2020 NBA Draft Live Thread

[jom2003]

Merrill drafted... damn... we would've have had a legit shot at signing him as UDFA if he wasn't drafted

 

[Eminence]

I could see Merrill doing work in Milwaukee.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

**** this. Why can’t we ever swing for the fences. I’m never getting my hopes up in the draft ever again . My guy McDaniels was there for the taking and we draft an old school center that will play 10-15 minutes a night at the center position. **** DL AND JZ. Fire their asses tonight. I’m so frustrated.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Looks like Hinton is signing a 2-way with Dallas.

 

[stormkoopacv03]

What was surprising was the Celtics needed a center but they kept drafting pg and guards.

 

[NUMBERICA]

What was surprising was the Celtics needed a center but they kept drafting pg and guards.

Maybe we need to swap some FO personnel.

 

[LoPo]

Just let ****ing @LoPo run the team... it can’t be much worse.

I'm glad I went to sleep....

We did the exact same thing this year as the Tony Bradley draft. We passed on athleticism to find a Rudy clone. Then ironically, we used a pick to dump that failed experiment.

I simply do not understand why our FO is so intent on building a team around a traditional, rim protecting big. Teams have never won titles that way and it's even more unwise in this current evolution of the game.

Our FO will follow up this disappointing draft by overpaying Rudy in an extension. Continued mediocrity.

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

I will say from a strategy perspective it seemed like Utah did the smart thing. After they took Udoka a lot of bigs went off the board. He probably would have been gone by 38 if they took a wing/guard at 27.

 

[gomretat]

I'm glad I went to sleep....

We did the exact same thing this year as the Tony Bradley draft. We passed on athleticism to find a Rudy clone. Then ironically, we used a pick to dump that failed experiment.

I simply do not understand why our FO is so intent on building a team around a traditional, rim protecting big. Teams have never won titles that way and it's even more unwise in this current evolution of the game.

Our FO will follow up this disappointing draft by overpaying Rudy in an extension. Continued mediocrity.

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Bradley is not close to a Rudy clone. The statement I get from last night is that the Jazz are committed to having rim protector. Whether they keep both of them only time will tell.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I simply do not understand why our FO is so intent on building a team around a traditional, rim protecting big. Teams have never won titles that way and it's even more unwise in this current evolution of the game.

@LoPo This is a joke... right?

 

[Deleted member 365]

I like what we did. We got a backup who can spell Gobert for periods of a game. He’s a lob threat and can bruise people inside. A desperate need considering the best teams have multiple bigs.

I like Hughes. Seems to have unlimited shooting range and is good off the P&R. Good athleticism.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I will say from a strategy perspective it seemed like Utah did the smart thing. After they took Udoka a lot of bigs went off the board. He probably would have been gone by 38 if they took a wing/guard at 27.

Yeah I mean if you can get out in front of it and draft the worst big prospect first then ya gotta do it. Especially because you can’t take two perimeter players in a draft by league rule and you also can’t play multiple wing players in the modern nba. No one does that anymore.

I am not sure why DL and Zanik get the benefit of the doubt anymore and people are really stretching to find angles about why this was smart.