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Who Should the Jazz Draft?
Posted by: Joey Parker on April 22nd, 2011
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.Up until the Jazz obtained an extra draft pick from the Nets (and up until it became apparent that the Jazz pick would be in the lotto) I really wasn’t paying much attention to draft prospects or to college basketball in general. But now? I’ve been devouring draft info as much as I possibly can.
Unfortunately though, I only had time to catch 1 or 2 games from most of the major draft prospects. Therefore, I have to rely upon written accounts and random YouTube compilations. So, with that said, here is my “Partially-Informed Fan’s Guide to the 2011 Utah Jazz Draft Possibilities”, or PIFGUJDP. I know! It’s catchy!
Needs
Let’s break down the different positions for the Jazz:
PG- Devin Harris will be with us next year. I’m guessing Earl Watson and Ronnie Price will not. I like Devin, but I would not be opposed to the Jazz drafting a PG if he was the best player available. He could always be Devin’s backup for a couple years, then take over.
SG- An absolute DISASTER for the Jazz in 2010-11! Raja Bell, Ronnie Price, Gordon Hayward, and CJ Miles can all play SG, but Raja is….not very good…anymore, Ronnie had a bad year and will be gone, as bad as CJ was at times, he will PROBABLY be back (just because he’s so cheap next year), and Gordon is more of a Small Forward.
SF- Also a troublesome position for the Jazz this year. Next year is a major mystery at this position.Will the Jazz re-sign AK? Will we re-sign CJ? Can Paul Millsap and Jeremy Evans switch to the Small Forward position? The only certainty is Gordon Hayward.
These factors create a mystery, but they also mean the Jazz have flexibility at this position. If a great SF falls to us in the draft, we can take him and deal with the other pieces later.
PF- We’re set! Favors, Millsap, Jefferson, Kirilenko, Evans, and even Memo can all play the 4 position. As you’ll see in a second, this stability in the PF position is a bit of an issue when it relates to this draft.
C- Jefferson, Memo, and Favors are our primary Centers. I guarantee that Elson will not be back and I doubt that Fesenko will be either. Drafts are usually pretty weak at Center, so we probably won’t find one in this draft anyway…
Given these facts, I would rank our needs in this order:
- Shooting Guard
- Small Forward
- Point Guard
- Center
- Power Forward
Unless the ping-pong balls finally fall our way, the Jazz will likely have the 6th pick and the 12th pick. Here are the players that usually make up the top 15 draft picks on most mock drafts:
- Kyrie Irving- PG
- Derrick Williams- SF/PF
- Enes Kanter- PF/C
- Donatus Motiejunas- PF/C
- Brandon Knight- PG/SG
- Jan Vesely- SF/PF
- Alec Burks- SG
- Kemba Walker- PG
- Bismack Biyombo- PF/C
- Tristan Thompson- PF
- Kawhi Leonard- SF
- Jimmer Fredette- SG
- Marcus Morris- PF/SF
- Terrence Jones- SF/PF
- Jordan Hamilton- SF
The top 15 changes DRASTICALLY depending on which NBA Draft site you visit. So this list is my best attempt to consolidate the ideas out there.
Let’s start with the pick the Jazz got from the Nets. Right now it is sitting at #6 with the slight chance of moving up to the top 3.
If we win a top 2 pick: The choice is EASY! We take Derrick Williams or Kyrie Irving. Whoever is available. Just about everyone witnessed what Derrick Williams can do in the NCAA tournament. He is a terrific scorer with NBA 3-pt range. Many think he is more of a PF in the NBA, but I think he could easily play as a big SF.
I did not get to see much of Kyrie Irving in the NCAAs. Somehow I missed all of the Duke games. Apparently, most people feel like he is by far the best PG in the draft and possibly the best overall player.
If we stay at the #6 or 7 pick: If this happens, we will likely get our choice of Power Forwards Kanter, Motiejunas, Vesely, and Biyombo or the guards Knight, Walker, and Burks.
