Park Bites
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in this draft I dont want to swing for the fences. I think safe rotational players would be better.
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in this draft I dont want to swing for the fences. I think safe rotational players would be better.
The Jazz need a (super) star, point blank. Kunbo has a better chance to be that (I'm not proclaiming that he will be), and having one less good player next year increases the chance that the Jazz are in place to add a superstar talent in '14. Win-Win.
But I like Karasev, too. But the evidence that you need (super) stars to win a title and can continuously put yourself in that position is overwhelming.
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Unless our young talent with a weak supporting cast proves to be good enough by themselves for a 7 or 8 playoff-seed (as has crossed the mind of many people, I'm sure). Then everyone will be grumbling about how we missed the opportunity to build around them with good role players. Risks all the way around.
I don't see a star talent in Karasev or a great defender and role players aren't nearly as hard to acquire.
Agreed with ur last couple posts.
There are at least 5 years before Adetokunbo becomes a superstar if he ever becomes one. It will be hard to keep any of the Core 4 till that moment. I think we have a chance at lottery next year if we don't sign Al and Paul and Kanter has a chance to be that star.
With Curry I think people saw that he had star potential and the pedigree. He was also willing to play the PG position and take that task seriously in his final year of college. That showed his determination to succeed in the NBA. Minny would have taken him if he hadn't refused to work out with them.
Klay had his shooting for starters. Nobody thought he could become the all round player that he is today, but you could say he at least had the "physical attributes" to succeed.
Karasev has the stroke. There's no doubt about that. But can he become more than just a shooter and reach Gallinari type status? That remains to be seen. Can he defend NBA caliber players? That's my biggest question mark on him.
These playoffs clearly showed though that you need 2-way players in your team, or else you'd just get exposed. You can't defend, they'll just put LeBron on you 10 times out of 10. Unless of course you have a Thibodeau type coach.
A-Train (old)
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Sergey Karasev or Shane Larkin at #21 would be ideal!
A-Train (old)
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Then, BPA at #14.
I haven't said much in regards to Shane Larkin, but I don't really see it. I'm one of the louder of the size-isn't-everything crowd but it IS a factor and Larkin is flat-out tiny when measuring against anything not in the Muggsy Bogues to Nate Robinson spectrum (which is to say, exceptional exceptions to the rule). I might take him in the second round but the dude is completely off the radar for me in the first round.