depends on the draft position, IMO. Would Gordon be a good pick if the Jazz were choosing 8th or 9th? Probably. He's a great defender. Is he the best pick at #4 or #5? Probably not.

What bothers me the most is that this season and last could have/should have been seasons of discovery. Instead, we still have many ?'s. particularly when it comes to playing Kanter and Favors together. And for whatever reason, Utah drafted a PG but is having Hayward run the offense. Maybe Burke ISN'T a starting PG in the NBA. But if Hayward is Kobe-lite, then the Jazz should have drafted a Fisher-like player to complement him, not a true PG. There is truly dysfunction from management down to the coaching staff. Whether the blame lies with Lindsey, Ty or somewhere in between, it has been a wasted season in so many ways - all except for (fingers crossed), bumbling their way to a top-5 pick.

 

[green]

Just depends on the draft position, IMO. Would Gordon be a good pick if the Jazz were choosing 8th or 9th? Probably. He's a great defender. Is he the best pick at #4 or #5? Probably not.

What bothers me the most is that this season and last could have/should have been seasons of discovery. Instead, we still have many ?'s. particularly when it comes to playing Kanter and Favors together. And for whatever reason, Utah drafted a PG but is having Hayward run the offense. Maybe Burke ISN'T a starting PG in the NBA. But if Hayward is Kobe-lite, then the Jazz should have drafted a Fisher-like player to complement him, not a true PG. There is truly dysfunction from management down to the coaching staff. Whether the blame lies with Lindsey, Ty or somewhere in between, it has been a wasted season in so many ways - all except for (fingers crossed), bumbling their way to a top-5 pick.

I don't think this year is a wasted year. I think the wasted year was last year. The Jazz kept Millsap and Jefferson, made their playoff push, fell short, and lost a year of Favors on a rookie deal, lost a year of Kanter on a rookie deal, lost a year of seeing what Hayward could do, lost out on a better draft pick, etc.

Imagine if Utah trades Jefferson and Millsap away at the deadline last year (or at least sits them and starts to play the "future" guys).

Nevermind. Just went back and looked at that draft and we might have gotten the best player in the draft. Holy crap, we had some lottery picks in terrible drafts.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Nevermind. Just went back and looked at that draft and we might have gotten the best player in the draft. Holy crap, we had some lottery picks in terrible drafts.

One would think that with a potential starting lineup up of a #3, #3, #9, #9 and #12 pick, the team would be pretty good. Drafts have indeed been pretty weak for Utah when they've had the high picks.

 

[green]

One would think that with a potential starting lineup up of a #3, #3, #9, #9 and #12 pick, the team would be pretty good. Drafts have indeed been pretty weak for Utah when they've had the high picks.

No kidding. If we set the draft back one year on all our picks, this is who we end up with:

PG - Bledsoe
SG -Harden
SF - DeRozan
PF - Favors
C - Drummond

Wow. We were screwed. That is if we had every draft taken back one year. Yikes.

 

[Jazz4ever]

One would think that with a potential starting lineup up of a #3, #3, #9, #9 and #12 pick, the team would be pretty good. Drafts have indeed been pretty weak for Utah when they've had the high picks.

Also let's not forget Favors was traded impart because he wasn't knocking the socks off anyone in New Jersey, putting up 6 and 5 in 20mpg, and had not even cleared bust status at that point.