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Following potential 2015 draftees

Stifle Tower said:
Or drafting a PF who replaces Booker in another year. Trevor's contract is up in 2016. We know most NBA owners can't keep it in their pants (I'm talking wallets). They'll be out to spend big money and guys like Trevor will be significantly overpaid.
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...which is why I put guys like Portis, Lyles and Harrell on that list. Portis in particular could be a better version of Andray Blatche, making bigs guard him out to 20 feet.
 
I'm just not that big on Portis. Looks too much like a gold fish.
Lyles is way more skilled than people realize and a surprisingly good rebounder.
Harrell can give HUGE energy off the bench. Limited upside, but a nice floor.
 
I like Lyles as a reach pick at 12-14. I feel like Harrell will be a poverty version of Faried, but he does play with dat "juice"
 
None of the UK guys get enough minutes to put up big numbers, but I have a suspicion that Lyles will have a good game against WVU.

So there.
 
couple things

- booker has only a partial guarantee next year. even if the jazz draft a 4 I could see them keep both just to develope the pick beside booker could be awesome trade material next with his contract.

- jazz seem to be craving a stretch 4. lyles and portis do seems to be fitting that bill some. I like lyles the most because I think he can also get some minutes at the 3 in a big line up. I am not as concerned about his 3 point shot because his form looks good. looney is another option here too.

- I haven't seen a lot of Hayes but what I have seen is if he can't play the 3 at the next level he is nothing more then a second round pick. he is listed at 6-7 and that just isn't going to cut it as a 4 in the nba. he does have good size for a 3.
 
From what I've watched of Nigel Hayes I'm not sure why people think he going to play some PF. He's pretty clearly a small forward.

Looney and him are waaaay different. Looney is a rebound/putback guy at this point and Hayes works a lot on the perimeter. I've been pretty down on Looney but I'd take him in the late teens early twenties... Just never watched him and thought "that guy should go top ten".
 
I'm high on both Lyles and Looney. Lyles is my preference between the two. His polish, skillset, and fluidity at that size is very rare. He'd be the perfect big to play inside/outside to pair with our two (soon to be three?) towers inside.

IMO, I doubt he makes it to 12. Once he's out of the shadow of the 19 other first rounders at Kentucky, I think he'll shine in workouts and get picked in the 7-10 range.
 
1 more thing

- this offseason I see the teams that can throw money around. lock these players into contracts now before the tax goes up. like people have said Hayward's contrat will be very reasonable next offseason. I would love to see the jazz go hard after Middleton
 
Catchall said:
The big question right now is whether the Jazz can draft a wing or forward who is better than Rodney Hood. Otherwise, they're drafting for back-up players.

As for guys they might like later in the draft, keep an eye on:

Lyles
Portis
Harrell

Any of them could become the back-up to replace some of what we lost with Kanter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvbumBNlzD4
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I would love Harrell, does dumb **** fairly often but plays hard, is a bad *** and has some nice touch. Would be a solid 3rd or 4th big.
 
I'm also kind of expecting Nigel to return to Madison, but if he did come out he's a guy I'd look at in the 2nd round or trading into the late first to get for sure. As for his size I've seen him listed at 6'7 and 6'8, so I'd be interested in seeing his official measurements. Either way he seems like a guy who could do some time at either forward position to me. 'Bout the same size as Paul Millsap.
 
Eminence said:
I'm also kind of expecting Nigel to return to Madison, but if he did come out he's a guy I'd look at in the 2nd round or trading into the late first to get for sure. As for his size I've seen him listed at 6'7 and 6'8, so I'd be interested in seeing his official measurements. Either way he seems like a guy who could do some time at either forward position to me. 'Bout the same size as Paul Millsap.
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With David Stockton's success in the DLeague Kyle Draginisis from Gonzage is a tough as nails 6'5" PG with basically crappy stats. He did score in double figures vs. BYU in the WCC Championship game but I think he might be worth either a 2nd round pick at best of an invitation to summer league.
 
Chad Ford still pretty firm about Johnson not being in the top #10... DX has him at #5 ... may be he'll go somewhere in between?

Johnson cleaned up against Texas Southern on Thursday, scoring 22 points and shooting 4-for-5 from three. But against a more athletic Ohio State, he really struggled, shooting just 1-for-12 from the field and 0-for-4 from three. Johnson's shooting touch has generally been solid all season, it's his struggles finishing at the basket that have scouts worried. For someone so strong and athletic, he's shooting just 53 percent on shots at the rim. That's partly why, despite solid production all season, scouts aren't ready to commit to him as a Top 10 pick.
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Apparently scouts are pretty split between Johnson & Oubre... wow.. it would be amazing if Johnson falls to our lap at about #10.

Oubre didn't dominate either game. He was better on Friday against New Mexico State, going 2-for-3 from beyond the arc. Against Wichita State on Sunday, he was just 3-for-9 from the field and 0-for-3 from 3. He had five rebounds, but never really got it going for Kansas. That's been Oubre in a nutshell all year. Incredible talent, spotty production. While we have him ranked one spot ahead of Johnson on our Big Board because of upside, the truth is scouts are pretty evenly split between the two. This might come down to who dominates in head-to-head workouts.
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