Do you guys have a draft pick this year?

[hoops4life]

They go by what they think is the best player available. They don't really look at team needs.

[kebutah]

I think Hibbert's game is only a backup in the NBA. He seems to be too unathletic to guard the pseudo-centers(PFs playing the position). He has a decent offensive game, but isn't a great defender.

[The Sheik]

Right now NBADraft.net has the Jaz taking Roy Hibbert. That wouldn't disappoint me at all.

yikes...I hope not.

He is exactly the anti of what we need. He is slower then Collins.

[nghedman]

AK is an Allstar backup at PF or C. One injury to any PF or C (other than collins) and the Jazz are a lottery team without AK.

When does his contract end? Jazz need to renegotiate.

[Spre_4_3]

Some mock drafts have the Jazz having a chance at Tyler Hansbrough, that is if he declares for the draft.

[DelaneyRudd]

I don't get excited about big names at the end of the first round... of course I didn't want the Jazz to take Carlos Boozer (I really didn't want Borchardt but that's a different story)

[erudite23]

Yeah, we could end up with Philly's 2nd rounder. In fact, it looks likely at this point in time.

As for who I like.....I think Mario Chalmers might deserve a nod there. My preference would to be take another flyer on a yound defensive minded big. Lopez, Hardin, Thabeet and Dorsey all fit the profile, though all obviously have high risk rates.

To me, this would seem like a good year to flip the pick in a trade for a future 1st, like what we did with #21 in 04, sending Podkolzine to the Mavs for a future #1. The only problem I have with that is there seems to be a lot of good guys in the late 1st round area that would help us. I mean, if we hit a solid double with the pick on a young athletic big who is a defense-first tough guy, then this team is immediately transformed from "contender" to "favorite" in the West. With the emergence of Ronnie Price as a solid backup for Deron, it is legitimately the only hole this team has left. Its actually kinda scary to think about, really.

[loserX]

Some mock drafts have the Jazz having a chance at Tyler Hansbrough, that is if he declares for the draft.

I actually wouldn't mind him, if only as insurance if Boozer or Millsap leave in the next year or two for some reason. He's one of those hardworking, do-it-all types who fall in the draft because they don't have as much "upside", then end up sticking around while "potential stars" fall by the wayside. And if there's a coach out there who could get swoony over a player like Hansbrough, and utilize his all-around game and effort level, it's probably ours.

That said, I wouldn't be surprised (or terribly disappointed) if the Jazz followed erudite's suggestion of trading the pick for a future one. Our salary level is already over the $61M mark next year, and depending on what we want to do in free agency (if anything) keeping guaranteed salary off the books for a year might not be a bad idea.

[bleu]

I don't know much about any of the prospect this year except for like the lottery picks.

[enIIgma_chan]

This year's class are quite promising like Roy Hibbert, Mario Chalmers, and Tyler Hansbrough, which they will be around when the jazz make their selection at 24 or was it 23?

[DelaneyRudd]

I am officially on the Draft Super Nintendo Chalmers bandwagon.