Kanter looks amazing in highlight videos on YouTube, but he plays our least needed position and he hasn’t played organized basketball in a year. 
Motiejunas and Vesely are interesting Euro players that many experts seems to like due to their wide array of skills, but neither might be able to come to the NBA for 2 years! The Jazz really are not in a position to wait that long, especially for the guy we pick at #6. Biyombo is a very interesting player who is kind of a rising name in the draft right now. He is yet another PF, but apparently he is more in the defender/rebounder/hustle-player mold. One website said that he plays extremely hard, the whole game, to the point of exhaustion! The Jazz NEED that sort of player! The scary part is, the same websites say he is “Extremely raw offensively.” That is a little scary.
Knight, Walker, or Burks would make a lot more sense then those previous names, given our needs. Burks is the only true shooting guard in the top 15 and is the type of slasher/scorer that the Jazz have not had in awhile. Knight and Walker are both scoring point guards. I would be OK with the Jazz taking Knight or Walker because both are immensely talented, from what I’ve seen. Both made it far in the tournament, obviously, so both come from winning situations. Both of them can play either guard position, although Kemba Walker would be a very small SG.
As far as the #12 pick: We will likely have the choice of Leonard, JIMMER (byu fans can now make a little screeching noise while they applaud), Morris, Jones, or Hamilton. The Morris twins from Kansas are so boring that they make me want to take a nap. Terrance Jones is basically an undersized, but skilled Power Forward, ya know, like PAUL MILLSAP! Kawhi Leonard is a lanky, athletic small forward with a limited upside. Hamilton seems like your run of the mill spot-up-shooting small forward who is also pretty athletic…kinda boring as well.
And Jimmer…what can I say about Jimmer that hasn’t already been said 30,000,000 times over the last few months to the point where you want to jab a Q-Tip….. AHEM, sorry about that. Just getting over 5 months of non-stop Jimmer-mania. If the Jazz don’t take a SG or PG with their first pick and IF everyone on my list from #1-11 is off the board, I suppose the Jazz could take Jimmer. Would I rather have Jimmer get the minutes Ronnie Price got last year? Yes. Yes I would. Beyond that, I wouldn’t be ultra-excited about drafting Jimmer.
So given all of this, here is what I predict will happen:
If the Jazz pick #1: Derrick Williams
If the Jazz pick #2: Williams or Irving
If the Jazz pick #3: Williams or Irving, if they slip. If not…….I honestly have no clue. There is not a terrific number 3 in this draft. :(
If the Jazz pick #6: Burks, Walker, or Knight. In that order, depending on who remains. If none remain, Jazz will take Kanter.
Jazz #12 pick: Leonard, Jimmer, or Jones. OR, I could the Jazz taking one of the Euros if they happen to have fallen down the draft board due to their contract situations. Waiting a couple years for a player you got at #12 shouldn’t be a big deal, especially if it’s a really good player!
It’s scary to have 2 picks in a draft this shallow, but hopefully the players the Jazz pick will be diamonds in the rough.
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My order of team needs:
1. Wing defender
2. Backup Center
3. Another Wing player
4. PG
In my opinion it is much easier to aquire wing players in FA and in trades, and that athletic and skilled Centers are the rarest players. The only defensive minded Center in this draft worthy of a high pick is Kanter, and if his knees check out I wouldn’t mind him. You just about have to draft talent at PG too, and there are several, my target being Knight.
If Utah ended up at #1 or #2 I would try to trade down a little for a 2012 1st and end up with Knight and hopefully Burks, Jones or Leonard.
I want nothing to do with the Jimmer or any player that doesn’t play defense with enthusiasm. I also would be disappointed to see Bismak or whatever his name is. I want my players to be able to play basketball. It takes more than sheer athleticism and whoever gets that guy will have him farmed from them in 4 years if he’s any good. Which is a huge IF. Heck, nobody even knows the guy’s actual age.
