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Rather different player type, but some things: Much more of a true PG Taller A lot better at controlling the action, tempo Not the pure bucket getter that Sexton was/is (At least for those who like him, I presume) much easier to imagine how he eventually makes others around him better

Gotta check Twitter once in a while, man.

I'm a little miffed at this "we're talking our selves out of/into [player x]" narrative that seems to be going around. It seems to be based on the unstated (or sometimes stated) assumption that we already know who the best draft prospects are, and that it's just a matter of making sure we don't...

See also the discussion at 18:55 on who will really determine the pick: ie, JZ, DA, AA. Sounds like there's some differences within the FO (not that that shouldn't be expected).

From Tony Jones today on Fears: "There's one member of the Jazz front office that really, really, really likes him" (start at about 3:35)

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...

Strongly on the side of not small (though not large either). He's fine for a PG. Certainly not as small like most of the guys he's comped with. His body will need development, but I don't see anything stopping that over the years.

Agreed. In the same ballpark as the "We didn't tank just so we could draft a role player" argument.

I don't have any proof (it might be a worthwhile debate), but it seems to make sense to me that one of the worst things you can do in drafting is draft someone expecting them to be a star/true #1 option who either cannot handle the load, doesn't turn out to be sufficiently efficient, or has...

Whatever word we use for why some players have the ability to surpass other players who were drafted higher or in the same neighborhood, I don't think we know what it fully is (or maybe it's not just one thing). If we use "feel," it could be argued that Cody was expected to have (and maybe does...

Maybe you've seen this?

Kyle actually measured a quarter inch taller than Wolf, though his length measurements are somewhat worse.

Hit a triple with Knueppel.

Thanks for the link. Can you give us a quick and dirty on where they're coming from? Are they stat based, or do they prefer certain types over others? I'm not sure what's quite getting two players I've never heard of to have higher rankings than both gunner types (Ace, Trey, Fears(?)) and 3 & D...

Aren't the Jazz contractually obligated to have everyone born in Utah have a run with the team for at least a bit? :p More seriously, it's kind of strange that all I can find about where Thiero was born is that he was born in Utah (no city listed). Anybody know more than that?

Not really the one to ask, since I've only seen one game (maybe only part) from Thiero and perhaps two from Powell (and nothing at all from Penda), but I could be happy with either Thiero and Powell. Really liked Theiro's athleticism and straight-line-drive game -- thought that it was...

You probably knew something like this would be coming, after I this past season or two providing evidence that tanking is overrated, that it doesn't very reliably produce the results we're hoping the Jazz have, and that the value of draft picks (difference between high and low picks) seems to be...

All the speculation here is good and all, but it's probably worth listening to AA himself explain his answer to the press conference tanking question (start at about 4:30 mark):

Can you tell me where you're getting this? I don't see it on Twitter, Bluesky or her DN article.

Thing I liked best about Austin's press conference: his insistence that stacking good decisions is more important than some grand strategy & his admission that while a lot of good players in the playoffs are from top picks, there's lots of ways to build top teams. Thing I found strange: calling...