” All in all it was a pretty quiet evening for us. “Simply summarized Danny Ainge, the president of the Jazz. Because everything actually went as planned in the “Draft Room” of the Utah club, Thursday evening, during the first round of the Draft. Holders of three choices in the first round and therefore logically involved in transfer rumors, the Jazz finally kept their choices and recruited three “rookies”: Taylor Hendricks (UCF) in 9th place, Keyonte George (Baylor) in 16th place and finally Brice Sensabaugh (Ohio State) ranked 28th.
” As the first round unfolded, we realized how much it was taking a favorable turn in our favor » noted with joy Justin Zanik, the club’s GM. ” We were able to select two players that we had in our Top 10. We were even debating which one to choose in #9, and in the end we were able to have both. And in #28, we secure the arrival of a player who was present in our Top 18 in this Draft. »
Eager to strengthen its workforce with versatile player profiles, the Jazz has therefore hit the jackpot with its three “rookies”, capable of playing in several attacking positions (1/2 for Keyonte George, 3/4 for Taylor Hendricks and Brice Sensabaugh), and to defend well. The icing on the cake: they were only “freshmen” this season, and are therefore still very young (19 years old), with significant room for improvement.
“NBA ready” in attack
” We received a lot of calls, and we considered transfers added Justin Zanik. ” But in the end, we add three very promising young people, whose qualities we believe we can maximize. »
Above all offensive qualities, at first: Keyonte George, if he is still far from being an effective attacker, is perhaps the most intrinsically gifted natural scorer of this vintage 2023 (15.3 points this season), while Taylor Hendricks and Brice Sensabaugh have shone in recent months on the university circuit by the quality of their outside shooting (39.4% on 4.6 shots/game for the first, 40.5% on 4.5 shots/game for the second).
Precious reinforcements, therefore, in a Jazz team that is effective in attack this season (117.1 points / game, the 7th best average), but which has a big margin for improvement in the exercise of outside shooting (35.3%).
” These guys have certain qualities that we don’t even need to work with them as they already master them very well. “concluded Justin Zanik, aware that the defensive potential of the three players will however take a little longer to hatch among the pros. ” They can help the team immediately in certain aspects, while working in parallel on other aspects. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Lauri Markkanen | 66 | 34.4 | 49.9 | 39.1 | 87.5 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 25.6 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 61 | 32.6 | 44.4 | 33.8 | 81.6 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 20.8 |
| Collin Sexton | 48 | 23.9 | 50.6 | 39.3 | 81.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 14.3 |
| Malik Beasley | 55 | 26.8 | 39.6 | 35.9 | 84.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 13.4 |
| Kris Dunn | 22 | 25.8 | 53.7 | 47.2 | 77.4 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 13.2 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 68 | 28.6 | 49.9 | 39.4 | 85.3 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 12.5 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 65 | 20.2 | 41.9 | 28.6 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| Mike Conley | 43 | 29.7 | 40.8 | 36.2 | 81.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 10.7 |
| Luka Samanic | 7 | 23.0 | 45.6 | 25.8 | 69.2 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 9.9 |
| Walker Kessler | 74 | 23.0 | 72.0 | 33.3 | 51.6 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 9.2 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 52 | 24.1 | 55.6 | 33.3 | 65.7 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 8.3 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 59 | 20.5 | 42.7 | 35.5 | 81.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 36 | 14.7 | 48.8 | 40.2 | 69.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 52 | 14.7 | 36.9 | 33.0 | 79.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.3 |
| Jarrell Brantley | 4 | 9.7 | 57.1 | 44.4 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| Rudy Gay | 56 | 14.6 | 38.0 | 25.4 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Johnny Juzang | 18 | 12.9 | 33.7 | 23.8 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| Damian Jones | 19 | 15.8 | 71.4 | 71.4 | 77.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 36 | 10.0 | 81.9 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| Micah Potter | 7 | 7.5 | 66.7 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Juan Toscano Anderson | 22 | 15.2 | 40.3 | 17.4 | 88.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| Leandro Bolmaro | 14 | 4.9 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| frank jackson | 1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