Yeah, Mohammed Sene and Hasheem Thabeet have made me wary of guys like Biyombo. “Hustle, but can’t play offense.”
I would really rather see Hayward develop as a SG. He’s said that he’s more comfortable around the wing. I think we develop him as SG and pick up CJ’s option to be Hayward’s backup. However, that still leaves a hole at SF. If they are lucky enough to end up picking 1-2, its easy: D-Will #2. And re-sign AK for his backup. If not… I honestly don’t know. Maybe start CJ at SF. Either way, I would rather see Hayward play SG.
Great post Joey. As someone who is only recently (last few years) getting into college ball, I appreciate posts like this. It gives me players to look up and read about.
I agree with your order of Jazz needs. I think point guard and back up center are about the same on our list of needs if you aren’t sure where Memo is at in his recovery and how he’ll contribute next year. We’d be left with just Al and if we resign Fes.
I have done the mock draft lottery game on ESPN and for the longest time it always was 6-Kanter and 12 Jimmer
Though the 3rd time I did it I got the 1st and 2nd pick. That was sweet!
I wouldn’t be super surprised if there aren’t players that the Jazz absolutely love if we trade up or trade for a proven vet!
@diana brandon knight and tristan thompson are who comes up in the ESPN mock draft now a days…
I would like the knight pick but not so much thompson…I would rather see leonard or jones in that spot…If i was Jimmer i would want to go to either new york or phoenix because those are really the only systems he has a chance to be a star in…here or anywhere else that will try to be defensive minded he would most likely be a korver which isn’t bad but i would rather have a defender..
I think we should try to use the GS pick next year and our pick this year…throw in a c.j. miles or raja bell and try to move up in next year’s very strong draft
June 13th is early entry draft withdrawls. By then we will know who is in and what position the lottery will do for the team. Will KOC get cheers or boo’s this year??
We should pick the player of the year, who was that again?
Have people SEEN B Knight? He’s sick. He won the All-American game with a stone cold 3, and had a game winner during March Madness. Here are my thoughts:
1. We need an heir apparent PG, MORE than we need a SF. Why? Because we need someone to grow up with Favors. We have a young core, why not add to it with a WINNER at the most vital position in the game?? Plus we have 3 guys under contract between the SG/SF positions: Gordy, CJ (if we pick him up) and Raja. And did I mention that we could sign AK? He’s still one of the league’s best man defenders and an above average offensive player (dude can still move the ball too!) Plus he’s said he wants to be here and isn’t worried about money.
2. Backup bigs are easy to come by in the league. We don’t need to waste a draft pick on a backup when we already have young bigs. If we can get a backup SF/SG at the 12 pick, I’d be happy with Alec or Terrence Jones. Jones is athletic, big, and basically a rich man’s CJ Miles and Burks seems to have some skills. Either of those two could be a backup now and hopefully a starter in two years when Raja’s contract is up, CJ has been lost to FA (or kept) and AK is winding down his career.
3. LET’S NOT FORGET WE HAVE MEMO UNDER CONTRACT FOR 10 MIL!!! That’s what we call an “expiring contract.” Gold. Either he comes back and plays as a healthy backup (let’s not lie to ourselves, the guy is good, and imagine him together with Millsap as our second team bigs. Scary.) Or we can move him and bring back a guy WORTH the 10 mil that has a few years left on his contract. Happens every day.
We’re not that far off people!!!! I think we need one key free agent acquisition (or trade for Wes Matthews…or Iguodala,) a healthy Memo, Millsap to come off the bench, and to draft Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones and we are headed for the freakin promised land people!
You gotta love it baby
Great post Joey! I agree with everything except for letting Watson go. If Harris is as injury prone as they report, it would be very risky to just have Brandon Knight as our only floor general. Watson is very inexpensive and experienced. He did really well this year and accepts his “role” on this team. It would also be a mistake to keep just one Center. Either Fes steps it up, or we find a decent backup to Big Al.
