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With the 52nd Pick the Utah Jazz Select Joel Bolomboy

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kabenac

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Yeah! Not bad. A replacement for Booker.

Per Game
Season School Conf G MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2012-13 Weber State Big Sky 37 21.7 2.3 4.0 .578 2.3 4.0 .578 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.5 .695 7.1 0.4 0.4 1.7 1.6 2.3 7.0
2013-14 Weber State Big Sky 30 30.1 2.8 5.7 .488 2.7 5.6 .485 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.1 4.3 .729 11.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.5 8.7
2014-15 Weber State Big Sky 30 33.2 4.4 9.2 .473 3.9 7.9 .492 0.5 1.4 .366 4.1 5.5 .735 10.2 0.8 0.7 1.7 2.7 2.4 13.3
2015-16 Weber State Big Sky 33 31.5 5.8 10.2 .573 5.2 8.5 .613 0.6 1.7 .364 4.8 6.9 .697 12.6 1.1 0.7 1.2 2.4 2.2 17.1
Career Weber State 130 28.8 3.8 7.2 .528 3.5 6.4 .547 0.3 0.7 .371 3.6 5.0 .713 10.1 0.7 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.3 11.4

NBADraft.net Report: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/joel-bolomboy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oDmLigJi50

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jazzman12 said:
High motor, excellent rebounding kid that is still developing the mid range game he's gonna need. Good body and the kid has the "want to". Could be a taller Millsap.
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yeah, if you liked rooting for Millsap coming into the league, then you'll like this guy. (Millsap's progression obviously being an extreme outlier).
 
Beast. Best athlete in the draft based on the combine testing. 6'9", 7'2" wingspan, 40.5" vert. 15 rebs per 40. 12.6 rebs on the season.
 
He HAS to improve his shot. I don't like his mechanics on it. Big Sky is a relatively short league, but he did well against non Big Sky schools. Xavier absolutely focused on him in the tournament and rendered him fairly useless against two other bigs his size.

Not a good passer. Hated watching game after game pass down to the post, other team double with the other big and we were unable to get the ball to the now open big on the other side of the paint. Would usually just dribble out and reset. But, he'll board and can play in the league. It's up to him. Has the physical tools.

I actually think his combine numbers are a bit misleading. When I watched him, he didn't stand out to me like watching Lilliard did. He's a Booker role, no doubt.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Beast. Best athlete in the draft based on the combine testing. 6'9", 7'2" wingspan, 40.5" vert. 15 rebs per 40. 12.6 rebs on the season.
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Wow.
You got me really liking this dude
 
jazzman12 said:
High motor, excellent rebounding kid that is still developing the mid range game he's gonna need. Good body and the kid has the "want to". Could be a taller Millsap.
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What's his footwork and body control like? I've been watching videos and he seems to have really nice footwork. Also, I'm not sure why defenders lose him and don't attempt to box him out.
 
kabenac said:
What's his footwork and body control like? I've been watching videos and he seems to have really nice footwork. Also, I'm not sure why defenders lose him and don't attempt to box him out.
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I'll try not to be too long winded, but basically my in-laws have Weber State season tix, court side, and they never use them. I've probably seen all but 5 or 6 of Bolomboy's home games during his time at Weber.

He was SO raw as a Freshman but you could see the NBA body was there. His biggest improvement over the years has been his footwork and his college coach will be the first to tell you that. He's really turned himself into a good face up jump shooter (still has to get better) and by his senior year he even started taking and making a couple of 3's. I think the best thing you can say about the kid is that each and every year, he got better. There was constant improvement and he was always praised by his coaches for not being complacent and working to get better. Dude is a rebounding monster and as I said earlier, a high motor guy. A taller Trevor Booker is s really good comp IMO.

I'm a bit of a homer on this kid but he's an NBA player. Never be an All-Star, but will make the team, give us a solid 6-8 years, and qualify as yet another Lindsay late round steal.
 
King Cy said:
He can make the team, which is more than I can say for Paige/Wallace.
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This. The Paige pick baffles me. We have five point guards on the roster right now and three others who can play the 2. Awful pick.

Love this Bolomboy pick though. And anyone named Tyrone could be a badass. Though Corbin was a bitch so who knows.
 
The Evans comparison is good from a height/length standpoint and a jumping ability standpoint, but that's about where the comparison stops. As was mentioned Bolomboy not only has a NBA body, but he's a legit basketball player and a great rebounder. Evans was only a tall guy who could jump out of the gym. Evans averaged 10 and 5 at WK, Bolomboy 17 and 13 at Weber. Bolomboy would be a rich man's Evans, plus a NBA body.

On a side note, I just went through DX's database because I was curious how many 6'9"+ guys had a vertical of 40+ (Bolomboy is 40.5). There are 5. 5 guys in the database at that size that can jump like him. None of the five were as fast at either the lane agility or the 3/4 court sprint.

Bolomboy is essentially the best run/jump athlete at his size or bigger in the last 20 years.
 
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