James Barlowe’s Top Targets at 10
who should the Jazz draft per NBA bigboard analyst James Barlo find out next on locked on Jazz you are locked on Jazz your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day hello and welcome in to locked on Jazz I’m Leaf tulen filling in for David lock and I’m excited as always to be with you guys and have the opportunity to talk about the NBA draft and my Utah Jazz I’m a lifelong Utah Jazz fan as you guys know by now who’s a credentialed NBA draft analyst attendee of the 2023 and 2024 NBA draft combine Jazz broadcast assistant statistician the past three seasons as well as a lover of college basketball so don’t expect all the geeky numbers of usual to be gone but I’ll bring a unique perspective as a college hoops fan to get your prepared for the draft in a critical juncture for your Utah Jazz thank you for all listening to lock on Jazz and making it your first listener remember locked on jazz is free and available on all platforms including YouTube at lockon jazz where the best way to help us grow is comment anything below and today’s question is do you agree with James on who the Jazz should take we’re going to talk about all that but today’s sponsor is brought to you by FanDuel make every moment more right now new customers get $200 in bonus Bets with any winning $5 bet that’s $200 in bonus Bets with any $5 bet visit fanduel.com lockon to get started Al righty James thank you for for hopping on uh this is a fun one uh so we’re going to start for those of you just wondering we’re going to start with talking about how the draft’s gonna unfold ahead of the jazz or how we at least expect it to in order to then give you players we think James and I think the Jazz should take and James and I tend to see things similarly but maybe maybe we’ll bounce something off differently so thank you for joining in and uh it’s it’s almost here the draft’s only 10 days away yeah I’m I’m ready man I’m ready to get started uh I guess you could say I’m tired of looking at these guys I’m ready to figure out the next like chapter you know I’m I’m kind of I’m looking forward to the draft and I’m really looking forward to like the summer league and like giving like pro postd draft grade so I’m ready it should be fun today yeah it’s always a fun time where you can say oh I was right about this guy and then someone clearly just jumps out that you were low on or vice versa um so the way I wanted to start this podcast is kind of ask a question that jazz fans probably aren’t thinking about too much because they’re trying to pick which guy they want but who are the guys that are going to be there like what is the where there’s smoke there’s fire type of reports about guys going where and I know we don’t know all of it but we’re pretty plugged in and and we like some of the players uh that I I think Scouts like as well so obviously I think you’re going to see s re Castle kingan as as kind of the top five I mean that’s four of the guys and then there’s there’s people that like Sheard there’s people that don’t like Shephard uh I think there’s people that like Cody Williams in the top five and there’s some that think he’s the 12th pick so from after that top four I just listed I think it’s pretty wide open who do you think kind of fulfills that five through nine spots and it doesn’t have to be an order just kind of give me the the list of guys in terms of your confidence level that you think would be gone for the Utah Jaz at 10 so you said guys that will be gone one through five right so yeah so one through one through five we we I think I think we it’s pretty safe to assume that you’re gonna you’re gonna have SAR reash castle and kinging off the board right so who are the other guys that you think will be gone by the Jazz by the time the Jazz Pick 10 so looking at my notes I believe that the let’s see I have I don’t think Reed the sheeper will be there uh I don’t think tjon will be there and I think either one of and this is just what the The Vibes that I’m getting from the internet I think one of masas and Holland will not be there but I think one of them has a chance to be there at 10 so that leaves Cody Williams and topit for for two more spots in my opinion do you think topage slides that far no I think he goes eight or nine I so yeah I’m with you I I if I’m a jazz fan I and I’ve been vocal about this I’m not a fan of Reed Shepard to the Utah Jazz I would I’d be thrilled if he goes ahead like this is where you root for the players that you’re not believing in the fit or the talent level and I don’t think he’s quite the talent level that warrants the top 10 Pick Nor do I believe in the fit in terms of Shephard uh I don’t think B like I’d be okay if the Jazz took him but when I watched him I was kind of questioning stuff that that I didn’t question before and that’s not a good feeling to have when you when you have your first real inperson evaluation I kind of think he’s going to be gone and Holland slides and I think Holland’s the guy with more potential than buellis