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Are the Jazz going to trade Rudy?

What is Udoka's age versus Bradley
Udoka might be older than Bradley even though Bradley has been in league three years
 
Udoka > Bradley. I’m totally fine not criticizing the pick. It’s everything else around it that’s stupid. If he’s your guy, great. Go out and get Udoh on the minimum.
 
infection said:
Udoka > Bradley. I’m totally fine not criticizing the pick. It’s everything else around it that’s stupid. If he’s your guy, great. Go out and get Udoh on the minimum.
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Yup... also I felt strongly that Xavier Tillman is a better big prospect and does things we sorely need. So I didn’t love the pick on two fronts but I understand what they were after in a vacuum.
 
green said:
Yeah. One important thing to remember with new ownership...where does his money come from? IF the Jazz go into the tax and lose 50 million, how does he pay that? Out of his own pocket? Yikes. I don't care who you are, losing 50 million is a big deal.

IF he wants to stay in Utah, he has to find a way to get cash flow from somewhere, preferably not the Jazz. IF he can't find a way to get cash flow to cover the Jazz in lean years you have one of three options: 1 - Move the team. 2 - Sell the team. 3 - Never go into the tax.

Tough future for the Jazz.
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No the jazz as an organization is likely sitting on substantial assets, including cash. It will cut into cash flow and margin, but it isn't like they have no money and if they have to pay the tax they will have to panhandle to get the cash.
 
infection said:
Similar tweet....



One thing I'd like to remind the masses is that they said very similar things about TB and how, had he stayed one more year, would have been a top 10 pick the next year.
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I hope it's not the same analytics model that told them Tony Bradley is a top 10 prospect. It's very possible that model overvalues something insignificant like individual rebounding for example.
 
candrew said:
Nice, I'm all for Lindsey pumping up his own players - as long as he doesn't start believing it!
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Yeah, it's that latter part that's the problem. And to combine two thread discussions into one, don't be surprised if we dump Conley mid-season for Exum.
 
stitches said:
I hope it's not the same analytics model that told them Tony Bradley is a top 10 prospect. It's very possible that model overvalues something insignificant like individual rebounding for example.
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He was high in some defensive box plus minus and other measure... Tillman was higher but whatevs.

it very well be an archaic PER or similar measure that values rebounding and a high FG%. Having him top 10 on a big board is uhhhhh bold?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He was high in some defensive box plus minus and other measure... Tillman was higher but whatevs.

it very well be an archaic PER or similar measure that values rebounding and a high FG%. Having him top 10 on a big board is uhhhhh bold?
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Here would have been my follow-up question:

Since they felt taking him at 23 would be a reach, and since they discovered analytics that had him as top 10, why were they comfortable trading back and landing him when it's conceivably possible that other teams could have beat them to this discovery and snatched him up from us?
 
I am pretty sure Jazz use multiple analytics model when evaluating talent quite possibly with different ones for different roles.
 
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