"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[Commando]

I'm pretty sure coach K said Hood was the team's MVP. I watched Duke a lot last year and while there were times Parker got pulled to due his poor play on both on offense and defense, it rarely if ever happened to Hood. Parker was more dynamic, but Hood was a much more consistent shooter, took better care of the ball and defended better. I'm not saying Hood is better or even as good, but the gap is small between the two.

Right- I just argued with someone here in the office that he's Jabari's equal if not his superior, but he just doesn't have the magic "upside" fairies dusting his name. I don't 100% believe that's right (I was just arguing), because I think Jabari's gonna be a monster in the league, but Hood was definitely under the radar- possibly primarily because of Jabari.

[Commando]

Is there a comp out there for a tall, ultra-quick point guard who doesn't really play above the rim? Watching him drive and you can think of Westbrook or Rose and how they get to the rim, but he's not near their level in explosiveness getting off the floor. He reminds me of Ty Lawson, but 6" taller.

Exum or Hood?

[smokymountainrain]

Is there a comp out there for a tall, ultra-quick point guard who doesn't really play above the rim? Watching him drive and you can think of Westbrook or Rose and how they get to the rim, but he's not near their level in explosiveness getting off the floor. He reminds me of Ty Lawson, but 6" taller.

Good question. There has to be somebody. I was thinking Penny Hardaway, but he was a pretty explosive leaper too.

[The_Douger]

I think Utah will definitely have a good pick next year, but I think we're going to see just how bad Corbin was as a coach when the team takes a big step forward this season. Corbin was so, so bad. He was DL's best tank chip.

I've often thought it would have been good to fire Corbin before last year, and get someone who was truly on board with tanking for a year (coach with 4-5 year deal), but maybe that's just silly talk.

[The_Douger]

Is a good comparison for Hood a guy like Taysean Prince? What is his upside?

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

I've often thought it would have been good to fire Corbin before last year, and get someone who was truly on board with tanking for a year (coach with 4-5 year deal), but maybe that's just silly talk.

That absolutely would've been the better deal, like Boston did with Stevens. Then let Stevens put in his system, let players try new things (like Sullinger being told to shoot 3's), and then if the team ends up at 6 in the draft, at least they got a system in place and saw how the players would fit in that system.

I think the guys were going to see benefit the most from the coaching change are Kanter and Burke. And if they step up enough, it will open things up for Hayward so he can bounce back.

[smokymountainrain]

Is a good comparison for Hood a guy like Taysean Prince? What is his upside?

Trevor Ariza.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Is a good comparison for Hood a guy like Taysean Prince? What is his upside?

He's black and left-handed. But more like Calbert Cheaney than Prince.

He does remind me of Cheaney quite a bit, but maybe that's just because he's a lefty. Maybe a young Caron Butler. Or Eddie Jones w/o the defense.

[smokymountainrain]

He's black and left-handed. But more like Calbert Cheaney than Prince.

He does remind me of Cheaney quite a bit, but maybe that's just because he's a lefty. Maybe a young Caron Butler. Or Eddie Jones w/o the defense.

He doesn't really strike me as the accountant type, to be honest. Cheaney does seem like a good comparison. IIRC, Jalen Rose brought up James Posey last night - that could be a decent comparison as well.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

He doesn't really strike me as the accountant type, to be honest. Cheaney does seem like a good comparison. IIRC, Jalen Rose brought up James Posey last night - that could be a decent comparison as well.

Lindsey mentioned twice that they really liked him because he's underrated in the pick and roll. The guys I'm thinking of comparing him too weren't really good initiators in screen/roll situations. But if Hood can do that well, and space the floor, he's going to be a great fit in what Snyder wants the team to run. They're talking about Hood being able to play two positions. Are they seeing him as a 3 and big 2, or 3 and stretch 4? I'm guessing more of filling Marvin's role as a small 4.

[smokymountainrain]

Lindsey mentioned twice that they really liked him because he's underrated in the pick and roll. The guys I'm thinking of comparing him too weren't really good initiators in screen/roll situations. But if Hood can do that well, and space the floor, he's going to be a great fit in what Snyder wants the team to run. They're talking about Hood being able to play two positions. Are they seeing him as a 3 and big 2, or 3 and stretch 4? I'm guessing more of filling Marvin's role as a small 4.

Agreed.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Feeling pretty good about the Jazz landing the guy they had 15th in such a deep draft with the 23rd pick. I hope Ford was right on the Jazz draft board. My guess is if Hood was even 1 year younger he would've gone significantly sooner. But Pelton's numbers certainly aren't a fan.

[smokymountainrain]

Is there a comp out there for a tall, ultra-quick point guard who doesn't really play above the rim? Watching him drive and you can think of Westbrook or Rose and how they get to the rim, but he's not near their level in explosiveness getting off the floor. He reminds me of Ty Lawson, but 6" taller.

He's not quite as big as Exum at 6'3"-6'4", but what about Leandro Barbosa?

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

He's not quite as big as Exum at 6'3"-6'4", but what about Leandro Barbosa?

That sounds good. I was thinking maybe Devin Harris coming out of Wisconsin seemed to play a similar style. To hear Lindsey talk about him, it sounds like they certainly view him as a scorer and creating offensive for himself, not being a facilitator.

[MarkGrace]

I don't know if this was already posted, but some clarification on that pick came out: Memphis doesn't have their own 2nd rounder in 2016, but own the 2nd round picks from Boston and Toronto, and Utah gets whichever of those 2 is better.

Dang. Last night espn was showing the pick as a 2016 1st rounder. I was hoping that was true.