that makes me feel confident I’ve heard connect might be hard hard to escape the top 10 that makes me confident that there’s going to be a guy with potential and it makes me think that the teams that are drafting five through n will be prioritizing floor almost I mean connect I think his ceiling and his floor are relatively close together and so the Jazz then would be taking maybe more risky picks and that tends to be the what aligns with my philosophy of drafting and this isn’t necessarily the class that provides the best outcome of any philosophy of drafting just because there’s lacking of talent at the top level but yeah if connect’s gone if Reed Shepard’s gone if the the four we mentioned at the very outset probably one of buellis or Holland probably topic that leaves me in my opinion Cody Williams and and I think my my heart of hearts tells me Cody Williams will be gone before 10 which I’m I’m hoping I’m wrong because I really I think Cody’s my preference at number 10 um so I I think he’ll be gone and then I think that’s between topich Cody Williams and then I think tjan salon’s gone so I think topich Cody Williams Ron Holland are kind of the three that hover between nine and 11 for me so if you had a choice between topage and his knee Cody and his off and on assertiveness and I guess you could say Ron or masas you would choose Ron H I would be really close because if you were to you if you were to guarantee me that topage comes back with no ailments and I don’t even need guarantees of how good he is I just need him to be the same physically able player from the knee I think I’d lean towards topich uh Cody’s growing me I’ve been watching some film and I and I’ve liked him I did an episode with Rafael and big board um about how Cody Williams could be a top four guy at pretty much the outset of the year in college basketball and and I and I see it again in some flashes in some games like you said he’s he’s lacking a cons eress and um right now in terms of who I think will be available I would lean towards Cody Williams Because I I just think that Holland slipping and I don’t know if the Jazz of the team to stop it you know how I feel about him that I think he’s kind of in between RJ Barrett and Joshua kogi and Joshua kogi scares me so uh I I would lean Cody Williams to the safest the highest upside would be probably Holland and topich it just scares me with the health because he’s already not particularly quick um so yeah I mean it’s an interesting thing and we’re going to get to your preferences coming up next but like the question I have for you is do you think the teams that are drafting even four through nine because the Spurs have their foundational piece now they’re trying to supplement him well do you think teams are going to try to pick safely and and quote unquote not make mistakes rather than go get their guy or or do you see teams trading into it because I mean we we didn’t even mention one of the guys I think is the best one of the best players in this class and Rob Dillingham he T he seems to be sliding there’s reports that his agency hiding him so is he a possibility I would love to see that but at Talent level it just doesn’t seem like he should fall in this because he’s got a like a a clear-cut scoring skill set that very few in this class have of any attribute he’s at the top level of one that’s coveted in basketball and I don’t think there’s that many people in this class that have a skill set regardless if it’s defense shot blocking three-point shooting that are close to him on the offensive side of the ball as opposed to just specifically one’s one attribute see see yeah I don’t I think if it were me and I you know we talk me or you I’m going to go with I’m G to go with upside again if if the upside looks like legit I’m GNA go upside in this draft because timately this is a draft in my opinion that we’re going to get pieces not Foundation pieces we’re going to get pieces to build around for the future possibly to trade so I’m going to take who I believe has the most upside so like that’s why I’m higher on a I feel like Stefan Castle’s upside is extremely high because as a jump shot works he does so many other things very well uh and then it’s why like I’m a little lower on a and I funny I was watching him today because I’m trying to make sure that I’m not missing anything but like we talked about research say like I I buy his floor I don’t know what his ceiling is because he’s just kind of limited off the dribble and he’s pretty much a primarily an off the- ball guy I understand the um desire to take somebody like that who’s going to be low usage off the ball because if you have a a set guy around him like you want to build with a zachar but me personally and I still think even the Spurs they should go for like an upside guy I think Portland should go upside because with the guys that you do have you’re still trying to figure things out there um but ultimately I do think some teams are going to play safe and I think that’s why D connect is a top 10 