Tim LaComb: The Utah Jazz had an ‘A+ draft’ with their three additions
DJ PK 975 The Zone we are joined by Tim lome Utah Jazz radio Studio analyst Tim good morning it is a glorious morning isn’t it it really is a glorious morning and Tim I don’t know if you know this but uh your appearance is brought to everyone by sperian Staffing and recruiting are you a business owner you have better things to do than the job hunt or scramble to find your next grade higher l sperian Staffing and recruiting do it visit span online it’s span.com Utah I um endorsed that message I bet I bet you do all this trade and free agency guys signing extension guys moving who has caught your eye right out of the gate well I think um you know I think everybody was kind of waiting on the Paul George thing and uh and you know it’s an interesting combination uh out there in Philly with he and be and Maxi I did see a photo the other day of you know basically on Twitter saying who’s going to beat this team and and somebody in the comments put uh out questionable probable or something like that uh so probably like the the W or the injury report will probably beat it sometimes but no it’s intriguing and I think uh everybody in the East is trying to muscle up to take on Boston and Boston obviously muscled up pretty good um you know out here in the west it’s been you know we we had the big uh LA Laker introduction of LeBron James yesterday the only 55 pick to ever get a mult multi-year deal so it’s good to be king yeah that’s for sure Jazz draft three more dudes and I know you did some work uh for the Jazz perspective I don’t know if we’ve had you well we haven’t had on you on our show since then uh since the draft happened uh rounds one and two obviously uh just your assessment overall well I I think it was you know as tough as the ping pong ball day was for the Jazz you know the pcks didn’t the pcks didn’t show that I think everything really fell the Jazz way and from my understanding I think um those three guys were were in the jazz top 20 25 and I think they were able to get them all without having to move uh an asset so to me it was extraordinary the way the draft went you know I think the the guys they got you know it’s been well publicized but Coler was the number one player in the country um going into last year I mean he was in an absolutely brutal situation at UFC and you know he his play at times was erratic but man he’s a high level guy I’m really really excited about him Cody Williams is the dude from last fall that as I started watching guys I started to covet uh you know at 10: the Jazz and everybody around thought he’d be gone and the way that that thing worked out was was Supreme and I I do think I mean uh David lock and I were talking in studio yesterday came in I sat in with hands while Scotty’s out and and David came in and talked about it and David felt the same way he felt like Cody was the was one of uh a couple of guys that has a chance to be an All-Star just based on the numbers his his ability um but you know 19 years old 6771 wingspan um and really like a sponge you I’m really excited about him and then filipowski is a guy who everybody thought I’d go first round obviously some things around him uh maybe that that scared people away but loved his comments yesterday um Love the comparison you watch his game to an oin um you know facilitating big man that you can play through out on the perimeter and that’s kind of the new way but can make a three can you know play in The Pick and role can certainly facilitate if you throw it back to them off the bounce or pass and so again they’re all three young guys and uh but that’s kind of where where we are right now and and I think that for the draft I think the Jazz got an A I I don’t I haven’t seen many say anything otherwise I you knocked it out of the park the Philip palowsky really fall because of all the soap Opa drama around his girlfriend and what his relationship is with his parents because if that’s if that’s the bar then we got to reorganize Pro Sports as we know it are you saying there’s a lot of dramatic right there tons of drama reorganized Pro Sports Rogers who we can’t stop talking about for years how often does he talk to his parents I mean if that’s the thing well okay then Aaron Rogers go be a backup quarterback somewhere we can’t trust you that doesn’t make any sense to me no you’re gonna say something PK that’s dramatic man or reorganized Pro Sports as we know it well but it’s DJ I mean we have to you have to give him a morsal of your being dramatic I mean this is a dramatic component you’re the acttion component okay got it of the show I no I I think I don’t think it was entirely that but I think it helped you know I think it moved him down some and yeah I mean the jazs were just the recipient of that and and obviously he’s got a ways to go I think you know watch his tape and the skill stuff stands out but it’s some of the physicality things