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Official Player Workouts for the Utah Jazz

fishonjazz said:
maybe.
i think after wiggins and jabari its kind of a crapshoot.

i will be able to get excited about whoever we pick but vonleh is the player i saw the least of (i watched alot of smart, wiggins, embiid, jabari, and randle and saw a handfull of gordons games.... dont think i even saw one of vonlehs games) and vonlehs workout video was the least impressive of the ones i saw.... even his highlight videos are kinda boring. which all means absolutely nothing since exciting highlights are not the best indicator of a players value (duncan comes to mind).

only thing about vonleh that has ever really wowed me are his measurements and his 3pt percentage
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that is why we need mcbuckets
 
^ this is gonna be one of the funnest drafts to watch play out over the next few years, in a long time ^
 
If Gordon or Smart go top-4, one of Exum or Embiid will be there at 5 (which I am obviously about). Who knows, maybe even Parker.
 
Core4 said:
Wonderful. We get a guy who will try to play the rest of his career on a bad foot and with a bad back. But I really don't have to worry. Lindsey is a smart GM. He's not going to draft Embiid unless the guy slips to #23.
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Dude will be out 9 months his back will be 110%.
 
White Chocolate said:
Dude will be out 9 months his back will be 110%.
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Can you post your medical credentials?
His back problems to date have been chronic, having had problems in HS AND college. He now has screws in one of the slowest healing, yet super critical bone in his foot. Broken back, broken foot - sounds like the guy has brittle bones. Could be due to his height or nutritional deficits growing up in his native Cameroon.
 
Core4 said:
Can you post your medical credentials?
His back problems to date have been chronic, having had problems in HS AND college. He now has screws in one of the slowest healing, yet super critical bone in his foot. Broken back, broken foot - sounds like the guy has brittle bones. Could be due to his height or nutritional deficits growing up in his native Cameroon.
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The guy didn't even know he had a broken foot and was looking impressive in his workouts. I heard his back checked out too.
 
Doublea said:
The guy didn't even know he had a broken foot and was looking impressive in his workouts. I heard his back checked out too.
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Sure it did...until he starts playing actual games again. Bowie looked wonderful in workouts too; he was concealing a bad knee so he could get drafted and get paid. With Embiid's agent holding his medical records, can anyone be really sure he's fully disclosing everything? He's been very selective in what has been revealed. It even took some digging to learn of the back pain Embiid experienced in HS.
 
Core4 said:
Sure it did...until he starts playing actual games again. Bowie looked wonderful in workouts too; he was concealing a bad knee so he could get drafted and get paid. With Embiid's agent holding his medical records, can anyone be really sure he's fully disclosing everything? He's been very selective in what has been revealed. It even took some digging to learn of the back pain Embiid experienced in HS.
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Bowie later said he lied about feeling okay in the physicals (when they hit his tibia with a medical hammer). Jordan broke his foot in 85'-86' and Embiid weighs a measly 30 lbs more despite being 7 inches taller. You want to show me your medical credentials?
 
White Chocolate said:
Bowie later said he lied about feeling okay in the physicals (when they hit his tibia with a medical hammer). Jordan broke his foot in 85'-86' and Embiid weighs a measly 30 lbs more despite being 7 inches taller. You want to show me your medical credentials?
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Don't have any but have read three reports from medical experts re: his type of injury. Way too risky a pick for Utah.
Jazz: get the pick wrong, destroy any hope of contending
Lakers, Celtics, etc.: get it wrong? Oh well, go out and get a good FA.
 
Core4 said:
Don't have any but have read three reports from medical experts re: his type of injury. Way too risky a pick for Utah.
Jazz: get the pick wrong, destroy any hope of contending
Lakers, Celtics, etc.: get it wrong? Oh well, go out and get a good FA.
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I don't know about you but this was a fun year besides Cavs getting the #1 pick and Corbin being the coach. Why not go he Nerlens Noel route and tank one more year while seeing what we have with our core 5 with a new coach. Embiid could turn out to be a bust or he could be a star nobody really knows. Jazz need to take a risk for a star.
 
White Chocolate said:
I don't know about you but this was a fun year besides Cavs getting the #1 pick and Corbin being the coach. Why not go he Nerlens Noel route and tank one more year while seeing what we have with our core 5 with a new coach. Embiid could turn out to be a bust or he could be a star nobody really knows. Jazz need to take a risk for a star.
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Utah "tanking" in 2014-15 would likely mean 30+ wins. And that gets a pick in the 8-12 range.
A lot of things went "right" to help the Jazz lose so many games last season:
1) Burke was out to start the season (Tinsley and JLIII ran the show)
2) Trey struggled shooting-wise the entire year.
3) Favors was hurt off and on.
4) Hayward had his worst season as a pro.
5) Ty was the coach.
6) The team flat out quit the last 1 1/2 months.

The same "opportunities" won't be there to lose as many games, unless the Jazz go "Philly-style" and trade Burks, Kanter and Favors for 2nd-round picks and let Hayward walk in free agency.
 
@chadfordinsider: Dante Exum had a strong workout in Philly on Sunday. Don’t think he slides past 3.

@chadfordinsider: Sources in Orlando, Philly & Milwaukee all said he tested off the charts in psych testing. Might be most intelligent player in draft.

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Welp looks like it's..


1. Wiggins
2. Parker
3. Exum
4. Embiid?

5. Vonleh, Gordon, Randle


It's one of those guys... that's pretty much a lock now IMO.
 
Chad Ford is saying there are reports that Jabari "tanked"the Cavs workout. Saying he'd rather go to the Bucks. Hmm


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Lattimer said:
@chadfordinsider: Dante Exum had a strong workout in Philly on Sunday. Don’t think he slides past 3.

@chadfordinsider: Sources in Orlando, Philly & Milwaukee all said he tested off the charts in psych testing. Might be most intelligent player in draft.

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An Aussie smarter than the Ameridumbs in the draft. Gotta be that great school system we have in the U.S.

I don't care. Our kids can beat up your honor students. Smart vs. Exum at 3:00 behind the gymnasium.
 
Lattimer said:
Chad Ford is saying there are reports that Jabari "tanked"the Cavs workout. Saying he'd rather go to the Bucks. Hmm


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lol
 
So Cleveland's pick at #1 breaks his foot, Wiggins wants to play in Philly, and Parker wants to play in Milwaukee?

Read the ****ing tea-leaves Cleveland. Trade down.
 
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