pick because you know exactly what you’re going to get from him and he should be able to to contribute day one with his age but it just be interesting to see like I think Utah is in a good spot and a bad spot bad because you’re picking 10 but also good because the diff we don’t we don’t there’s no clearcut number one you could end up with the best player in the draft at 10 just because there’s just so much uncertainty yeah I’m right there with you and I think that that really Blends in well with the way I’ve kind of described it to Jazz fans throughout the different times I’ve been on here here is I don’t think there’s the biggest Gap you’d obviously like to be higher but you really think the way the draft Falls I think the teams are going to elect safely so you’re gonna see a guy like dton connect be picked higher you’re going to see maybe Devin Carter uh get gets picked the guys that have a projectable role you’re gonna see Reas potentially go one which I I align with what James said about I don’t see him being a number one and and then you see even SAR or kingan I don’t think kingan’s got this star potential but he’s up in the upper e one the only guy of those top four I mentioned that I think could actually have a chance of being a star is Stefon Castle so we we talked about how the draft will fall now we’re gonna talk about who the Jazz should pick per James and I’ll chip in as well like I said I’ve been I’ve been mulling it over I mentioned that Cody Williams I far prefer over a guy like Reed Shepard who’ve been who’s been discussed before but first before we get to that let me tell you guys about FanDuel all right summertime means baseball we know this the NBA finals and more are still on the docket but Baseball’s all summer long and you can make and you can bet it all on FanDuel right now new customers get 200 Bon uh 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programmed for you every day to bring you the biggest stories without all the screaming locked on sports today brings you C Miss analysis opinions and news streaming 247 on YouTube or the free Amazon Fire channels out part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day so James and I are here uh and for those you don’t listen to Too Much NBA Big Board obviously I would love you to listen James Richard and I are filling in uh for Rafael hosting and and hopefully he’s back with us soon but James and I I think align the most similarly the way we see basketball of the of the co-hosts and so maybe he’s going to give a similar pitch but maybe his his pitch for different prospects is going to resonate with you more than mine does so I’m just going to turn the floor over James here and ask a simple question best case scenario the Utah Jazz are picking 10th you can’t move up here who do you take I think your best case scenario I think who you would want to fall to you I think is Ron Holland watch some film of him today that his ability to get downhill uh is not necessarily a side to side like creativity but if he gets a step he’s almost guaranteed to get to the basket he’s going to draw a lot of fouls uh I think he does have enough counter moves creativity to where if you do cut him off cut off his right hand he can get to his left he does finish uh with his left hand his jump shot is a really really big concern but that sounds like every wing in this draft minus Zachary Reet at least in the lottery or projected Lottery um I’m buying Ron’s talent I don’t quite understand the slide as much if it is it maybe his slide is a fit thing and not necessarily a talent thing um does he have Josh aogi Josh AI Flor sure but he also has an RJ Barrett upside I think RJ Barrett is a good third option on a team that is trying to make the playoffs and you go from there again uh is he he’s a peace not somebody you necessarily build around because he does have his flaws he doesn’t have the best Court Vision But ultimately like his uh he any does have well I we all can agree he does have the potential to be a very very good Defender at 6667 so I think he’s someone in Utah uh I’ve mentioned this before to Leaf but you pair him with another Dallas guy Keon George I think you’re going to get the best out of Ron as far as just him being able to develop uh but you know the young man average regardless of how bad the team was he averaged 20 against grown men and he’s 18 18 and he played the whole season at 18 he doesn’t turn 19 I don’t believe until the summertime so like that is something that you can look forward to and physically he had no real issues so he still has his teenage body to have an opportunity to develop um but I just think he’s a jump shot away from being a really really good player but it’s going to take obviously the system that he’s in and also you know what kind of work ethic does he have to develop his game but I I really like him and Utah and I really think that’s like the best situation for both sides for him as a player and for the organization cuz I feel like we is like the biggest KN for Utah right