He’s on a two year deal and then restricted. I loved him and really preferred to take him in the first round and give him a 4 year deal. We should be able to retain him if he turns out to be awesome but if we took him in the second round that was basically the only deal we could offer under the cba. You have to have space or a cap exception to go longer.
Resting Mike Don JC and Joe will get him some minutes. I think he’ll play plenty but some nights he may get dnp when we are fully healthy. Honestly getting 15-20 minutes a night for 3-4 games in a row and then taking a few games off may be best for his development and knee. He has some time to recover and evaluate his screw ups.
He definitely looks like a legit NBA player. Such a steal at the 40th pick. Hopefully he stays healthy (like not just for the Jazz's sake, but for his sake as a person too), as he'll be probably the best pick since Millsap in the 2nd round for the Jazz.
Dereck Harper also said he had no idea what position Udoka was suited for in the NBA and that he didn't look big enough to guard Boban. So.....
I'm not sure about this, or really an expert here, but I was thinking it would be easier to develop with a consistent 10 minutes of knowing exactly what his role is, vs being thrown in to lots of random situations based on resting guys.
You're right. I got him mixed up with Paschall (who shot like crap from three but went 5-11 from the field)! Butler was a beast.
Ahh ok, was starting to wonder about you. Lol
I don’t know, he rested Conley a little, i think he sat one game of every back to back and he still wasn’t available for most of the post season and Don was also not healthy and probably wouldn’t have played if it was the regular season. These guys need to be healthy come playoff time, I think they need more rest and if Butler is as good as he looked so far in preseason, then that’s exactly how he needs to be used, with his knees the way they supposedly are, it would probably be wise to use Butler in this manner to give Don, Conley, and Ingles some extra rest, not too worried about JC, knock on wood.
He dominated Summer League as I recall. He'll be fine, strong and athletic....he just makes a lot of rookie/second year mistakes. I remember when Gobert was a liability on the floor as well and look at him now!
Ya, that was weird, I mean Boban makes most centers look small Udoka is definitely more than big enough as a center, but he’s just not good, has only the basics of being a center, no real skills beyond that, and even then, he’s not that good. My god we passed up a lot of good players for a guy that was expected to be second round. Our scouting department is horrible at times.
This is the move the announcer used as to why he compared him to a young Thomas.
Lots of guys dominate summer league, but aren’t nba players Dok might be a poor poor poor mans less skilled Dwight Howard.
I'm not sure if Gobert was ever a liability on the floor. He spent his rookie year on a terrible team with a coach who had no clue how to use him.
