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Following Potential 2018 Draftees

I still like Mikal Bridges. If the Jazz go with just enough of a tank job to get into the top 10 and land him. . . I can live with that.

Then try to trade up for Anfernee Simons or Rui Hachimura or Rodions Kurucs and stock up on wings heading into the offseason.
 
Anyone watched Ajdin Penava of Marshall?

No idea who he is, but his stats are crazy this year. 20-10-4 on 40% 3pt shooting, and the 4 is bocks per game.

He nearly had a triple double w/ blocks against Ohio w/ 33-15-9. He plays for D'Antoni's brother, so they probably play an uptempo system conducive to stats and there are no highlights videos of him on youtube so I really have no idea how he looks on the court.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Anyone watched Ajdin Penava of Marshall?

No idea who he is, but his stats are crazy this year. 20-10-4 on 40% 3pt shooting, and the 4 is bocks per game.

He nearly had a triple double w/ blocks against Ohio w/ 33-15-9. He plays for D'Antoni's brother, so they probably play an uptempo system conducive to stats and there are no highlights videos of him on youtube so I really have no idea how he looks on the court.
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I watched a little bit of the Marshall/Xavier game last night and yeah, they really run and gun. Couldn't stop Xavier while i was watching, but they push the ball and jack it up. Had no idea the coach was D'Antoni's brother. Lol. Didn't notice the guy you mentioned but didn't know to look for him and only watched for about 5 minutes of game time.
 
Bamba hasn't looked spectacular (shooting is a lot worse than I'd hoped), but he certainly hasn't looked bad. Been very very good on defense JJJ is the only other prospect on his level defensively.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Anyone watched Ajdin Penava of Marshall?

No idea who he is, but his stats are crazy this year. 20-10-4 on 40% 3pt shooting, and the 4 is bocks per game.

He nearly had a triple double w/ blocks against Ohio w/ 33-15-9. He plays for D'Antoni's brother, so they probably play an uptempo system conducive to stats and there are no highlights videos of him on youtube so I really have no idea how he looks on the court.
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Okay, so this dude. He's leading the nation in blocked shots. I'm wondering if he's an AK type who can shoot it. 6'9", 210 skinny dude and is a 20 year old junior. didn't do anything his frosh and soph seasons and has absolutely burst on to the scene this season. he's second in the country to Trae Young in PER. they haven't exactly played the toughest schedule ever, but the two bigger name teams they've played - Xavier and Illinois, he played well in both.

I've recorded his game against Xavier from last night when he went for 25 and 9 with two blocks. will try to watch tonight.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Okay, so this dude. He's leading the nation in blocked shots. I'm wondering if he's an AK type who can shoot it. 6'9", 210 skinny dude and is a 20 year old junior. didn't do anything his frosh and soph seasons and has absolutely burst on to the scene this season. he's second in the country to Trae Young in PER. they haven't exactly played the toughest schedule ever, but the two bigger name teams they've played - Xavier and Illinois, he played well in both.

I've recorded his game against Xavier from last night when he went for 25 and 9 with two blocks. will try to watch tonight.
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Sounds exactly like the kind of guy that 2nd round picks are good for.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Okay, so this dude. He's leading the nation in blocked shots. I'm wondering if he's an AK type who can shoot it. 6'9", 210 skinny dude and is a 20 year old junior. didn't do anything his frosh and soph seasons and has absolutely burst on to the scene this season. he's second in the country to Trae Young in PER. they haven't exactly played the toughest schedule ever, but the two bigger name teams they've played - Xavier and Illinois, he played well in both.

I've recorded his game against Xavier from last night when he went for 25 and 9 with two blocks. will try to watch tonight.
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I was tweeting with a Marshall fan and he seemed to think it was a very outside chance. Seemed like his problem is not enough foot quickness to guard on the perimeter and too skinny to be a 5.
 
-Keeping up with my theme of "SF's who will be better than Hayward" from last year, add Scottie Barnes HS class of 2020 to the list. 6'7" strong build, 7'2"wingspan, plays pg, lotto pick written all over him... Way better prospect than Isaac Bonga.

-Bamba's been spectacular so far IMO. Andrew Jones injury has hurt Texas and that game the other night on TV was a disaster, they lack shooting, Eric Davis needs to wake up.

-Mo will take the Blocks lead from Ajdin Penava so he can enjoy it while he has it. He's too skinny. Lets see what more he can do though, he's young, absolutely no reason for him to declare this year being born in 97... There are low-profile bigs out there that are legit.. The kid on Wofford dominating UNC tonight was one of the best performances.