now yeah I I think you got to take a wing and I love Rob Dillingham so if he’s here at 10 I would I would like to take him just because I think his talent is is such that he can score 20 in the NBA in in a quick fashion but I do think realistically the Jazz have coveted wings for a while Danny a has not been shy about that uh the only guy that I would I would pick over Holland I think right and I’m not sure I would but the one I would I’ll play Devil’s Advocate and say I would is tjn Salon I it’s for this a lot of the same reasons he’s he’s bigger 18 played professional basketball in France didn’t score as much as prolifically but piic picked up the production in big games in the playoffs he had a game where he scored 19 points and was efficient took over the game late with big threes and and his shot you know like you like James just said all the wings in the this draft minus ree there’s questions about their shot well he wasn’t shy to take him that means something he had the he had the confidence in himself at 18 years old playing professional playoff series uh and he stepped up in the biggest moment and had 10 points in the fourth quarter and led them to a win defensively he’s going to play hard you can refine some of those things but he’s got these innate traits you can’t teach he’s long he’s athletic and he’s he’s big while being long like he’s muscular at 207 pounds or whatever he weighs in that like you don’t you don’t really get that type of body very frequently and that’s what everyone loves about Taylor Hendricks I would argue reace is the more natural athlete even than Hendrick Hendrick is a little skinnier longer gate raset is the more sturdy but fluid while while having a muscular frame uh and so I think he could have the ball in his hands develop that more shot looks fine to me and he’s got the all that energy so and then and then there’s the middle ground I think those two would be the highest upside think Cody Williams is somewhere in the middle ground I don’t see him having as high of an upside as those guys but I do think he’s more refined with the ball as a playmaker as a facilitator but he just lacks the aggression and maybe the uh extreme twitch that Holland has as a as a run and jumper um but he’s a better shooter he shot 42% albe on very low volume at Colorado fit in played multiple roles I listened to him talk about his role at Colorado he said sometimes they ask me to guard the three best three-point shooter sometimes they asked me to take away the best player and pick him up full court sometimes they ask me to attack downhill and I think that’s kind of what you’re going to get from him in the NBA I don’t think he’s going to be the guy but he can be a guy on a team that wins basketball games so those are my Trio of wings that I I would lean towards yeah uh let me ask you a question do you are you buying uh keante George longterm as a point guard do you see him more uh as a two SL combo guard so that’s the question the Jazz fans are are trying to figure out Danny a we’re not sure yet I I think that Keon overperformed as a rookie at the point guard position because you knew he could score and his shot was the biggest issue I have no worries about Keon George figuring out how to shoot in the NBA the guy when he wants to can pour it on he hit nine threes in a game now the question is how is he has a point guard in his very first game in the summer league he had one half where he was trying to figure out how to play basketball while being the point guard and still score and then the rest of the summer league he was the best player in the summer league before he injured his ankle and so I think part of that was just growing pain so I think he overperformed to make this even a question whereas Jason’s like oh we don’t have a point guard uh so to answer your question though I don’t think we know but I’m operating under the assumption he is until you give me a better point guard now if you give me Rob Dillingham who I think is just as good a scorer as Keon George if not a better one maybe a better shooter then maybe you Shuffle him aside maybe you go for a veteran that does so maybe you trade up and try to get castle and say here’s our point guard here’s our shooting guard but now we have the add adequate size but I’m operating under the assumption he’s the point guard of the future until I’m presented with the point guard of the future so my thinking is I think uh regardless if you think he’s a point guard or not the more Playmakers you have the better your team is going to be um and that’s why it would be interesting to see what they do if topage is available at 10 so if the need concerns you know they check out or you say you know what we believe that if healthy he’s a top three pick which I had had him at one point topage but if the KNE checks out you could potentially roll out a 66 playmaker along with a 64 65 Keon George who can score and make plays and I think that can also set you up for the future as far as like your back court because you can look