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I still think snagging the Pelicans pick from the Hawks would be sweet. Lauri for the Pels pick and filler feels like a good deal for both teams. Wr end up with 2 lottery picks to go along with Ace, Walt, Key, and then we have cash to pay for Kessler.
 
I posted this in the Wemby thread, but here is the race to watch. Jokic has the edge right now, but this will make this season fun even while the Jazz tank again to get their predetermined 5th pick.

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LogGrad98 said:
but this will make this season fun even while the Jazz tank again to get their predetermined 5th pick.

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Bad news: The Jazz fans will certainly not end with the worst record. Nets have that in a death grip.

The Pelicans are also probably worse than the Jazz while trying to win.

The Jazz will draft top-4, or barely keep the pick, it looks like (I know you were making a joke but I just ran with responding in earnest).
 
NUMBERICA said:
Bad news: The Jazz fans will certainly not end with the worst record. Nets have that in a death grip.

The Pelicans are also probably worse than the Jazz while trying to win.

The Jazz will draft top-4, or barely keep the pick, it looks like (I know you were making a joke but I just ran with responding in earnest).
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Funny thing is, when I predicted the draft this summer and pretty much nailed it, I was just joking around. But I feel strongly this will be our fate, the 4th or 5th pick again, whichever one allows us to keep the pick. I haven't been following, is it top 4 protected, or top 8 or something? idk
 
LogGrad98 said:
Funny thing is, when I predicted the draft this summer and pretty much nailed it, I was just joking around. But I feel strongly this will be our fate, the 4th or 5th pick again, whichever one allows us to keep the pick. I haven't been following, is it top 4 protected, or top 8 or something? idk
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Top-8 protected, but since the top-4 are lottery slots, you could have as many as four teams leapfrog teams with worse records, which means in order to guarantee keeping their pick, the Jazz have to finish bottom-4 in the standings.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
NAW was more or less written off after being traded by the Pels and Blazers, even though the tools were there. Possible point of reference for Cody Williams.


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I mean, maybe? But Cody's jumpshot is completely broken and he's one of the worst help defenders in the NBA so it's not like there are many paths here without massive development.

The Jazz are the 3rd or 4th worst team in the league and Cody can't crack the rotation. Andy Larsen says he's even been terrible in practice.

NAW in his 2nd season was very bleh and put up a fairly inefficient 11 PPG on 35% from three. He had a great first half of his fourth season with Utah before being bad post trade deadline as he adjusted. Then he's been good since.

Cody is averaging 3/1/0.5
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
I mean, maybe? But Cody's jumpshot is completely broken and he's one of the worst help defenders in the NBA so it's not like there are many paths here without massive development.

The Jazz are the 3rd or 4th worst team in the league and Cody can't crack the rotation. Andy Larsen says he's even been terrible in practice.

NAW in his 2nd season was very bleh and put up a fairly inefficient 11 PPG on 35% from three. He had a great first half of his fourth season with Utah before being bad post trade deadline as he adjusted. Then he's been good since.

Cody is averaging 3/1/0.5
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That's the point. Nickeil struggled until his 4th season. Early on, you can say the Pels tried to make him a point guard and he was out of position, but he was out of the rotation later on in NOLA.

Cody has played a grand total of 30 minutes over 4 games this season. His stats are meaningless so far.
 
I don't really see many parallels between Cody and NAW except that they weren't good. But even then, NAW was on another level. It is true that players can still make it after struggling early on, but I don't see a reason why it applies as a reference to Cody versus the other guys that suck.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
NAW was more or less written off after being traded by the Pels and Blazers, even though the tools were there. Possible point of reference for Cody Williams.


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This is not a point of reference for Cody Williams. NAW actually looked like an NBA player from the jump and got worse with time which is why the Jazz could trade basically nothing to acquire him. Cody Williams has just been comically bad period.

Fetch might happen eventually but you’re still too eager to make it happen.
 
KqWIN said:
I don't really see many parallels between Cody and NAW except that they weren't good. But even then, NAW was on another level. It is true that players can still make it after struggling early on, but I don't see a reason why it applies as a reference to Cody versus the other guys that suck.
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Cody has the tools and half the game to be an NBA player. If he gets the other half, he'll be impactful. Just needs to work on his strength and shooting mostly, then rep out a few spots on the floor where he'll be asked to score. In that sense, there are similarities with NAW.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
That's the point. Nickeil struggled until his 4th season. Early on, you can say the Pels tried to make him a point guard and he was out of position, but he was out of the rotation later on in NOLA.

Cody has played a grand total of 30 minutes over 4 games this season. His stats are meaningless so far.
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I mean, the fact that Cody has played only 30 minutes on a team with no NBA caliber SGs is probably the worst statistic he has by far.

(this also goes for Sensabaugh)
 
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