Kaleb and Jimmy had good comments as well.
Food for thought…If we would have had the 5th and 12th pick in last years draft, we might have Demarcus Cousins and Paul George on our team. I like our chances better this year!
If they stay at six, and he’s available, I honestly think the Jazz will draft Jan Vesely. That’s what my Magic 8 Ball is telling me. But, it’s been known to be wrong a time or two.
With Sullinger, P. Jones, and Barnes withdrawing from the draft, I fully expect Irving, Williams, Kanter, and Knight to be top five picks. I hear the Kings (who are picking fifth) are really high on both Knight, and Walker.
I’d take a gamble on Biyombo if he’s still around for our 12th pick. He’s extremely physical, and has an incredible knack for blocking shots. Guys who are rugged defenders are very valuable in this league, because most guys don’t want to get their hands dirty. This team needs an enforcer, because we already have a number of talented offensive guys. He is the type of player, whom the phrase “attacking the rim” was invented for. Many comparisons to “Big” Ben Wallace.
Eh, I wont go on and on. Most have said what is already evident. There are many different ways things can go.. Many make good points, so since we have no way of knowing, I will list them in order. If they are available, take them in this order Williams, Irving, Kanter, Knight, T Jones, Burks, Hamilton.
This seems to be a pretty well though out point but its fairly evident you don’t watch college basketball that much, no offense.
A few add thoughts.
First Vesely is a very skilled forward who can easily play small forward. Which I believe to be our biggest need right now. He is explosive and has tremendous lower body strength. If he had to wait a year to come over I would not be to disappointed it would help us sort out whether Milsap can start at the 3 or not. With the second pick I would go Hamilton or Terrance Jones Both pretty athletic and have wide skill sets. Jones is not a PF he playd that as Kentucky because he is incredibly athletic. And Hamilton could step in right away with us an contribute.
Ok, I finally just decided to blog about this one, so if you want to know who the Jazz REALLY should draft, and why you should be THRILLED for next year, check this out: http://jwinski.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/jazz-draft/
Great post Joey! I wonder if there might be a deal where we move out of the draft, perhaps for an established player and/or a pick in next year’s much better Draft? Or packaged for a difference-making swingman. I would be all for Knight or Burks, and yes, if Jimmer is available at #12, go for it!
When the Bulls got Rose in the draft and moved all the way up from eighth to one it was the largest move up in the history of the NBA draft. For those who feel the lottery draft is fixed here is something to work on. Same reason the Jazz have never moved up but sometimes moved down. Just sayin..
Here is a list of the top 30 players who have opted into the draft, in order of supposed best prospect to worst. Maybe this will help some..
1. Derrick Williams, SF, Arizona 16. Reggie Jackson, PG, Boston College
2. Kyrie Irving, PG, Duke 17. Jimmer Fredette, PG, BYU
3. Enes Kanter, C, Kentucky/Turkey 18. Nikola Mirotic, SF, Serbia
4. Brandon Knight, PG, Kentucky 19. Mason Plumlee, C, Duke
5. Jan Vesely, SF, Czech Republic 20. Patric Young, C, Florida
6. Kemba Walker, PG, Connecticut 21. Markieff Morris, PF, Kansas
7. Jonas Valanciunas, PF, Lithuania 22. Tobias Harris, SF, Tennessee
8. Terrence Jones, SF, Kentucky 23. Klay Thompson, SF, Washington State
9. Tristan Thompson, PF, Texas 24. Tyler Honeycutt, SF, UCLA
10. Bismack Biyombo, PF, Spain 25. Lucas Nogueira, C, Brazil
11. Alec Burks, SG, Colorado 26. Chris Singleton, SF, Florida State
12. Donatas Motiejunas, SF, Lithuania 27. Nolan Smith, SG, Duke
13. Kawhi Leonard, SF, San Diego State 28. Trey Thompkins, PF, Georgia
14. Jordan Hamilton, SF, Texas 29. Khris Middleton, SF, Texas A&M
15. Kenneth Faried, PF, Morehead State 30. Josh Selby, PG, Kansas
Heres the link. Guessing there may be some mistakes since I dont see Marcus Morris on this list.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/674741-2011-nba-mock-draft-which-prospect-is-ideal-replacement-for-harrison-barnes
Just a thought, but would it make sense to take Kanter or Knight and Jones if available because they have already developed a chemistry from playing together at UK? Also, Memo might take pride in mentoring a fellow center from his home soil.
