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Summer 2015: FIBA games of Utah Jazz players

addictionary said:
Hey guys,

The Jazz roster has included at least one Turkish citizen for quite some time now. Let's not cut this trend. FIBA U-18 European championship. Turkey Roster: Furkan Korkmaz. Follow that guy. Draft him. Championship!
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I hope he's there when we pick. He looks really good from the little I've seen. Unfortunately he's probably going to be a top 10 pick.
 
stitches said:
I hope he's there when we pick. He looks really good from the little I've seen. Unfortunately he's probably going to be a top 10 pick.
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Mock draft is a bitch. You never know. But the dude's stock is only going up. I hope he stays healthy. This has been and still is a really stuffed offseason schedule for the guy.
 
Looks like Korkmaz will go before Güven. Güven's stock can fall a little bit because he is very rusty but I wouldn't mind him even if he is not a great fit with Jazz.
 
addictionary said:
Mock draft is a bitch. You never know. But the dude's stock is only going up. I hope he stays healthy. This has been and still is a really stuffed offseason schedule for the guy.
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Givony of Draft Express who is at the U18 Euros has him 11th in his draft right now so you never know. However this year I think we will draft about 16th.
 
BTP said:
My guess is Pleiß. He was hired late June, when the Jazz had his rights and probably a good idea he'd join them.
The official press release states, that they needed someone, who
a) had both FIBA + NBA experience(Maybe individual scouting on NBA opponents)
b) is a good development coach

Maybe the Jazz even wanted him on that team to monitor and steer Tibor's individual offseason workouts. There's another interview with Jensen, where they only published the German version. He's speaking about his work with Gobert, experience as a ball player himself and he wants Pleiß to play with more energy and anger.
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Looks like Germany has a Russian/French guy who is playing very well at the U18s.
 
Interesting to hear DL talking about Exum. Seems like the Jazz have sent a personal athletic trainer(Brian Zettler) along with him to his camp with the Australian national team in Croatia. I don't know if that's standard practice, or if they are truly that much hands-on with his development this off-season that they will send someone with him even on his international engagements.

https://kfanav.s3.amazonaws.com/20150723_072315_lindsey-WEB.mp3

This + Alex Jensen being the assistant coach for the German national team and working with Pleiss this summer are very interesting player development moves in the off-season.
 
stitches said:
Interesting to hear DL talking about Exum. Seems like the Jazz have sent a personal athletic trainer(Brian Zettler) along with him to his camp with the Australian national team in Croatia. I don't know if that's standard practice, or if they are truly that much hands-on with his development this off-season that they will send someone with him even on his international engagements.

https://kfanav.s3.amazonaws.com/20150723_072315_lindsey-WEB.mp3

This + Alex Jensen being the assistant coach for the German national team and working with Pleiss this summer are very interesting player development moves in the off-season.
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Wow that's amazing if true.. I don't think it's standard practice to send a personal trainer with the player... obviously DL wants to keep working on Exum's body and DL must really thinks he can turn it into some sort of a Masterpiece.


I don't blame him and hope he succeeds.
 
NCJazz said:
Looks like Germany has a Russian/French guy who is playing very well at the U18s.
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Hometown team had him in its youth roster last years, they wanted to sign him this summer to a contract in combination with an education(He's 17), kid wanted to go pro and passed on the offer. Talented at hooping though, maybe he'll make it.
 
Furkan Korkmaz is an intriguing kid, turned 18 today, is smart on and off-the court, athletic, crafty, hardworking, confident and long. He already speaks solid English, knows a lot about the game, is an elite shooter, can create for himself and teammates. He lacks strength and experience; he is too thin, can be pushed around rather easily. If he can handle the physicality of the NBA he has pretty much all the tools to shine. Such a guy should go top-10 in the draft but he is playing for a stacked team coming off the bench, getting little PT. Maybe he will slip to #20 for us to pick? : ) Or we may always trade up in the draft; "flexibility for the future", you know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuaeO40Egbo
 
ONE LOVE said:
Wow that's amazing if true.. I don't think it's standard practice to send a personal trainer with the player... obviously DL wants to keep working on Exum's body and DL must really thinks he can turn it into some sort of a Masterpiece.


I don't blame him and hope he succeeds.
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From listening to the context of the interview, it sounded more like they sent the trainer over with Exum to continue rehabbing the ankle injury and to make sure Dante wasn't going to re-injure it. That said, DL also mentioned that Exum just played in a practice and looked good.

Another interesting nugget from the interview: DL said that we'd see an improvement with Exum this next year, but we wouldn't really see the player Exum is for another 2-3 years (e.g. the Hayward timeline.) That said, I'm sure half of the posters on this board will go nuts anyway next year and call him a bust.
 
Flc said:
From listening to the context of the interview, it sounded more like they sent the trainer over with Exum to continue rehabbing the ankle injury and to make sure Dante wasn't going to re-injure it. That said, DL also mentioned that Exum just played in a practice and looked good.

Another interesting nugget from the interview: DL said that we'd see an improvement with Exum this next year, but we wouldn't really see the player Exum is for another 2-3 years (e.g. the Hayward timeline.) That said, I'm sure half of the posters on this board will go nuts anyway next year and call him a bust.
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Could be that... the official position of Zettler on the Jazz is 'head athletic trainer'...
 
jjscap said:
Furkan Korkmaz is an intriguing kid, turned 18 today, is smart on and off-the court, athletic, crafty, hardworking, confident and long. He already speaks solid English, knows a lot about the game, is an elite shooter, can create for himself and teammates. He lacks strength and experience; he is too thin, can be pushed around rather easily. If he can handle the physicality of the NBA he has pretty much all the tools to shine. Such a guy should go top-10 in the draft but he is playing for a stacked team coming off the bench, getting little PT. Maybe he will slip to #20 for us to pick? : ) Or we may always trade up in the draft; "flexibility for the future", you know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuaeO40Egbo
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Of course Mario did not play big minutes either but got up to 5. Just takes a few opportunities to show what he can do.
 
Greece announced their roster today and former Jazzman Kosta Koufos is on the roster as well as Calathes and the Greek Freek. Looks like they also got the rest of their top players. They will not be easy to beat.
 
Flc said:
From listening to the context of the interview, it sounded more like they sent the trainer over with Exum to continue rehabbing the ankle injury and to make sure Dante wasn't going to re-injure it. That said, DL also mentioned that Exum just played in a practice and looked good.

Another interesting nugget from the interview: DL said that we'd see an improvement with Exum this next year, but we wouldn't really see the player Exum is for another 2-3 years (e.g. the Hayward timeline.) That said, I'm sure half of the posters on this board will go nuts anyway next year and call him a bust.
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Whenever Lindsay talks about Exum he brings up Exum's dad's body and how if Exum can get up to 215-220...then you hear DL start to salivate on the radio.

I think DL really thinks Exum will lead us to the promise land and is a special talent. I agree. In 5 years, DL will be lauded as a genius with Exum, Gobert, and Hood.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Wow that's amazing if true.. I don't think it's standard practice to send a personal trainer with the player... obviously DL wants to keep working on Exum's body and DL must really thinks he can turn it into some sort of a Masterpiece.


I don't blame him and hope he succeeds.
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Athletic trainers are not personal trainers or strength coaches. They help with injuries. They are they guys who run out when someone get hurt, do the taping and wraps and work behind the scenes working with physicians to help with rehabbing from injuries. If they sent a athletic trainer with him it is because of the ankle injury and/or another injury.
 
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