June 22, 2009

2009 NBA Mock Drafts

Filed under: Utah Jazz — Jazz Fan @ 9:53 pm

Just for curiosity’s sake, I took a look at a whole lot of Mock Drafts floating around the Internet to see if there was some sort of consensus on who the Utah Jazz might take at #20. If you’ve looked around at all, you’ve probably seen one name showing up on the vast majority of them.

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June 15, 2009

Kryrylo Fesenko — Good Move?

Filed under: Kyrylo Fesenko — Jazz Fan @ 8:21 pm

The Jazz picked up the option on Kryrylo Fesenko’s $850K contract for the upcoming season.

Lots of people have argued that it really was a non-move, not necessary to discuss at all.

I think it was actually a very good move.

I don’t even have to argue about the potential. Big men, especially young big men, develop more slowly than guards. Jermaine O’Neal was already out of his rookie contract before he started doing anything at all.

But, like I say, I don’t even have to argue that it was a good move based on potential.

It was a good move even if he has absolutely NO potential.

Here’s why…

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