"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[The_Douger]

The Jazz aren't looking for solid bench guys. So for them, worthless, IMO.

I was listening to the coverage on the radio when I was traveling between clinics and the list of guys that have been taken in those two spots is filled with a who's who of useless players over the last couple of decades.
I like the move.

[Surfah]

I guess they could have had Shabazz

Could have? Weird pick.

[LiveCoug]

Could have? Weird pick.

I guess Minnesota loves shabazz.

[smokymountainrain]

So does Utah still do the Stockton style pick & roll thing? That's Burke's bread and butter. A lot of similarities there, actually. Burke isn't an elite athlete, but he plays hard, is a great leader, runs the pick & roll to perfection, unselfish with the ball but knows when to take over a game, extremely high basketball IQ, and takes very good care of the ball.

May not be an elite athlete, but...

[woot]

May not be an elite athlete, but...

Well, I mean yeah. He's an extremely good athlete. He's just not quite on the level of Kyrie Irving. He'd have gone #1 if he did, because he's got everything else.

Edit: that play still makes me mad. One of the best blocks of the year and they called a foul. smh.

[smokymountainrain]

Well, I mean yeah. He's an extremely good athlete. He's just not quite on the level of Kyrie Irving. He'd have gone #1 if he did, because he's got everything else.

Edit: that play still makes me mad. One of the best blocks of the year and they called a foul. smh.

No, I agree with you. A bit more athleticism and an inch or two, and yes, he's #1 overall.

[Surfah]

I guess Minnesota loves shabazz.

Just tuned in and didn't see the trade. Nice job Utah. Still weird pick for Minnesota. Bill Simmons was nails when he called him an unathletic James Harden who can't dribble.

[San Juan Sun]

If the Jazz can get Wolters in the 2nd round, and keep Jamaal Tinsley on a 1 year deal, I would like where the Jazz will be at PG going into this next season.

[smokymountainrain]

Burke seems to be listed at 6'0" everywhere, but he measured at a legit 6'1" with very impressive 6'5.5" wingspan.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

No. The UnderKanter is going to dominate this league.

I like Enes Envy or Enes the Penis a lot more. How about Giant Enes?

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Burke seems to be listed at 6'0" everywhere, but he measured at a legit 6'1" with very impressive 6'5.5" wingspan.

6'5.5" span with 36.5" vert

Chris Paul had 6'4.25" span with 38" vert, and Paul only weighed 178 out of college

[woot]

Burke seems to be listed at 6'0" everywhere, but he measured at a legit 6'1" with very impressive 6'5.5" wingspan.

Yeah his measurables are all identical to Chris Paul's except for an extra ~10 pounds an extra inch of wingspan. Chris Paul would be Trey's absolute ceiling; I think the more important thing is that he has a high floor.

[smokymountainrain]

Yeah his measurables are all identical to Chris Paul's except for an extra ~10 pounds an extra inch of wingspan. Chris Paul would be Trey's absolute ceiling; I think the more important thing is that he has a high floor.

Excellent point about the high floor. Hard to imagine he won't be a long time starting PG in the league even if he never reaches an all-star level.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Excellent point about the high floor. Hard to imagine he won't be a long time starting PG in the league even if he never reaches an all-star level.

Love getting a guy who ran a ton of SnR, and it is an added bonus that he ran it on a team that had both really good athletes (Favors) and teammates who would pop rather than roll (Kanter).

[wapiti]

If Favors turns into Andrew Bynum at age 24 (19, 12, and 2 who would've been far more productive w/o Kobe around) we'd probably all be pretty happy.

It took Bynum several years after the Kareem workouts to get there though.