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The Jazz agreed to terms with Elson

Definitely like this better than Mbenga. He understands what a role player is and is fine with it.
When healthy, he can play D and rebound, even block some shots. Probably the best big out there right now...
 
H.E. Pennypacker said:
Was Elson on the Spurs championship squad?
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If we was we get to hear from KOC about his championship experience, much as he touted how valuable Jason Hart's experience playing with a "winning ball-club" for his 15-some-odd games in San Antonio. Oddly enough, that was the exact same line people began saying around these forums.
 
write4u said:
So why isn't the Trib or DesNews reporting it?
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The Trib posted a report on Elson about 3 hours ago, although it was just in the blog. Francisco Elson probably isn't big enough news to warrant a full article on a "breaking news" basis.
 
NotDeadYet said:
Definitely like this better than Mbenga. He understands what a role player is and is fine with it.
When healthy, he can play D and rebound, even block some shots. Probably the best big out there right now...
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I would have picked Louis Edmundson as the best big left actually... he probably wanted more money than Jazz could afford given that we're over the luxury tax...

*sigh* I was hoping we could get Edmundson but not to be...
 
Hotttnickkk said:
I would have picked Louis Edmundson as the best big left actually... he probably wanted more money than Jazz could afford given that we're over the luxury tax...

*sigh* I was hoping we could get Edmundson but not to be...
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Edmundson is a fantastic player, no doubt.
 
honz said:
Edmundson is a fantastic player, no doubt.
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In a draft class that included Hall of Famers Dominique Wilkins and James Worthy, and former All-Stars and All-NBA team players Terry Cummings and Lafayette Lever (who almost averaged a triple-double over the course the 1988-89 season, with 19.8 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 7.9 assists), there's one NBA bust that stands alone.

It's not Clark Kellogg, the eighth overall pick of the Indiana Pacers, who was selected for the NBA All-Rookie Team, but was only able to play three full seasons, and portions of two others due to chronic knee problems that forced him to retire. But the biggest bust of the 1982 NBA draft was Keith Edmonson.

Edmonson, a 6'5" guard with great shooting ability, led the Purdue Boilermakers to the 1980 NCAA Final Four, and during his senior year, scored 21.3 points per game and was named a Academic All-American.

Edmonson was selected as the 10th overall pick in the 1982 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. However, Edmonson had an extremely disappointing career, averaging just six points in 87 games played during his three year career with the Hawks, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Denver Nuggets.

Edmonson starred in college, but with the brighter spotlight in the NBA, the lights went out fast on Edmonson's NBA career.
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So with Elson, Okur, and Fes all being C's and kinda slow to play PF, this may mean Al Jefferson will be a PF, at least he will after Okur returns... Millsap has no other b/u with NBA PF experience except AK... Interesting...
 
NotDeadYet said:
So with Elson, Okur, and Fes all being C's and kinda slow to play PF, this may mean Al Jefferson will be a PF, at least he will after Okur returns... Millsap has no other b/u with NBA PF experience except AK... Interesting...
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I imagine we will see virtually the same exact sort of 3 man rotation that we've had the past 3 years, but with Millsap seeing more minutes and Memo less.
 
calijazz said:
He has started in an abnormally large portion of the games he's played in his career (148 of 405), considering his career averages are about 4 PPG, 4 RPG. Scary.

https://www.nba.com/playerfile/francisco_elson/career_stats.html
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Greg Ostertag started 321 out of 756 career regular-season games, with career averages 4.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg.

https://www.nba.com/playerfile/greg_ostertag/

'Tag lost his starting job to Olden Polynice, who averaged 5.3 ppg and 5.1 rpg in his two seasons with us (158 starts in 163 regular-season Jazz games), although his career averages are 7.8 ppg and 6.7 rpg.

https://www.nba.com/playerfile/olden_polynice/

So yeah, my expectations are fairly low for what he will bring.
 
Actually that is the only Edmonson. You are talking about Louis AMUNDSON who formerly played for the Jazz and most recently Phoenix.
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The big problem is the guy hasn't played any semblance of significant time in two seasons. And hasn't blocked a shot in two seasons.

But yeah, from the research I've done on the Elson of the past, this could be a very underrated pickup. He also seemed to get a large percentage of his baskets in pick-and-roll situations, could finish well, and also has a mid-range shot. We'll see how it goes.
 
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