Jackpotting Around Podcast: Episode 40 - Tony Jones from the Athletic - Draft and Offseason Preview

[Elizah Huge]

Episode 40 of the Jackpotting Around Podcast is live with a special guest, the one and only Tony Jones joins @Handlogten's Heros and I!

We cover so many different draft prospects for the Utah Jazz including what is going on with Ace Bailey?

How do the Jazz feel about VJ Edgecombe, Tre Johnson, and Kon Knueppel?

Is the smoke real with Jeremiah Fears?

Is Khaman Maluach a legit option at 5?

We talk about Walker Kessler’s potential extension.

Could the Jazz move up or down in the draft?

Potential vet trades and what kind of value should we expect back?

Plus much more!

Apple Podcasts:


View: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jackpotting-around-a-utah-jazz-podcast/id1728148741?i=1000714305613

Spotify:


View: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mkP2EEym0dcNk6bWpQQdu?si=zL_Fv_mCTYG3OgVwvczGXg

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Very nice

 

[KqWIN]

Biggest thing I heard here is that Tony doesn’t have a read on Tre. Seemed like he was saying “the Jazz has Tre high on their board” on lockedon, but here it seems like that was just TJ’s personal opinion.

Also like that of the Jazz draft/pass on Ace, it will because of basketball.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Is there no Will Riley talk?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

SMH no Riley or Yang talk

 

[Jason]

Amongst the other chaos going on, listened and this was a good ep. Nicely done gentleman. You have a good vibe with Tony Jones.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Amongst the other chaos going on, listened and this was a good ep. Nicely done gentleman. You have a good vibe with Tony Jones.

Thank you! Listening it back to it sounded like a bunch of old friends talking ball.

 

[Elizah Huge]

SMH no Riley or Yang talk

We have bigger fish to fry sorry my friend

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

We have bigger fish to fry sorry my friend

Those are the biggest fish

 

[Miggs]

We have bigger fish to fry sorry my friend

Don’t be some industry shill.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Don’t be some industry shill.

I genuinely have no idea what you mean by that. We have a limited amount of time to talk to Tony, respectfully, I didn’t think it was wise to use any of that to talk about Will Riley or Hansen Yang.

 

[idiot]

Great job with this one, guys.

As you were asking Tony at the end about anything you didn't cover, I had one thought come to mind: whether he thinks there's any difference in the drafting approach between Danny and Austin (esp. since there was a little discussion on how Danny has his types in the draft). Would be interesting to know whether anyone thinks they have a read on how Austin looks at draftees.

But thanks for the great pod.

 

[Miggs]

I genuinely have no idea what you mean by that. We have a limited amount of time to talk to Tony, respectfully, I didn’t think it was wise to use any of that to talk about Will Riley or Hansen Yang.

Relax, WC. I’m busting balls.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think Fears and Keyonte are similar in terms of skill level. Keyonte is a better shooter from deep. Fears is a more natural lead guard and playmaker.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think Fears and Keyonte are similar in terms of skill level. Keyonte is a better shooter from deep. Fears is a more natural lead guard and playmaker.

Difference is Fears athleticism is more translatable to getting to the rim where Keyonte is a guy who struggles to get all the way

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I genuinely have no idea what you mean by that. We have a limited amount of time to talk to Tony, respectfully, I didn’t think it was wise to use any of that to talk about Will Riley or Hansen Yang.

That's OK. Y'all will have plenty of time to talk to TJ about them when Utah drafts them.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also Riley has been noted by many insiders as a rising prospect in the workout settings and is one of the more commonly mocked prospects to Utah at 21, so I think it would have been interesting to hear if Tony could verify that, but it's whatever.

I know y'all arent Billiam Riley fans, so I get it

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Difference is Fears athleticism is more translatable to getting to the rim where Keyonte is a guy who struggles to get all the way

Yeah, Keyonte really needs an open lane to get to the rim. He's also pretty dependent on screens as a playmaker. Fears can waive off a screen and just beat guys.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yeah, Keyonte really needs an open lane to get to the rim. He's also pretty dependent on screens as a playmaker. Fears can waive off a screen and just beat guys.

Keyonte just wants to stop before getting all the way or kind of halfway avoid contract. I see Fears as a guy who is going to get there, but I could be wrong if the NBA size overwhelms him like it has Keyonte.

Keyonte is also in love with his shot in a way that Fears isn't, so I think Fears will have more natural incentive to learn paint finishing

 

[Elizah Huge]

That's OK. Y'all will have plenty of time to talk to TJ about them when Utah drafts them.

Yang is 24th on my big board fwiw