but that will come and um you know the Jazz have such a great situation here with the G league right here in town uh communication’s awesome and the ability to move guys back and forth uh Taylor Hendricks that was a big part of his growth and I don’t know if you’ve seen photos of him um in the off season but I think Taylor Hendricks is prime to have to come into the year with you know a whole different mindset understanding and then his body’s going to be more uh prepared for the rigors of night toight combat so it’s it’s fun to watch these young guys grow call you’re the number one high school recruit that something that is a speaking of tramatic uh being labeled that uh remember shabaz Muhammad wasn’t he supposed to be all that and when he went into college and he probably in your day when you were recruiting you may have uh run a came and played a a team camp at the Marriott Center with Bishop Gorman so yeah we were we were we were kicking tires around that guy yeah you just wonder you get labeled with that it’s like the number one high school quarterback recruit sometimes he can get overwhelmed by those designations and you just wonder how fair they are now you listen to call call your talk and he seems like you know bright kid head on the shoulders all that type of stuff but I just wonder if we we just saddled these guys with so much like what happened well I totally I totally agree with you I think you know we start doing this thing in the you know best ninth grader whatever and the bottom line is the race continues and I think all that stuff is for for those that are looking for it but really um you know what that does say you know to me the only thing that does say is he’s got high level ability and if you watch his tape you see that I mean first thing that stands out he’s 65 you know he’s a 65 guy who then has the kind of the wiggle and the speed I mean he can get a piece of the paint at will and in the NBA that’s such a great odity little Andre Miller is yeah I mean he’s got the ability to go buy him but if they get in his way he’ll knock them out he’ll knock him out of the way um he’s got a great shoulder and he’s got great lean um his assist rate last year was over 30% so I mean the guy is a playmaker and what I like about it guys is you know you go from the number one player and in one year you sit there and watch 20 plus guys take in front of you and you know that makes you a little honory I think I think you got a chip on his shoulder and the thing I’m saying is he’s just he’s a way better talent that than you ever get in the 20s um and with his you know development with understanding and his Elite skill I mean Angel always told me he tries to draft Elite skill this guy’s an elite playmaker Elite passer and as he grows in confidence with that frame you know some great things could happen do he and keontay George have enough size to play together yes yeah I mean I worried about that a little bit but again um you know you think back on the Conley Mitchell Clarkson days um this guy’s again he’s 6’5 but he’s got some bulk to him and so I think um you know Keon one of the things I want to see from him is a little better dedication on the defensive end being in a stance more given more effort and I think if both guys are in sync I think that could be a pretty fun thing to watch we were talking about going forward that if you know the three guys last year the three guys this year U as they develop they could be used for excellent trade pieces to get better players right because if they develop and they’re good they’re still relatively cheap you have that opportunity to move players for maybe more established players and we were thinking about this year’s draft since it’s the most fresh in three seasons how many players do you think will still be on the team I think DJ you said one I went with one I went with three all three what do you do um of this year’s draft you’re saying yeah you know what’s really crazy I think if you just look at sheer numbers I mean from last year and this year if you can find two guys um two and a half three guys if three guys could really pan out I mean that’s kind of what you’re hoping for and the thing that I do believe is the Jazz and both drafts got real value if you look at it I think you know sah was a similar guy really highly thought of had some injury issues um but I think he was great value where they got him and obviously keante you know um I think he he definitely performed at the level of guy you know taking where he is and then Taylor I think his best basketball’s Yet to Come uh he played 30 plus minutes a game in the G league for you know I think played 14 or 15 games there I mean it’s pretty uh it’s pretty awesome to see that you know everybody’s got their own Journey but I guess my point is um yeah you’re looking for two or three guys and who those guys are out of these groups I’m not sure but I do know and I’ve always said this a knows