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Jazz rookies get shafted on nba.com's rookie ladder

IMO Kemba will be the most impressive out the gate. Just throwing that out there. Weird that only Jazz fans are loving on Burks but it should be obvious that Kanter isn't going to have a huge start.
 
How is Klay Thompson going to get minutes in the rotation of Monte and Curry? I can see him getting about 10 to maybe 15 minutes a game but that will not be nearly enough to make an impact.
 
orangello said:
How is Klay Thompson going to get minutes in the rotation of Monte and Curry? I can see him getting about 10 to maybe 15 minutes a game but that will not be nearly enough to make an impact.
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Pretty easily. Curry is the PG, Ellis plays SG. Thompson can sub in at 2 or the 3. He will be able to get just as many, if not more, minutes than Burks this year.
 
I understand why....

Utah is loaded with bigs, so Kanter may have a hard time getting off the bench, and he is somewhat a mystery.

With Burks, he was drafted outside the top ten and everyone in the NBA knows the jazz have a reputation to not play rookies many minutes at the start of the season.
 
Right now this list means exactly dick. And no, Kanter does not deserve to be anywhere near the top 10, and realistically neither does Burks.
 
I think the omission is justified.

Kanter doesn't have a hope in hell in putting up big numbers - he's playing behind Jefferson, Millsap, Favors AND Okur.

The same with Burks, he's playing behind Miles, Hayward AND Bell.
 
This is what my online book has listed:

5001 Brandon Knight +800
5002 Derrick Williams +350
5003 Enes Kanter +500
5004 Jan Vesely +1200
5005 Jimmer Fredette +500
5006 Kawhi Leonard +2000
5007 Kemba Walker +800
5008 Klay Thompson +1200
5009 Kyrie Irving +500
5010 MARCUS Morris +1500
5011 MARKIEFF Morris +1500
5012 Norris Cole +1500
5013 Ricky Rubio +800
5014 Tobias Harris +1500
 
I think most of AK's minutes are going to go to Hayward and a chunk of Raja Bell's numbers are going to go to Alec Burks this year.
I think Burks will get a chance to shine if he comes to play.
Kanter's minutes may actually harder to come by, especially earlier in the season.
 
I don't argue if Burks and Kanter should make the list or not, but this list is ********. Derrick williams is overrated just as kemba, i doubt klay thompson, vesely ,faried, will get enough mins and if these guys are making the top 10 rookie list, it means the last years draft sucked really bad.

Only potential stars among this years rookies are Irving, Rubio and Kanter. I believe Knight and Leonard will be good players too
 
sepanol said:
I don't argue if Burks and Kanter should make the list or not, but this list is ********. Derrick williams is overrated just as kemba, i doubt klay thompson, vesely ,faried, will get enough mins and if these guys are making the top 10 rookie list, it means the last years draft sucked really bad.

Only potential stars among this years rookies are Irving, Rubio and Kanter. I believe Knight and Leonard will be good players too
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Dude, there is absolutely no way that Kanter will be a star this year. Maybe our definitions of stars differ, but to my knowledge the only players from last years rookie class that were "stars" in my opinion, were John Wall and Blake Griffin. I can almost guarantee you that Kanter will not be at their level this season.
 
Enes Kanter is a child prodigy. He could miss the next 10 years of competitive basketball, then come in to his rookie year at age 30 (having never played basketball for those 10 years) and put up 20 and 10 in 30 minutes of game time.
 
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