at it as from the we have a cold point guard we have two guys that can go out and get it um but yeah I I I don’t know if Rob work in Utah I just kind of think that at 61 and then guante at 6’4 that would be too much or too small I guess you could say but I do like topage there if you’re willing to if he’s available I don’t think he slides that far personally but if he is available I think that uh you you can you can get away with two playmaking guards like it’s you got two guys in picko that can get downhill the better you you are and then that that helps out your your Taylor Hendricks who’s who’s still figuring out you know the the jump shot at the four or if you sit here and say well Kesler we’re not going to you know draft the center we can like you got guys that can get downhill and find him so I do like topage there at 10 if if Holland’s gone and topit slides I would personally go topit I like topit especially with the idea of a red shirt year and then the Jazz internally grow by the time he comes back and typically the the guys drafted near the top of the draft who have had red sh ear so to speak have a very good track record like obviously chat hren is the most recent example there’s Blake Griffin Joel embiid obviously these guys were undeniable talents well top pitch if you were to like project everything to maximum you turn all the sliders up to top potential you’re looking at a guy who’s a 89th percentile pick and roll operator who shot adequately even though I don’t love his shot he’s big and he gets to the rim he averaged 15 and six in a professional League at 18 while having deficiencies shooting the basketball in leagues that don’t score very much so if you put that into NBA spacing and his shot improves as he works through the knee injury then you could be getting a guy with some of the most upside in this class so I’m with you there uh we we’ll continue a little bit of this discussion as well as discuss what the players look like towards the end of the first round could you get a steal at the end of the first round everyone covets one or do you go with the safe pick uh James and I are going to talk about that coming up next but first a word from eBay Motors uh passion Drive patience the formula for winning championships is also keeps your ride or die alive ABA Motors has everything you need to maintain your vehicle and leveled up to with Peak Performance superchargers roof racks exhaust kits LED headlights and more whether you’re into speed power or style whatever you’re looking for you can find it at eBay guaranteed fit your part is guaranteed to fit with your ride every time or your money back because eBay Motors because with eBay Motors you’re burning burning rubber not cash with all the 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really hard to get a feel on who’s going to be available especially like this late but I really really like Pome dier uh French Wing he’s 68 he played for uh m in Germany he’s 18 as well he has a lot of talent uh I think he of the Frenchmen that you know they get talked about I think he’s the best ball handler of the three wings uh he shoots the ball as well as maybe a tick lower than re he didn’t have the production that they had uh because he had a a lesser role so maybe you say they’re more talented but I think he has upside I think he can play on the ball I think he can play off the ball he’s just 18 um will he be there at 29 I don’t know I’ve seen some mocks have him in the second round I’ve seen some people think that he’s a top 20 pick that’s basically just the story of this draft in general uh who I do have a really good feeling who is going to be there at 29 is Isaiah Crawford out out of Louisiana Tech that’s exactly who I thought you’re were gonna take yeah Leaf already knows I’ve been beating the Isaiah Crawford drum he is a descendant of kawh Leonard OG anobi um you’re probably not gonna get Kawhi Leonard from him and that’s perfectly fine but uh the research shows that he shoots the ball extremely well he shot the ball just as well as I want to say Tristan D Silva did this year he is a four-year guy but he’s started school at like 17 so I believe he’s still 21 uh he was at Louisiana Tech he’s got big broad shoulders long arms he defends uh shot the ball well off the catch there is some shot creation do I think his shot creation is going to translate at the next level uh that remains to be seen but he is like the prototypical defensive three and D guy who can put the ball on the ground just enough to make shots so if he’s not there at maybe you can get Poma at 29 him at 32 I really don’t I don’t feel like you can go with I feel like jazz need to load up on as many wings as possible just with the uncertainty that they do have on the roster yeah he was the first guy I joted down on my notes because I haven’t watched as much Louisiana Tech as I have some of these other schools that that are you know prominent in these rankings like we talk about guys like TJ Shannon in an episode recently I think Crawford we talk