Maybe i'm reading into this a little too much, but he ended the interview talking about draft prospects and said that "great shooters are needed in the league."
About time he realized that. And are they needed on this team?
Maybe i'm reading into this a little too much, but he ended the interview talking about draft prospects and said that "great shooters are needed in the league."
Great, its only Feb 1 and the jazz are already locking onto a need in the draft. I think this is why they fail time and time again in the draft. They decide the position/skill/ attitude that the team is lacking and then evaluate all the players looking for that one thing. They end up with length-Kosta Koufus. Or 3pt shooters--Morris Almound or a replacement for AK--Gordon Hayward. Fail.
It wasn't that at all. NBA management has little leeway to talk about prospects, FA's, etc. Locke OBVIOUSLYwanted to know what KOC thought of Jimmer. KOC didn't feel he could answer, but gave the wink-wink nod of approval to satisfy fans or whatever.
Great, its only Feb 1 and the jazz are already locking onto a need in the draft. I think this is why they fail time and time again in the draft. They decide the position/skill/ attitude that the team is lacking and then evaluate all the players looking for that one thing. They end up with length-Kosta Koufus. Or 3pt shooters--Morris Almound or a replacement for AK--Gordon Hayward. Fail.
If you look at the Jazz roster, we probably have one of the lowest drafted teams in the league. KOC has done a terrible job of acquiring talent and you can't win in this league with a bunch of late first and 2nd rounders. I don't care how much KOC thinks of Jerry's system, eventually players are what matter in this league.
* Big Al #16
* AK #27(I think)
* Raja Not drafted
* Ronnie Price 2nd rounder
* CJ Miles 2nd rounder
* Milsap 2nd rounder
* Fez 2nd rounder
* Jeremy Evans 2nd rounder
* Gordon Hayward #9(But an obvious bust)
* Memo 2nd rounder
* Watson 2nd rounder
If you look at the Jazz roster, we probably have one of the lowest drafted teams in the league. KOC has done a terrible job of acquiring talent and you can't win in this league with a bunch of late first and 2nd rounders. I don't care how much KOC thinks of Jerry's system, eventually players are what matter in this league.
* Big Al #16
* AK #27(I think)
* Raja Not drafted
* Ronnie Price 2nd rounder
* CJ Miles 2nd rounder
* Milsap 2nd rounder
* Fez 2nd rounder
* Jeremy Evans 2nd rounder
* Gordon Hayward #9(But an obvious bust)
* Memo 2nd rounder
* Watson 2nd rounder
Perhaps part of this problem is that other than the year we got DWill we are always a "good" team and do not get high draft picks? Perhaps?
AK was picked 24th but he was our second pick in that draft - we took Quincy Lewis at #19.* AK #27(I think)
* Ronnie Price 2nd rounder
Picking at 19/20 doesn't usually land you much of a player.Jazz had a top 20 pick several times in the past decade. Here's how it went:
2002- 19. Ryan Humphrey. Traded to Orlando for Curtis Borchardt.
2003 - 19. Aleksander Pavlovic.
2009 - 20. Eric Maynor.
I don't even remember most of those guys.
Picking at 19/20 doesn't usually land you much of a player.
tank nation unite!yup. If you look at te rest of the teams 18-20th pick, you'll see most players are garbage.