Who will the Utah Jazz draft? w/ Tony Jones of the Athletic!
Tony Jones of the Athletic joined the channel to talk about the upcoming NBA Draft. We discussed the rumors with the Wizards and Jazz, we talked Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa, Cam Boozer and everything Utah Jazz, as well as how well they’re going to be.
Thanks a ton, Tony!
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20:28 If AJ comes to the Jazz, we'll see soccer moms driving minivantsas
I’m so worried about DP attitude and availability. Interesting to hear the practice thing about AJ. These guys are teenagers in all reality.
I watched all of these guys pretty much every game they played. I love DP, now I hear all of his trauma with what happened I really feel for him, I felt like he could do anything on the court and score from anywhere, and amongst to the top players he was by far the best defenders, he would also fit into Hardy's scheme seamlessly, he would have the best chance of being ROTY on The Jazz. AJ, now he has his own real upside, you can put him at the 2 next to Keyonte, he would be the most famous Jazz player ever immediately. You can run an offence through him on the elbow which is a super power. Him and Ace remind me of JB and Tatum. Now Booz, he is just the guy. He is my favourite, if we didnt have Lauri we would be picking him in my opinion, hes a big man that can stretch the floor, passes like Jokic, is a magician around the rim and can dunk on your biggest homies. So dont fear this draft, Ainge has been watching these guys for longer than we have. He will make the right decision. Cant remember the last time he had a bad draft, even with shit picks.
My opinioin:
AJ would be a great story for Utah (the BYU and Prep connection). 10/10 would love him.
DP is a gamble considering all the red flags people talk about, but if we are "forced" into taking him at #2 and he ends up hitting his ceiling (Kobe 2.0) I think that will be an amazing win for Jazz fans because there is no way the NBA didn't land us at #2 in the draft by mistake. They wanted to see the Jazz sweat for a couple months about what they are going to do to get AJ. The NBA hates the Jazz, there's no secret about that. Just imagine the look of disappoint on Adam Silver's face if the Jazz end up with The Superstar from this draft for the next decade. Just imagine the look on the faces of the Shaq And Friends panel on ESPN every night during the NBA season when they are forced into talking about the Jazz night after night. I think that would be an 11/10 win for the Jazz if we end up with DP.
Good stuff! I think a lot of AJ’s “weaknesses” will hopefully be fixed just due to him finally being in the league. College seemed boring for him.
Shout out to TJ 💪 Low key a Good hooper back in the day, at 24hr Fitness 🏀
Please take AJ we need DP to Play with the Utah Jazz 🎵
Nice man! Tony is great, he's still so connected to Utah lol
TJ goes a little far comparing some of these to all time greats. There is no LeBron or Duncan or even Jokic here. Possible but not likely. Incredibly deep draft but not generational draft at the very top. Especially mentioning Duncan. A 7’ long big that challenges every shot. Tons of blocks. On offense he can be surrounded by 4 shooters. Boozer? Great fundamentals but he is a much smaller ground bound forward that can’t defend the rim or block virtually anybody’s shot. He must have a BIG next to him. You CANNOT put 4 athletic shooters around him unless you don’t care about defending the paint. To be fair, Tony voiced some of this and Boozers issues. But yes, all 3 are great prospects and will help greatly. We shall see if one actually becomes a generational talent.
Grizzlies are salivating at the thought of the Jazz passing on DP or AJ
Tony jones is a Utah legend!
If the jazz take boozer, I’m
Done with the organization.
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The jazz will draft Acuff
AJ or DP.
tony is so overrated and full of himself, lol
AJ can do or develop all of what Boozer can do plus he’s more athletic.
18:00 that's why i want DP. His movement and ability to shoot around screens is like exactly the player Hardy needs to take his offense from great to incredible.
Of all the great draft coverage this time of year, this is by far my favorite. Tony is the best. I miss him so bad and appreciate that he's still so in touch with the Jazz.
I'm not advocating for Cam, but his combine numbers were quite impressive. 35 inch vert at his size is all you can ask for. His lane agility was literally better than AJ. So he can move his feet. 9ft reach…. I think he can do the verticality rim protection with his power. But he will need to play with some good defenders around him. If he could prove to be movable to small center due to his strength…. That's as dynamic as anyone
I'm intrigued by him, he's definitely better athletically than Luka and Jokic. I think his interior game will be better with NBA spacing.