I’m still rooting for Knight and Hamilton
Jimmy, I like the jwinski article. It could get exciting around here!
I’m going to play Jazz manager right now.
If I get the #1 pick, I am taking Kyrie Irving.
If I get the #2 pick, I am crossing my fingers that the team above me takes Williams so that I can pick Irving. If Irving got taken number one, I am passing on Derrick Williams and taking Enes Kanter.
If I get the #3 pick, I will also probably take Enes Kanter, because the top 2 teams will have taken Williams and Irving. If for some reason Kanter and Irving were the two players selected, I will probably reach a bit and take Brandon Knight.
If I get the #6 pick, and Irving and Kanter have fallen and are still available, I will take one of them. If not, I will go for Brandon Knight again. If Knight got taken in the top 5 as well, I am taking Jan Vesley. If he is gone then I will take Alec Burks.
With the #12 pick, if I selected either Irving or Knight, I will go for a SF or a SG. Preferably Terrance Jones, but maybe someone like Jordan Hamilton, Kawhi Leonard, Tyler Hunnycutt, or Klay Thompson. This is assuming that Alec Burks got taken, because if he falls to number 12, I’ll take him and thus boost my guard positions. If I selected Kanter, I would pick a Point Guard with that 2nd pick. Brandon Knight if he plummeted all the way down here. Kemba Walker if Knight is gone like expected. Jimmer if both those two are gone. If Knight, Walker, and Jimmer are all gone by the time I pick I will go for the SF or SG pick like mentioned above. If I picked Jan Vesley with the 1st pick, I will also go the PG route. If there are no more good PG’s after this pick, I will scramble a bit in my mind and search for a SG and hope that I didn’t just cause a way crowded SF/SG thing with drafting two players at Hayward’s zone.
So as you can see, I think the Jazz need a PG. I have little faith in Devin Harris as our future at that spot. I think he will be good for the moment while we wait for our young drafted point guard to develop and after that he will be a killer backup. The Jazz have no leader right now and they need to take a guy that can step up and command the team at PG.
My second priority behind point guard is for us to get some shooting. A SG would be preferable, but this draft is very thin at SG, so a true wing player would probably be best. But I’m nervous about some guys in this draft because at SF because many of them are no different than a Millsap type player who plays much better down low in the post, but can step out occasionally when he needs to. The Jazz need to improve their team by taking someone who fills a need. With Millsap, Jefferson, and Favors all on our team, taking another post player is a little redundant. We need shooters.
My third priority is a backup Center. The only center we got right now is Jefferson and he’s not even a true center. Francisco Elson did us no good. Fes will never go anywhere. Okur would be the perfect fit, but we don’t know if he’ll ever be the same again even if he does fully heal. Ante Tomic would be very nice, but we really don’t know if he’s ever going to jump over to the US and actually play with us. Now the Center position in this draft is even thinner than the SG position, but if one of the few true centers in this draft falls into our laps, I would feel very good about getting some insurance there.
Kory- Thanks, I appreciate the kind feedback. I had to include that Sundiata game, because I think we as fans have forgotten what it felt like to say, “LeBron is coming to town? I’m going to scream my brains out as I watch the Jazz take him down!!”