Talent zanic knows talent and and they definitely kind of sat through and uh watched this one and they’ve got to be thrilled but you know now it’s now the work Begins for all these guys and summer league to me is going to be a kick in the pants I mean I’m excited to watch this thing go down because the you know just look at the assemblage of young talent and that on that roster is going to be really fun something about the phrase kick in the pants that just cracks me up I don’t know it’s old school is old school it’s vintage he getting kicked walking to the bus stop I would one because I figur they’re going to make trades for a veteran or veterans at some point and some of these young guys are going to move what about that thought that that in a lot of spa you know and then some of those picks yeah I mean just watch how the NBA operates you know you’ve got to have cap space and you’ve got to have some ability to move around the Jazz have all that so now it’s just again as everybody hates it’s the next piece is now you know see what they can finish up in free agency and get this thing ready to go um the the big came hunting thing you know I I think everybody will heard the first part but not the second I think D A’s qualified that pretty well you don’t always go out and get a big buck I mean you can go out there and but I do respect the fact that jazz kind of have limits in the bridges situation you know that thing went from four to five picks and when you’re talking about you know tight string to rebuild um five of your 14 that’s that’s a big chunk for one dude who’s you know maybe it maybe not so I I really like their difference I I like the way that they don’t get forced into things and you know again I’ve always said it I think the front office is one of their best strengths is their patience what do you got to get if you move Lowry marketing uh um there would be one deal on the table for me you know I’ve looked through it all and obviously the Warriors are coming to the table and like the the non-negotiable there would so I think it has to be five picks I mean you got to get five picks depend four four to five depending on who you’re um who you’re getting back but I would you know somebody like Oklahoma City for instance they they were to chat and and they want to do something it would be three four picks for me K Wallace and Jaylen Williams if I get four to four picks J Cas Williams Jaylen will or k Wallace Jaylen Williams I think I would really that one would make me really serious about it because it would do a couple things it would put Lowry in a you know a great situation obviously you know you’d see him a lot but if this truly is you know get a bunch of young guys and get a star Young Star I love the idea too of Jaylen and Cody play together that wouldn’t be too bad so he was in town yesterday I didn’t have a chance to ask him any you know if he wanted to stick around all right well two things when you uh say that trade one I think you can get the picks out of Oklahoma City it’s the players I think where the deal where they start you know counter offering and and pulling names out and the other thing is when you say pick do you want the the unprotected picks or if they give you the protected Pi okay yeah this thing has to be totally my way in pristine and really I don’t think like to me the the Warriors kaminga psky would be the ones I’d want but that doesn’t that’s down the way um the Lakers have nothing that I you know that I would covet uh but yeah to me it have to be it would have to be a Surefire next L next year next up and I think Jaylen Williams is that and then um you know a good young player in Wallace I mean you’re giving up an Allstar you know in his prime so this thing would have to be massive so with that said I don’t think they’re gonna I don’t think it’s gonna happen I think Lowry is gonna be here and you know how the Jazz continue this with a bunch of young guys in Lowry we’ll see but I don’t the jazs aren’t going to get tricked into to trading them and everybody I’ve talked to up there there’s nobody sitting there saying we want to trade him again if somebody were to come and uh totally blow them away with something like I said and I made that up but that’s you know my that’s me Jaylen Williams it but it would have to be something with that magnitude Tim we appreciate it as always thanks for joining us we will talk to you again next week hey you got to have a happy fourth and be safe out there um PK remember fireworks are dangerous oh they are yeah I know you’re a fraking pyromaniac so you stay away from them yeah I mean I am a firework and I am dangerous maybe we should come back with de leopard now all right thank you thank you Tim yeah DJ and PK it’s a win tickets Wednesday we’re giving away the tickets next stay with us
Tim LaComb joined DJ & PK for his weekly visit to talk about the Utah Jazz, NBA free agency and what he makes of the draft picks the Jazz made.
