Jackpotting Around -Tony Jones Edition
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gomretat
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Lindsey did some great things and everyone that paints for long enough has stinkers.
gomretat
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He was a great fit for the system if you were building your scheme around Rudy's strengths and weaknesses. He was a legit back up option that didnt kill us without changing schemes. If it had panned out, that had more value than drafting a starter in some other positions. It obviously didnt work but I never had a problem with the logic behind it. I know I was in the very small minority.
Losing Interest
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Sorry!! I liked a lot of what Lindsey did but selecting Udoka over Desmond Bane had to be one of the worst misses. Udoka may have had a monster final year in college but Bane had a solid 4 years. He shot 38% from 3 his freshman year. He followed that up with 46%, 42% & 44%. He was also a good size for a guard which the Jazz needed at the time.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Wait, so you’re saying because he hit on Rudy and Don, that’s why he drafted that doofus over McDaniels and Bane?
Why else draft a back up center when you have McDaniels and Bane right there, with the scouting department and Quin begging you to take them, on a team light on wing depth / size / defense?
He must have felt very strongly about Udoka.
McDaniels had a pretty bad freshman season and iirc had some character red flags that made him drop
Bane was a senior with very short arms.
The last game Bane and Udoka played Udoka had 34-15-5
Eh….the Udoka pick was just like Lyles over Booker. Burks over Kawhi. Draft is hindsight 20/20….but yeah it’s incredible how many good players were in the range.
For me, it’s more frustrating because of the poor team planning aspect. The Jazz were obsessed with getting a PG to play next to Don and getting a backup C for Rudy. Doke was just a small episode of that. Terrible, terrible team building around those two. We failed them.
For me, it’s more frustrating because of the poor team planning aspect. The Jazz were obsessed with getting a PG to play next to Don and getting a backup C for Rudy. Doke was just a small episode of that. Terrible, terrible team building around those two. We failed them.
homeytennis
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Dok had a series of bad injuries. It just didn't work out. He's still playing overseas.
It does seem like Utah was set on getting a certain kind of player instead of being open to truly evaluating BPA.
Pure speculation, but I think DL was drinking his own koolaide and thought he found the next Gobert. Lightning did not strike twice.