about Shannon’s got this explosive athletic athleticism I think Crawford got more NBA applicable athleticism his traits translate better you he’s not quite in this class in terms of over 72 wingspan hands are enormous and and big broad shoulders but the guys that come to mind that are in that exclusive club and there were measurements to boast this but I don’t have them right now are tar een is the most recent one Patrick Williams the second to most recent one and then you have the kawhai Leonards the ogan and obies so those guys don’t really fail and you can be like well tar E’s unproven he he’s pretty good through I I think the only thing that can stop tar een is his leg Yeah like he he gets in there and a lot of the misses are his own but he’s gonna get he’s gonna flirt with a double double when he does get to play 20 minutes like he’s legit good yeah I mean I I’m Crawford’s the guy that’s rising up my board the most I’m working on completing one so I’ll let Jazz fans and big board fans find that uh another guy that that I think would be intriguing toward the into the draft is you you can look at a guy like Justin Edwards for similar reasons I don’t I don’t like him as much as I like Crawford but the reason I bring him up just because I’m trying to keep it the potential one then I got one that’s a little safer uh the potential for Edwards is basically he’s long for a long time people thought he was going to be this guy who’s ball in hand he’s not he shot 38 from three though at Kentucky I don’t think he’s a great shooter but he’s long and rebounds well and shot 38 from three he was a lefty at Kentucky was Harold out of high school sometimes those type of guys pan out not as the star that they’re heralded to be but they they’re good players so what do you think of those two upside guys then maybe we can each give a guy that we think are a little safer I like Justin Edwards uh again like you we’ve mentioned before Leaf you know people were really high on him we weren’t high on him now that like the temperature is cooled off like I get it uh I think I would personally go with Crawford over me too him at that particular spot just because like I I mean you know while he is a freshman I believe that’s like a there might be a year and a half age difference between yeah he he’s 20 20 years old uh almost well he’s 20 years and about half a year to go until he’s 21 so Crawford Crawford played four years three years more of college basketball was only a year and a quarter older yeah so that I don’t feel like that that upside difference is going to be like uh that much there um what do you think about a point guard here at this spot I mean kch would be the one that comes to mind for me here uh I know in some mocks there’s like Bob carington there well spil alert he’s going in the top 17 yeah so if he were there just run to the podium uh but uh the the two guys that stand out to me that I would consider guards aren’t necessarily point guards I I like the idea of Nica jurisich and maybe even a cam Christie um the reason being they have traits that I think Translate well they they both shoot the ball well and have length in the case of jurisich I saw him at the combine he looks comfortable with the ball in his hands as a good passer I don’t know exactly how engaged he is he kind of almost looks indifferent well on the basketball court and maybe that’s just he’s calm just from like a a level of seeing him play he doesn’t look like he’s sweating out there but he shoots the ball well and and he gets to spots he’s also 67 68 and can put put you on a poster as he did once in the combine also hit a catch and shoot three with wh a pass around Christie’s the younger brother of Max Christie uh shoots the ball well it’s very thin has a body frame to grow into at 6’7 can I interest you in a AJ Mitchell from Cal Canta Barber if you decide to go Ron Holland at uh 10 and then you say Pome at 29 or Isaiah Crawford there and AJ Mitchell falls out the first round and he slides to 32 and then we go back to the we got two playmaking guards who can interchange at point guard shooting guard where we just blur the lines and say wherever gets it goes because AJ Mitchell I believe he had good measurements yes he he measured pretty well I saw him play at the combine in the scrimmage he looked under control I actually saw him play two years ago at March Madness too and he was the standout like you’re like oh who’s this guy playing against Baylor and keontay George and and honestly in that game he was the better guard between he and keontay George uh but yeah I’m I wouldn’t be complaining about that the last guy I would bring up is is more of the long-term potential pitch would be Ryan Dunn just because he has one skill that that is NBA ready right now but you could argue his skill might be the strongest of any particular skill of anyone in this draft defensively he is a monster an absolute monster he block shots at a center level playing the small forward and a packline defense for those of you who don’t know