I mean to be fair Boozer was born in SLC and his dad had arguably his best years on the Jazz

Danny ainge helps fund alot of byu nil. He’s been waiting on aj since highschool

Boozers dad is a Jazz scout

Boozer is Carlos’s son

They will have the market cornered on big fowards

I’m pretty sure Boozer played in utah no?

I agree it would be AJ. The guy who owns the Jazz (Ryan Smith) is one of BYU’s biggest donors which definitely helped bring Dybantsa there. Seems a logical step.

Yea its not even about basketball if theyre on the board when aj is there. Theyre super duper connected at this point

Carlos Boozer works in the Jazz front office. I’d call that a pretty strong connection too.

Part of the question is you there’s some debate on who is bpa Boozer or Dyabansta

God I wish we picked the best player available.

Only scenario I foresee Peterson slipping is one where he continues to have these cramp/health concerns or they become more frequent.

Nothing is guaranteed at this point but I would say he’s in the lead at the moment

The only thing against him is the injury stuff but all depends on how much stock teams put into it and what clarity they get from his team and doctors

To me it seems between Peterson and Boozer, with Dybantsa 3rd. Peterson is the most talented to me, but some injury and off the court issues are concerning. Although, I’m not as high on Dybantsa as a lot of people out there.

Nah

I feel basketball has shown more often than not that the BPA is always the better pick over fit

Carlos Boozer was an allstar and is a current scout for the Jazz. I think that outweighs Dybantsa going to BYU especially since he isn’t Mormon. 

I don’t know why this post is specifying 2nd or 3rd pick bc imo the interesting thing is if Peterson keeps performing like he is and the Jazz end up with the #1 pick, do they take him over AJ? I think they would still take AJ but Peterson objectively fits in the lineup so much better. The back court is just Keyonte and Isaiah Collier and Brice Sensabaugh and they need more play making. The front court is already stacked with JJJ, Lauri, Kessler, Ace Bailey, and Nurkic, and Filipowski could very well be a serviceable backup at C as well. Peterson could immediately elevate them to a top team in the west. It feels like AJ only fits if you move another forward.

It’s a ridiculously good pairing when they put Lauri at the 4 and JJj at the 5 creating a 5 out offense.

And when they want to they can have Lauri at the 3, JJj at the 4, and Kessler at the 5 for a more traditional lineup.

It’s a good move tbh considering both JJj and Lauri are nearing/at their primes

A bit, but I assume they will have a 3 man big rotation, and keep 2 on the floor at all times during the playoffs.

We got a lot of mileage from Toppin-Siakam-Turner with sparingly using a 2nd center.

JJJ can play center for fairly long spells against the right lineups.

Lauri was at his best defensively in CLE as part of a 3 big lineup.

So they can play him at the 3 with JJJ and Kessler or go 5 out with Lauri at the 4 and JJJ playing C. Fit is actually fairly solid.

I think the implication is he goes number 1 in this scenario

I would guess Atlanta if New Orleans’ pick ends up being #1 overall or Sacramento who currently have the best odds for the #1 overall pick.

Darryn is the best prospect in this class, he would go 1 in most scenarios

Pacers or pelicans 

Dallas

Silver wants Flagg in the playoffs asap

the Spurs with the Hawks pick

Yet there will still be a post next week demanding the nba fine the Jazz for tanking :p not denying it just hate how they somehow take the blame for every other team

One of my knocks on Boozer is he feels like a tweener, and not the good kind positionally.

Absolutely. The narrative concerns of “Can Boozer translate to the NBA” is a joke, he can, he has the IQ and skills with the body and abilities. That narrative should be focused on AJ with how poor he is at so many things, the shooting splits are a concern and defense. He has the potentially highest ceiling but has to work on that development and improving, he is the one relying on his natural gifts and dominating college more than Boozer by a mile. Hence not doing as well against ranked/top talent when he plays against competition so far in college.

Aj has a higher ceiling, where boozer seems poised, controlled but also maybe a sabonis type as his max which of course is still an impact and all star. but his athleticism boxes him into a certain type. Where AJ has a lot raw athleticism and fluidity in his game to at least dream of him as a first option

Prolly a lil more 3 ball and less middy’s but the ft rate is weirdly similar considering their builds as well.