Adam- I agree that our biggest need with the #6 pick is a PG. I LOVE Brandon Knight’s game and would love for him to be our man. That’s not to say that I don’t think Harris is good, but Harris is our Point Guard of the present. We need a PG of the future (since we have a PF of the future and a Gordon of the future.) Along with that, I think we have a great chance of picking up a strong wing player at #12, which is why I think we should wait until that pick to address that need.
I think it’s a TERRIBLE idea to try to draft a backup big with one of these picks, ESPECIALLY our #6 pick (or higher if the lotto goes well.) Why? Backup bigs are cheap and easy to come by in this league. Not to mention we HAVE great backup bigs in Okur and Millsap. We don’t need to draft a guy to “build up” as a BACKUP big. You know? In a year or two when the guy would be ready to really play, we could have Tomic.
Anyway, the rest you can read in my blog post
Well maybe I should clarify. First, I would only draft a center if one is drops right into our laps AND all the players we need at that point are gone. He would be a backup big right now, but I would hope that in a few years he could develop into a starting Center, because I have never really thought that Al Jefferson is a true center. I think AJ would work best as a starting PF. I don’t know where Favors and Millsap would work into that, but AJ is better fitted as a PF, Okur may never be the same, and Tomic may never come over. So it is a concern, but not our biggest concern. And no, 7 foot true centers are not cheap and easy to get. In fact, they are a very rare commodity, which is precisely why the Jazz have never really had very many great true centers. All they had during the glory days was Greg Ostertag and Greg Foster. If we had a true, stud center, then we would’ve beat the Bulls at least once or twice in those Finals.
Wing – more SF than SG
Backup/Future PG
Backup C
Those are the needs I see. Once you have those positions, its all about developing players and trading up in talent.
I like Adam’s armchair GM take on who to draft.
BUT, KOC could be workign right this second to arrange trades for established wing players for Millsap while we take a backup PF with a draft pick or something crazy like that. So you just never know. We’ll have a better idea when the virtual ping pong balls drop.
Oh, also great post Joey. I really like the way you laid it out.
Wow! GREAT comments!
Just to clarify one thing: I WANT Earl Watson to come back, but I have a gut feeling that he won’t. He is the perfect backup PG!
Ill be happy if we select Derrick Williams to back up AK, and Kemba Walker to back Devin. That could be really great
Watson will be back buddy. He is a great secon and third option off the bench especially at this point in his career.
LOL @ Adam if the Jazz would have had a stud center the Jazz would have beaten the bulls in those finals once or twice. while we’re talking if what IF the bulls had a stud center too? the jazz would have gotten swept both times. Haha Luc Longley and Bill Wennington are almost exactly the same as Greg Ostertag and Greg Foster. Stop living in the past. and lend me some of whatever you’re smoking.
we could just say what if MJ was playing for the Jazz instead of the bulls? the jazz would have won both times.. haha.
“And no, 7 foot true centers are not cheap and easy to get.”
Uh, what is Kyrylo Fesenko…..?
@Jimmy, Fesenko is not a true center, he’s not even a true basket player…..
Ha we’re talking backups here….
even backups need to be true players……
Dream offseason…
-If the Suns offer of Robin Lopez and Mikeal Pietrus for Paul Millsap is still on the table take it! Paul isn’t going to want to accept a back up role, but with the development of Favors we need to have him in the starting lineup.
-Pick up the team option for C.J. Miles and insert him into the starting lineup at Small Forward, and give him that last chance to see how he does starting role all season. Resign Earl Watson!
-Make a trade draft night to move one spot down to Detriot at 7th and 33rd pick in the 2nd round for our 6th pick.
