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I think the Kings are going to be better than people think. They have gotten the negativity out of their franchise with new ownership. As long as Cousins doesn't have a meltdown (yes it is possible), he has been a monster in the couple of games I've watched.
 
Catchall said:
Check out these Ben McLemore highlights. What a smooth offensive player. His game is really translating to the pros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEigzdBDce4
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I know he has weaknesses like he cant dribble and tends to float but he can shoot the hell out of the ball and is pretty athletic i thought in a historically bad draft a player with his ability should have gone top 3
 
cowhide said:
I think the Kings are going to be better than people think. They have gotten the negativity out of their franchise with new ownership. As long as Cousins doesn't have a meltdown (yes it is possible), he has been a monster in the couple of games I've watched.
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I certainly hope so, and it's possible.

Right now the only team in the West that looks unbeatable--as far as tanking goes--is Phoenix. The only way we compete with them and Philly is if two of the C5 have season ending injuries.

So if the Kings are better than expected, then that's great for us.
 
spycam1 said:
I certainly hope so, and it's possible.

Right now the only team in the West that looks unbeatable--as far as tanking goes--is Phoenix. The only way we compete with them and Philly is if two of the C5 have season ending injuries.

So if the Kings are better than expected, then that's great for us.
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Caveat
Phx have a couple things we don't some decent combo guards and a guy that most people knew would make a great coach before he even retired. Furthermore we are playing them 3 times in November before our team will probably be playing well together.

As for Philli they are tanking too hard. Irony will be waiting for them at the lotto as the fates will conspire to make sure they draft fourth.
 
In case y'all are curious, and I know you are, this is Jabari Parkers line in their scrimmage against Bowie State. And yeah, I don't even know who Bowie State is. Who cares?


16 points, 6-9 from the field and 1-3 from 3, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks in 24 minutes. Not too shabby.

Rodney Hood had 19/8/4 btw. Thanks again Cyrone, wherever you are.
 
Other than Randle (who is almost certainly a top-3 pick), is there another big in this draft that would make the Jazz better than we already are in the front court? Even if Austin and Cauley-Stein really pan out, it seems they are no better than a lateral move from Kanter, Favors and Gobert.

It looks like we can focus on guards and wings, of which this draft has plenty.

Now, lets say we trade one of our bigs (Favors or Kanter) for another pick. How high up do you think that would get us?


See, here's the scenario I'm looking for---the Jazz's own pick comes in top 5 and nets us Jabari Parker. Then by trading Kanter, the Jazz get back in the draft at #7 or 8 and pick Aaron Harrison or Dante Exum.

That would leave us with Harrison/Hayward/Parker/Favors/Gobert, with Burke/Burks off the bench and ample cap flexibility. That's a nice distribution of talent with plenty of offense, defense and rebounding. I like Kanter, but the reality is that we can't afford to extend everybody, and Gobert is the kind of defensive presence a championship contending team needs to have.

Or maybe we just stick with Kanter/Favors and bring Gobert off the bench. Keep Trey Burke as the starter and draft Aaron Harrison or Wayne Selden with GSW's pick.
 
Catchall said:
Other than Randle (who is almost certainly a top-3 pick), is there another big in this draft that would make the Jazz better than we already are in the front court? Even if Austin and Cauley-Stein really pan out, it seems they are no better than a lateral move from Kanter, Favors and Gobert.

It looks like we can focus on guards and wings, of which this draft has plenty.

Now, lets say we trade one of our bigs (Favors or Kanter) for another pick. How high up do you think that would get us?


See, here's the scenario I'm looking for---the Jazz's own pick comes in top 5 and nets us Jabari Parker. Then by trading Kanter, the Jazz get back in the draft at #7 or 8 and pick Aaron Harrison or Dante Exum.

That would leave us with Harrison/Hayward/Parker/Favors/Gobert, with Burke/Burks off the bench and ample cap flexibility. That's a nice distribution of talent with plenty of offense, defense and rebounding. I like Kanter, but the reality is that we can't afford to extend everybody, and Gobert is the kind of defensive presence a championship contending team needs to have.

Or maybe we just stick with Kanter/Favors and bring Gobert off the bench. Keep Trey Burke as the starter and draft Aaron Harrison or Wayne Selden with GSW's pick.
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I like where you are going with this.

- love Parker good fit

- honestly I see the jazz trading favors before kanter because favors and Gobert, although good defensively there's no inside scoring. kanter and Gobert is a better match. personally I like the rotation of favors, kanter and Gobert.

- burks seems the mostly trade piece with a future pick(s) if the jazz wanted to get an additional pick, draft night. there are a handfull of sgs that I like better then burks.

- the best way to get another pick in this draft would be to shop rush and or Williams to a playoff team that needs shooting and defense off the bench.
 
Nice take. I just think it may be possible to come away from this draft with BOTH Jabari Parker AND Exum or Harrision, althewhile keeping Hayward and either Favors or Kanter. This would give us a match-up advantage at multiple positions on the floor. I'd be willing to move one big and Burke or Burks to achieve this, since I don't think we can afford to pay everyone longer term anyway.

I do like Kanter, and think he's a real difference maker, especially at PF. It just seems as though he and Favors have to learn to play together, and so far they're in each others way a bit.
 
Catchall said:
Other than Randle (who is almost certainly a top-3 pick), is there another big in this draft that would make the Jazz better than we already are in the front court? Even if Austin and Cauley-Stein really pan out, it seems they are no better than a lateral move from Kanter, Favors and Gobert.

It looks like we can focus on guards and wings, of which this draft has plenty.

Now, lets say we trade one of our bigs (Favors or Kanter) for another pick. How high up do you think that would get us?


See, here's the scenario I'm looking for---the Jazz's own pick comes in top 5 and nets us Jabari Parker. Then by trading Kanter, the Jazz get back in the draft at #7 or 8 and pick Aaron Harrison or Dante Exum.

That would leave us with Harrison/Hayward/Parker/Favors/Gobert, with Burke/Burks off the bench and ample cap flexibility. That's a nice distribution of talent with plenty of offense, defense and rebounding. I like Kanter, but the reality is that we can't afford to extend everybody, and Gobert is the kind of defensive presence a championship contending team needs to have.

Or maybe we just stick with Kanter/Favors and bring Gobert off the bench. Keep Trey Burke as the starter and draft Aaron Harrison or Wayne Selden with GSW's pick.
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This is one of those posts where I try to discipline myself not to vent about stupidity, inbreeding amongst other stuff. The result of you wasting your own and everyone else's time is
1) you don't follow this thread. Don't discuss when you don't follow. Add but don't discuss.
2) you would be a worse GM than Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan
Next time you make weird predictions at least offer your throught process, though I seriously doubt there was one in the first place.
You're welcome.
 
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