Jazz Draft Jared Butler
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To be fair, the Jazz felt the same way when Curtis Borchardt fell into their laps, a player they didn't even work out.
We received similar draft grades at the time and the medical issue (foot) that caused him to drop in the draft ended his very short, injury riddled career. Hope that is not the case here, but at #40, it was by far a gamble worth taking.
LoPo
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I've got a "best case scenario" comp here.
Athletic but not overly athletic
Known in college for offense
Active hands on defense
Balanced skill set
6'3" but a solid 195
Great leader, winner
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If this kid becomes everything he can be, could he be a modern day version of Joe Dumars?
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Athletic but not overly athletic
Known in college for offense
Active hands on defense
Balanced skill set
6'3" but a solid 195
Great leader, winner
Football background
If this kid becomes everything he can be, could he be a modern day version of Joe Dumars?
Sent from my SM-A516U using JazzFanz mobile app
I wasn't expecting much at 30 let alone 40. Seems like we got a guy who can play right away. I like this stroke, swagger, and passing ability.
Seems like a steal.
If we can get Favors off the books, and Niang off the roster so Quin will stop playing him maybe we can improve. We just need
to make one defensive impact to have a chance. Obviously more would be better, but we aren't that far off. That's where my frustration
has come from. We were close last year. We had a lot of good pieces. We just had a clear hole, and it was ignored by the front office.
Seems like a steal.
If we can get Favors off the books, and Niang off the roster so Quin will stop playing him maybe we can improve. We just need
to make one defensive impact to have a chance. Obviously more would be better, but we aren't that far off. That's where my frustration
has come from. We were close last year. We had a lot of good pieces. We just had a clear hole, and it was ignored by the front office.
Log is proof people will complain about anything
Butler 10000% fills a need. Jazz needed a better backup PG option than Trent Forrest.
Of course. Trent a baller.
Douchebag K
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Now that is a terrific comp … good call
SteakNEggs
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Those two got a lot of good years though and if I'm not mistaken we're found out later in their lives. This they hopefully should be able to stay ahead of.
SteakNEggs
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I'm sorry to be a Debbie downer as I'm still bitter about last season, but what so far has made this 2nd round eliminated, 4 straight losses to an injured Clippers team better? Remember, if Butler was so important to our championship aspirations we would've drafted him at 30.
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Apparently his knee was red flagged as well. I think if it was just the heart he goes top 20. Lots of guys get flagged with medical stuff and have long careers… I ain’t scared.
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We are better… the line of thinking that a single move doesn’t “put you over the top” is one of the dumbest most frustrating ideas that gets thrown out there. Let’s just not do anything unless it gets us a championship guaranteed…
We could just… ya know… be a little happy for a minute.
SteakNEggs
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By all means be happy but we're a second round exit again and with no Mike(ATM) and Favors we are worse. I'll leave it out of this particular thread though as it truly the best pick we could've gotten. My bad on that
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We don’t know yet. The kid is likely ready to contribute and could have been quite useful in the clips series… it’s no guarantee… but this is basketball… ain’t no guarantees anywhere.