-Tyus Battle at Syracuse is underrated/underappreciated, someone here should be the official Battle fan it'll pay off.

-Trae Young is out of range. The Suns are going to take him. Anfernee Simons and Landry Shamet are the PG's to fixate on.

-Wendell Carter banging 3's is a game-changer. People here won't wanna talk about it but having him for cheap for 4 years as a Favors replacement could be cost efficient...

-Keep an eye out for Kansas bigs, they have major reinforcements on the way, ones relevant to this thread (De Sousa and Preston). Udoka is also having a tremendous showing this season.

-Doral Moore another massive C I hyped here for years is pretty much unstoppable as well... He's an interesting project, much better than Dakari Johnson -- not even close tbh.
 
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NBAdraft has moved Young up to 5, and bumped Bamba down to 6. At 12 they have us slotted for Wendell Carter, Duke's highly efficient PC/C.
Some things to like about Carter, he's only 18 and a half, and 250+ lbs already. Had a career high 27 points in 18 minutes yesterday, and has been shooting 3s (4-7)

 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I was tweeting with a Marshall fan and he seemed to think it was a very outside chance. Seemed like his problem is not enough foot quickness to guard on the perimeter and too skinny to be a 5.
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Yep, if anything stood out it was his lack of quickness and fluidity. I was hoping I'd see a long SF type because he's so thin but he does move more like a 4 or 5. For a guy who put up 25 and 9 in the game i watched, its weird how unimpressed i was with him.

Having said that, he appears to be a legit 6'10"(listed at 6'9) who can step out, put it on the floor a bit and will rebound and block shots. Also showed some passing ability, nice feel and scored using both hands.

He'll be an interesting guy to keep an eye on througout the season.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Yep, if anything stood out it was his lack of quickness and fluidity. I was hoping I'd see a long SF type because he's so thin but he does move more like a 4 or 5. For a guy who put up 25 and 9 in the game i watched, its weird how unimpressed i was with him.

Having said that, he appears to be a legit 6'10"(listed at 6'9) who can step out, put it on the floor a bit and will rebound and block shots. Also showed some passing ability, nice feel and scored using both hands.

He'll be an interesting guy to keep an eye on througout the season.
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Anas Mahmoud is a much better prospect, and he's in the 50-60 range.... I still say Mahmoud is like former Jazz great Jeff Withey, he's even more agile too.

Honestly the kid at BYU Yoeli Childs is probably a better prospect. There's a long list, and i'ma miss many;

Ben Lammers (Georgia Tech)
Abdul Ado (Miss St.)
Tariq Owens (St. Johns)
Matt Haarms (Purdue)
Donta Hall (Alabama)
Ikey Obiagu (FSU)
Ray Spaulding(Louisville)
Jontay Porter(Mizzou)
Bruno Fernando (Maryland)


Some of those players are surefire draftees IMO. Fernando is probablthe one who profiles the closest to that kid, and is way better, tbh.


This is one of those years, like the Gobert situation in 2013, lottery bigs are gonna fall to the 20's........ MITCHELL ROBINSON... Maybe a move like the Kings to trade back for Justin Jackson and their big (Giles) could pay dividends?
 
Terrance Clarke, who I've brought up here before(when he was ranked 9th or so), is now ranked #1 in his class, actually the 3 kids I hyped in that class are now ranked 1, 2 and 3... but this post is just about Clarke (the #2 player reminds me of Michael Porter Jr.)..

This kid is the greatest Freshman SG prospect I've seen. End of story. He's like Kobe mixed with James Harden.

They used to say this midget PG, Zion Harmon, was far and away the best player in this class, and claimed he's been the #1 ranked since 3rd grade --- I was very early on the nonbelievers of that story, in part because of Clarke...


I'll take him over Luka Doncic.
 
Tremont Waters would be a legendary 2nd rd pick for the Jazz. Lemme just mail in that pick right now btw. As y'all know I always hated Trey Burke, and I also categorize players as 'flamethrowers', Burke is a great example of the kind I don't like, and Waters is the opposite.

He'd likely be a major crowd favorite off the bench. The key word with his game is Sharpness... I like this kid better than Shabazz Napier who's carved himself a nice lil niche in the league and will play for a while.





For Utah's purposes he's almost on sale. It's perfect he's only 5'10", if he was taller the price would be much higher.


And to be frank, anyone who's enamored with Trae Young should look this way.. He's got insane cardio and just runs nonstop, idk how u could hate on this kid upon close inspection, he's an efficient backup..
 
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