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JazzMan4Life

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With all the (deserved) hype surrounding Mitchell this off-season I feel like we might have overlooked our other first round pick.

How do you see Tony Bradley fitting into this team in the short-term? long-term?

I don't see a lot of open minutes in our bigs rotation, so unless he comes into camp and really shows the coaches something I don't think he will be given a ton of minutes from the get go.

I could see him spending a lot of time with the Stars this season.

I expect big things from him in a couple years. He appears to have some nice skills like offensive rebounding and a great motor, he also has shown a bit of range but his shot looks a bit flat to me so I don't expect him to be a stretch big anytime soon.
 
It really all depends on Favors. Whether he stays or goes. As for this year, he won't get any playing time unless an injury occurs or goes to the G-league
 
I like him, but I think we're going to wish we'd moved up a couple spots for Kuzma. Don't think we'll know the answer for a couple years.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
The Bradley pick feels a lot like the Lyles pick to me. Hopefully DL will prove right on this one.
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They seem genuinely positive about Bradley. Didn't really seem to be the case for Lyles. He's got an interesting game but I was bummed about Ojeleye.
 
To me, he's like a bigger version of Tristan Thompson. He'll be a plus rebounder and can operate out of the high post. He's a solid, fundamental player who can make reads, move the ball and make the right, most efficient plays. He'll be a good system player with shooters and cutters around him. He's not someone who is going to take minutes away from Rudy, but he's good as a backup big.

The fact that the Jazz made an extra effort to draft him, makes me think all the more that the Jazz are prepared to lose Favors after this season.
 
Catchall said:
Lyles' problem is between the ears. He doesn't look like he cares much, like he doesn't necessarily want to be great.
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I agree his problem is mental. But I do think he cares; he's just immature and has too big of an ego -- kind of like Kanter when he was with the Jazz.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
I agree his problem is mental. But I do think he cares; he's just immature and has too big of an ego -- kind of like Kanter when he was with the Jazz.
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Kanter at least worked on his body and improved his game. He made an impact when he played. Lyles didn't make effort on defense and couldn't do much with the ball on offense.
 
Bradley needs to work on his conditioning. The word coming out of UNC is that he can only play in 5 - 7-minute stints.
 
I'm encouraged based on DL moving up so the Spurs couldn't get him.

I was discouraged watching him actually play so far....
 
Some people were thinking he'd be a lottery pick if he decided to stay at UNC. He looks like a dude that won't lose a game for you.
 
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