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doubledribble

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Some people on this board are really excited about this upcoming draft, other think it is on of the weakest drafts in history. We simply do not know. However, if we look back, at the players that the Jazz drafted in the 14-21 range the most likely result is clear.

The Jazz recently drafted in this range Eric Maynor, Ronnie Brewer, Kris Humphries, Kirk Snyder, Pavel Podkolzin, Sasha Pavlovich, Ryan Humphrey (traded on the draft night for Curtis Borchardt), and Quincy Lewis. 8 players: 4 of them were out of the league after the rookie contract, 1 is career bench player, 3 are solid bench player/marginal starters.

If history is any guide the most likely outcome of this draft is one complete bust (Snyder/Podkolzin) and one solid back-up player (Pavlovich/Maynor). Even two busts are far more likely than finding one solid starter. That what you get for being simply bad, not awful.
 
I think what has people excited is the lack of separation between picks 7-25... there's really almost none. So for where we're picking, it's going to be a pretty strong draft.
 
David Stern said:
I think what has people excited is the lack of separation between picks 7-25... there's really almost none. So for where we're picking, it's going to be a pretty strong draft.
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Agreed.

In that range this draft is one of the strongest in recent memory. Especially if you're talking about Big Men.
 
The Jazz have the assets (picks and cap space) to move up in this draft. IMO they should do that and get McCollum, Burke or Adams.

However, even drafting where they are, there are some solid prospects.

I'm even excited about 2nd-round prospects like Livio Jean-Charles, James Southerland, Ricky Ledo, and Adonis Thomas.
 
Catchall said:
The Jazz have the assets (picks and cap space) to move up in this draft. IMO they should do that and get McCollum, Burke or Adams.

However, even drafting where they are, there are some solid prospects.
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Way interested to see who falls. I'm hearing a few names skyrocketing (wish I could share, can't).. we very well may get a nice player at 14...

If we could only catch some luck in this draft AND next....
 
doubledribble said:
Some people on this board are really excited about this upcoming draft, other think it is on of the weakest drafts in history. We simply do not know. However, if we look back, at the players that the Jazz drafted in the 14-21 range the most likely result is clear.

The Jazz recently drafted in this range Eric Maynor, Ronnie Brewer, Kris Humphries, Kirk Snyder, Pavel Podkolzin, Sasha Pavlovich, Ryan Humphrey (traded on the draft night for Curtis Borchardt), and Quincy Lewis. 8 players: 4 of them were out of the league after the rookie contract, 1 is career bench player, 3 are solid bench player/marginal starters.

If history is any guide the most likely outcome of this draft is one complete bust (Snyder/Podkolzin) and one solid back-up player (Pavlovich/Maynor). Even two busts are far more likely than finding one solid starter. That what you get for being simply bad, not awful.
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Weeeellllllllll hello Debbie downer.
 
just because there are no superstars doesn't mean it will be boring, nor does having superstars mean it will be exciting, we are only seeing them get picked after all, not seeing them play. the exciting part is that it is all so up in the air and unpredictable.
 
doubledribble said:
Some people on this board are really excited about this upcoming draft, other think it is on of the weakest drafts in history. We simply do not know. However, if we look back, at the players that the Jazz drafted in the 14-21 range the most likely result is clear.

The Jazz recently drafted in this range Eric Maynor, Ronnie Brewer, Kris Humphries, Kirk Snyder, Pavel Podkolzin, Sasha Pavlovich, Ryan Humphrey (traded on the draft night for Curtis Borchardt), and Quincy Lewis. 8 players: 4 of them were out of the league after the rookie contract, 1 is career bench player, 3 are solid bench player/marginal starters.

If history is any guide the most likely outcome of this draft is one complete bust (Snyder/Podkolzin) and one solid back-up player (Pavlovich/Maynor). Even two busts are far more likely than finding one solid starter. That what you get for being simply bad, not awful.
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I don't think it is fair to compare those past drafts where we had mid 1st round picks to this draft. Unless you are saying that O'Conner is going to make the picks again. I think Lindsey deserves the benefit of the doubt. BTW, I am not saying that all O'Conner's picks were bad either.
 
PKM said:
Way interested to see who falls. I'm hearing a few names skyrocketing (wish I could share, can't).. we very well may get a nice player at 14...

If we could only catch some luck in this draft AND next....
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What, were you sworn to secrecy or something? If you give us clues we can guess, and technically you haven't named names;)
 
Catchall said:
If I only got two of them, I'll say it's Giannis and Adams. The rest are rising, but 'skyrocketing' would be an exaggeration.
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You got one of those.. and from there we run into definition problems as to skyrocketing.

There's mocks.. then there's the couple of scouts I know and their perception becoming mine....
 
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