a packline defense is it’s where you kind of clog the gaps between a player to player and disincentivize drives therefore you don’t really have many chances to block and he also played at a tremendously slow pace yet he averaged over two blocks per game he gets steals he rebounds The Rock and slides his feet unbelievably well I saw him work out at the combine shot is not good but I almost think it’s more confidence related than form because the form’s a little janky but he just I just think he’s he’s he’s just kind of one of those guys who’s realized what his role is and is trying to break out of it so hard that the slump has worsened in my opinion man you know who else had good form and couldn’t feel his fingertips Ben Wallace man Ben Wallace everything looked good but sometimes look like it was a duck getting shot out the air uh Ryan Dunn man he is I’ve said it before he is as good on defense as he’s bad on at shooting I don’t want to bad on offense but bad at shooting like uh unfortunately there’s a clip of of him airballing a free throw that’s circulating right now it’s making his rounds on Twitter and people are dissecting it is it too much knee Bend is it that is I just think his touch is just really really inconsistent but I have no issue with taking him at 32 because you know what if he just becomes a a dunker a pick and roll dunker at some point because he’s athletic he’s a athletic enough to play the wing he just doesn’t shoot well enough to play the wing so if you can tell him like you know what we’re going to have a stretch five out there at some point I don’t know who that is I don’t think you no you guys traed Kelly o he played for so many teams the past three years it’s hard to keep up but if you decide to go small and you keep lry at some point then you can say all right Ryan you’re the screener like it will absolutely work in there work for him right there because he has the athleticism to catch on a short roll and make plays or excuse me finish at Rim he just is not a good shooter but at 32 I I like it uh when people were talking about him as a lottery pick I was like there’s no way I can take a one-way guy in the lottery yeah I’m with you there he was a guy that I actually was very early on in the process I did an episode talking the the best returning sophomores and I said well you might get a top 20 pick out of this guy then he was everyone’s Lottery and I was watching it and I I was like there’s there’s no way but you know it’s coming to a level are there any other guys the last guys on your notes or or is this kind of the the Jazz recap because I like the players like I kind of expected to like the players you said because we we see the game pretty similarly um any last guys you you think the Jazz fans should educate themselves about near the end of the draft or near the end of the first draft uh I mean you say he’s top 20 he probably is top 20 but if Baylor shyan somehow Falls I’m sure Leaf will be doing cartwheels in Utah I will be might you might as well see me running around on a highway my shirt off uh Melvin ainsa 68 Wing shooter uh he probably has a I think he has a two dribble two dribble Max all right after two dribbles is going up or he’s gonna have to pass to somebody he’s not really gonna get to the rack um that’s really maybe Boby Clinton at 32 if you like that kind of you know player uh but that is really really wait you have a e for backup center correct yeah I I think that’s a moving part but I’d say yeah no I don’t think you want to do oh chami yeah I didn’t like him at the combine personally but I mean who knows he’s the youngest player in the draft but but yeah I mean those are the guys James and I are seen it pretty similarly I appreciate you for hopping on and hopefully we get you back on to talk more Jazz when I’m hosting uh but thank you guys for listening with your next listen maybe if you like listen to James you can you can listen to more of James and and perhaps myself on locked on NBA bigboard and if not maybe watch locked on NBA because the finals could be over by the time you’re listen to this one so uh I appreciate you guys for listening making lock on Jazz your first listen but I also just have one last thing I implore you guys to check out lockon launched their first ever National Sports 247 streaming Channel on YouTube it’s also now available on Amazon Fire TV in the free Fire TV channels app locked on sports today is here for you 247 covering the top sports stories of the day with a local Experts of lockon plus are National shows covering every League find locked on sports today now available on the free Fire TV channels app 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Leif Thulin interviews host of Locked on NBA BIG BOARD, James Barlowe, who lends his thoughts on who the Jazz should select at 10, 29 and 32. Leif and James discuss how the 1st round ahead of the Jazz will shape up and how that will impact the philosophy of who the Jazz should select at 10.
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