-Draft at 7: Jan Vesley
12: Jimmer Fredette
33: Jimmy Butler
-Why these players Jan Vesley is a great talent very long and athletic and could develop a good shot we are looking at a poor mans Kevin Durant or Dirk Nowitzki. Jimmer Fredette would not only be a mixed pick here but you don’t average almost 30 ppg in college game by accident especially at his position because there is alot of good player at that position and if he could back up Devin Harris for a year and learn the NBA game and could develop into a pass first point like Steve Nash his shot will always be there. Jimmy Butler is exactly what Wesley Matthews is and was at draft time when Welsey came out of college and the Jazz were deciding in the 2nd round to draft Goran Suton or Welsey Matthews and they chose Suton, so we didn’t have Welsey’s draft rights. All the NBA scouts are describing Butler just as they described Matthews coming out of Marquette (coincedence Matthews came from same school), but Jimmy Butler is a taller, longer version of Wesley Matthews which was the only thing that limited Matthews so much and it didn’t really stop him.
So our lineup (rotations) looks like this…
1 Harris/Watson/Fredette
2 Hayward/Bell/Pietrus/Harris/Fredette/Butler
3 Miles/Vesley/Butler/Pietrus/Evans
4 Favors/Jefferson/Evans/Vesley
5 Jefferson/Lopez/Favors
Just imagine for a minute Watson throwing oops up to Butler, Vesley, Evans, and Favors as a back up lineup!
I’m not big on Burks because I don’t have much use for a SG that can’t shoot. Aside from Irving and possibly Knight, I don’t think any of the PGs in the draft are any better than Harris, although Jimmer would make a good backup if we can get him at #12 because he brings something different to the table. I’m also not convinced Vesely can play the 3… or the 4 for that matter. That said, I honestly don’t know who we should draft unless we win out and get Irving or Williams.
@d@1!0n:If this is your dream offseason you must be a troller.. Sap was voted by the players and coaches to be the TEAM MVP…Lopez had a bad year 6 point 3 rebounds. Pietrus (name should be puketrus) was at 7 pts per game and 2 rebounds. Sounds like a good trade to me. And why on earth would the Jazz want to trade down and pick up the third draft rookie for next year. You make KOC look really good. And by the way Burks can shoot. You must have not watched the NIT..
How are we supposed to make drafting a center a priority when al is young, memo is off the bench, and tomic is still hanging around?
Trade Tomics rights to Mini for their draft pick.. Then you can have Kanter now, instead of a Tomic hanging around for a couple yrs, or never showing at all. They dont need a PG or a F, and they are not shopping Kanter too hard, so it could be possible. It would still leave us with two draft picks to trade up, or maybe get lucky in the draft with, or draft the many guys peeps are yammering about.. Eh, just a thought.
Utah Jazz needs a good PG rather than SG now. Since Williams was traded away, Utah Jazz played without a PG who can organize the whole team in right order and stir the chemical reaction among teammates. As a result Utah Jazz didn’t make to playoffs first time in last 5 years. Devin Harris is definitely not a solution.
Hence,please draft a reliable PG first~!
@Jaron- I wasn’t living in the past by saying the Jazz could’ve beaten the Bulls if we had a true center. I was just trying to get the point across about how valuable a true center is. Its the difference between a good team that is always contending and a championship team who has several rings. And no, Fes is NOT a true center. He’s a 7 foot blob that does nothing for us.
I keep hearing about a true Center, but we have one of the top 5 centers in the league right now with Al. Favors can play center. Okur may or may not be back. Millsap has played some Center in the past. At the bargain deal of a mil, you may see Fes back next season. Tomic is a few yrs out, but he is said to be coming, or is he? Anyhow, I just think the Center may not be our weakest spot. All depends on what happens, and what you do in the future.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/486477-2010-2011-nba-preview-ranking-the-centers-for-all-30-teams#/articles/486477-2010-2011-nba-preview-ranking-the-centers-for-all-30-teams/page/24 This is Oct last yr.
http://dimemag.com/2011/02/the-nbas-top-10-centers/ This is from Feb this yr.
I bet the next one you see shows him better than 4th, but who knows..