Chris
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So, I've been kicking around ideas in my head regarding this year's Draft and I think I have something that might work and might help us win now. Let's assume the Draft Lottery shapes up from picks 10-14 the way it's projected to. Consider:
With the 12th pick, the Jazz select Sam Dekker.
Utah trades next year's first round pick and Trey Burke to Oklahoma City or Phoenix for their pick this year (13 or 14). The Jazz select Frank Kaminsky. If next year's second round Jazz pick is necessary to sweeten the deal, pull the trigger.
In the second round of this draft, the Jazz select a backup point guard.
Here's why:
We all know the Jazz are on the cusp of breaking out. We need some key pieces to make that happen. It's possible that Trey will get better in important spots and that he could be good, but probably not great. I think teams around the League know that too. So he has some value. I don't necessarily want to lose him because I don't think he's hit his ceiling yet, but this trade makes us better now.
As far as Dekker and Kaminsky go, I was trying to figure out which of those guys we should choose, and I really came to the conclusion that I want both. They both fill needs that the Jazz have.
Dekker gives us a solid, energetic two-way player to back up Hayward and take some pressure off him at the end of the season, when his legs seemed to give out this season. Kaminsky gives Gobert a good backup, with length, who is one of the best shooters in the draft. Good post moves and will help us stretch the floor.
That they have played well together for three years cannot and should not be discounted. That, I believe, adds even more value. The Jazz need plug-and-play additions to the team. Hard to find that, especially in the Draft. While both players are not finished products, I think adding the combination of players is of more value than the sum of its parts.
And obviously, adding a good facilitating, defensive backup point guard in the second round would address the loss of Burke at the point guard spot. I believe in Bryce Cotton as Dante's backup. I've seen a lot of him at Providence College and he's legit.
I kind of see this set of moves as drafting next year's first round player this year and helping to make us a much more competitive and well-rounded team this season. And, none of this is conditional upon Tomic (ain't happenin'), Pleiss, or Neto.
With the 12th pick, the Jazz select Sam Dekker.
Utah trades next year's first round pick and Trey Burke to Oklahoma City or Phoenix for their pick this year (13 or 14). The Jazz select Frank Kaminsky. If next year's second round Jazz pick is necessary to sweeten the deal, pull the trigger.
In the second round of this draft, the Jazz select a backup point guard.
Here's why:
We all know the Jazz are on the cusp of breaking out. We need some key pieces to make that happen. It's possible that Trey will get better in important spots and that he could be good, but probably not great. I think teams around the League know that too. So he has some value. I don't necessarily want to lose him because I don't think he's hit his ceiling yet, but this trade makes us better now.
As far as Dekker and Kaminsky go, I was trying to figure out which of those guys we should choose, and I really came to the conclusion that I want both. They both fill needs that the Jazz have.
Dekker gives us a solid, energetic two-way player to back up Hayward and take some pressure off him at the end of the season, when his legs seemed to give out this season. Kaminsky gives Gobert a good backup, with length, who is one of the best shooters in the draft. Good post moves and will help us stretch the floor.
That they have played well together for three years cannot and should not be discounted. That, I believe, adds even more value. The Jazz need plug-and-play additions to the team. Hard to find that, especially in the Draft. While both players are not finished products, I think adding the combination of players is of more value than the sum of its parts.
And obviously, adding a good facilitating, defensive backup point guard in the second round would address the loss of Burke at the point guard spot. I believe in Bryce Cotton as Dante's backup. I've seen a lot of him at Providence College and he's legit.
I kind of see this set of moves as drafting next year's first round player this year and helping to make us a much more competitive and well-rounded team this season. And, none of this is conditional upon Tomic (ain't happenin'), Pleiss, or Neto.
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