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Grade the Utah Jazz draft.

I absolutely LOVE Hendricks on the jazz. I can already seem him moving the needle for the jazz as a rookie with his shooting and defense. Give him 3 years of developing his game and his body and he might be special. Im sure he will bulk up a bit and add some ball handling and passing and by the end I think he will be an all star level player with his size, athleticism, and skillset. Seems like a very humble kid with a good attitude. I bet Hardy will love him and get the most out of him. Also happy that Sexton wasn't traded. I really like the make up attitude/personality/culture wise of this team. Hoping that george can fit in with his extreme cockiness that I have heard about. He is the only one I could see being a diva.
 
Disregarding trading up etc as factoring into picks. Where we got the players we did

Hendricks A
George A
Sensabaugh B+

Best draft we have had in years excluding last year were we took other teams drafted players which turned out crazy good. Will Hardy going to do some great things with getting George playing within the system. He’s gonna play defense. I think up and down the team matches up with the nuggets better than any other in the west right now. That’s what matters bc nuggets are built to win for 5 years
 
I don’t follow much college ball so don’t really have much opinion on any of them. That said, when the players and their families were being introduced last night and they showed Hendricks I said to myself, “yup, that’s the guy I want”.
 
2023 NBA Draft grades: How each team fared in the first round

I agree with the New York Post, solid A. (Tied with San Antonio and Lakers - only Houston fared better.)
Jazz brass are just ecstatic with the way things played out. (Going off the Tony Jones disclosure I’d say we dodged a bullet by taking Hendricks instead of George at #9 cause no way Hendricks falls to #16.) And having Sensabaugh fall to #28 (ten picks after Bilas touted him- kiss of death) was just icing on the cake.
 
Release the Kraken said:
2023 NBA Draft grades: How each team fared in the first round

I agree with the New York Post, solid A. (Tied with San Antonio and Lakers - only Houston fared better.)
Jazz brass are just ecstatic with the way things played out. (Going off the Tony Jones disclosure I’d say we dodged a bullet by taking Hendricks instead of George at #9 cause no way Hendricks falls to #16.) And having Sensabaugh fall to #28 (ten picks after Bilas touted him- kiss of death) was just icing on the cake.
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I thought you were giving the NYP quote with the Jazz being ecstatic with how things went, but no. This is what they said:
Danny Ainge and Co. were a big winner of the draft, landing three prospects who all have rotational potential right away.

Hendricks is one of the best two-way big men in the draft, a rim-protecting, 3-point shooter. George is a skilled guard who was considered by many to be a lottery talent.

And Sensabaugh shot 48 percent in the Big Ten as a freshman, an impressive accomplishment for any 19-year-old.
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Which seems reasonable. But if you have the ninth pick, and your 8 favorite prospects are all gone by your pick, I don't think that makes you ecstatic. They were probably pretty bummed they didn't catch a break with someone falling.
 
I'd say A-.

Seems I was a bit higher on Hendricks than Jazz brass (had him 7th), so pretty happy with that. Not as high on George, but I get the pick and role, talent is there to work with. And I'm a big Sensabaugh fan, would've been quite happy with him at #16.

Had them ranked:
7- Hendricks
8- Sensabaugh
17-George

So that's a good draft imo. Not factoring in Bilal Coulibaly above, as I hadn't seen near any of him.
 
fishonjazz said:
I absolutely LOVE Hendricks on the jazz. I can already seem him moving the needle for the jazz as a rookie with his shooting and defense. Give him 3 years of developing his game and his body and he might be special. Im sure he will bulk up a bit and add some ball handling and passing and by the end I think he will be an all star level player with his size, athleticism, and skillset. Seems like a very humble kid with a good attitude. I bet Hardy will love him and get the most out of him. Also happy that Sexton wasn't traded. I really like the make up attitude/personality/culture wise of this team. Hoping that george can fit in with his extreme cockiness that I have heard about. He is the only one I could see being a diva.
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Hear you loud and clear. I actually wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Hendricks end up being the ROY this season as Wemby could pull a Chet Holmgren or else Pop imposes some limits on his freewheeling ways and who else on what team is a in a position to be spotlighted? Scoot is going to have to defer to Lillard - I can also see some friction developing there with him and Simons unlike our situation.
 
I’d say B. Hendricks made complete sense and George was evidently top 12 on a lot of people’s boards. Tough to grade much lower than that.

I’m curious if we tried to move up as rumored and if so, what we offered? Did we not offer much because the asking price was too high or because we are trying to hold onto assets to really make a run at a legit asset when the time is right this year or next? I’m very curious if the FO believes it has a legit chance to snag someone like Luka if they flame out this year which honestly, I think they could. If Kyrie stays, oof. If he goes, double oof. And their first round pick was Lively and typically bigs take longer to develop and I’m not sure the Mavs have that time. Idk.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
I thought you were giving the NYP quote with the Jazz being ecstatic with how things went, but no. This is what they said:


Which seems reasonable. But if you have the ninth pick, and your 8 favorite prospects are all gone by your pick, I don't think that makes you ecstatic. They were probably pretty bummed they didn't catch a break with someone falling.
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I can’t find it now but I read an article last night stating that the Front Office was thrilled with the way the draft unfolded.

And moreover had Indiana been amenable to a deal at seven, wouldn’t have seen us achieve our target of Anthony Black anyway. That move could have been disastrous even if we made the deal with Orlando and did get Black imo considering his less than stellar shooting. I don’t think anybody in the organization would be disappointed that we used all three picks got our main target at #9 and had our other two picks projected to go much much higher than they did falling to us at 16 and 28.
 
Ujfanatic said:
I don’t follow much college ball so don’t really have much opinion on any of them. That said, when the players and their families were being introduced last night and they showed Hendricks I said to myself, “yup, that’s the guy I want”.
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We are all going to love him.
 
Keefe said:
I’d say B. Hendricks made complete sense and George was evidently top 12 on a lot of people’s boards. Tough to grade much lower than that.

I’m curious if we tried to move up as rumored and if so, what we offered? Did we not offer much because the asking price was too high or because we are trying to hold onto assets to really make a run at a legit asset when the time is right this year or next? I’m very curious if the FO believes it has a legit chance to snag someone like Luka if they flame out this year which honestly, I think they could. If Kyrie stays, oof. If he goes, double oof. And their first round pick was Lively and typically bigs take longer to develop and I’m not sure the Mavs have that time. Idk.
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A lineup of Luka, Ochai, Lauri, hendricks, kessler would be the biggest in the league I bet. Of course if we were to trade for luka we probably have to give up some of those dudes but dang that would be a tall *** lineup.
 
Keyonte George could be really good. If he cleans some things up and transitions to the PG role, people might start comparing him to Deron Williams, imo.
 
Black or Walker was the player I hoped Ainge would try to snatch by trading up. And I'm pretty sure he tried it, but what can you do when the other team says “no we want to keep our pick” or is asking way too much. As for the kids we selected, I think the Jazz did all right. We don’t know at this point how they’ll develop. It’s wait at see. Hendricks was 8th on my board, so I do have high hopes for him. And let’s not forget that Danny still has all the bargaining chips in his pocket. Give him 2-3 years for building a contender. Or who knows, maybe the stars will align sooner.
 
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