Honestly my biggest issue is lack of length and the fact he's regressed since he was 20. Now 22, no improvement. And doesnt defend and due to size/length will have trouble ever being a good defender in the league.In the end, I highly doubt we draft Allen but I think he unfairly gets a bad wrap because people don’t like him.
Okogie is your guy, imo. Or Simons. Okogie the best combination of proven skill and upside, imo.
https://www.lockedonjazz.net/jazz/1...der-and-how-to-watch-the-draft-as-a-jazz-fan/
#LockeWatch
Locke eliminated Melvin Frazier and Dzanan Musa from consideration in the first 2 minutes of his draft day podcast.
IMO it's all bur certain that if we go by #LockeWatch what we do is draft
1. Huerter if he falls to us
2. Grayson Allen
3. Mo Wagner...
4. dark horse option - trade up for Miles Bridges if he falls far enough.
IMO most realistically we draft Allen.
nbadraft.net made a single move on their latest mock draft edition and that's to move Grayson Allen from the 30s to 21 for the Jazz
DX/ESPN/Givony moved Grayson Allen to 21 to the Jazz in his latest mock today too.
edit: it seems like nbadraft has moved Allen up to 19 now.
He was bad on open shots last year.
Now, you could make the argument that that's the easiest thing for him to fix, but apparently his synergy shots were really weird where he did better when guarded. But if he's just bad at open shots, all you have to turn him into nothing is simply not guard him.
37% isn't bad, but it isn't as good as guys like Huerter, Okogie, Thomas, and Okobo. Especially when he's being drafted partially because of his "great" shooting.
I think I can be talked into Huerter, Okobo, Bates-Diop, or Wagner. Everyone is fairly milquetoast to me, but in the end of the day I trust Dennis & I haven't really followed this year's class.
Perfect synopsis. Except I would add that he doesn't have the chops to run an offense full time, and that's basically the only possible way he'd be getting serious minutes here (EVENTUALLY!).I want him lights out 40% from three and he wasn't there. He's a tweener on defense and I think he will be too slow laterally to guard good point guards and too small to guard wings. Will be like a bigger Neto on defense imo.
In the 30s? Great pick. Early 20s pass.
For the record, I hated the pick. All of the intel on his soft, lazy-*** was accurate and I bought in. I wouldn't have taken Booker, I would've tried to trade down and take Portis.
Perfect synopsis. Except I would add that he doesn't have the chops to run an offense full time, and that's basically the only possible way he'd be getting serious minutes here.