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GobertReport wrote:UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Dang...
News just broke that Jonathan Jeanne has Marfans Syndrome. Career is likely over.
Super sad news.
That's too bad, is that common in big guys?
UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:GobertReport wrote:UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Dang...
News just broke that Jonathan Jeanne has Marfans Syndrome. Career is likely over.
Super sad news.
That's too bad, is that common in big guys?
I don't know about "common" but it's the same thing that Isaiah Austin had back in 2014 and he had a similarly long, thin build as Jeanne.
Edit: Apparently their body type is a strong indicator of Marfans Syndrome (tall, long and very thin).
UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Did some more digging on the off-court rumors about Bolden. Here's what I found...
Apparently Bolden is quite a party animal, his teammates don't like him very much and he had some run-ins with the coaches about practicing/training a couple different times. So there's definitely some off-court concerns there that have caused him to drop down draft boards.
UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Dang...
News just broke that Jonathan Jeanne has Marfans Syndrome. Career is likely over.
Super sad news.
For me, I was just looking back at the season, and, personally, I felt like I could’ve done more, if I had been given the opportunity. I felt like I should’ve played more; I would’ve done a lot more in [the three] position. I did what I could’ve done, for what I was given.
Bolden’s father Bruce expanded on what Jonah said. He told Fox:
He felt that he wasn’t able to give the impact that he went over there with, not playing in the position that he was recruited. Last season, he played the four spot. His roommate, GG (Gyorgy Goloman) was injured, so he filled that role.
Jonah thought that, with GG back healthy, he’d be able to slide back down to the three-spot. Unfortunately, over the past month, he was still in that big-man role, and didn’t know why. He thought it was going to be the same as previous years.
He wanted to go to the three-spot, and he got the impression that it wasn’t going to happen, and he felt that would ruin his chances of really showing his three skillset. He didn’t think anything was going to change, so he told me that he was ready to move on.
According to my source, he had problems with his overseas coaches too.SoCalJazzFan wrote:UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Did some more digging on the off-court rumors about Bolden. Here's what I found...
Apparently Bolden is quite a party animal, his teammates don't like him very much and he had some run-ins with the coaches about practicing/training a couple different times. So there's definitely some off-court concerns there that have caused him to drop down draft boards.
Your sources could be totally correct and he could be a headcase/headache. I can't comment on teammates not liking him, but I do know that he did not like the role they were forcing him into at UCLA as a center, when he is clearly a forward (either SF or PF), and that could be the issues of him having issues with the coaches. In fact, I believe that the reason he left UCLA was the coaches and them planning on him being their center again this past season which prompted him to leave, which probably was a good move on his part.
The dude averaged 13 pts, 7 rbs, 1 block, 1 steal in nearly 28 mins per game in a real mans league this past season. He'll be more NBA ready than the college underclassmen in this draft. I love his athleticism and shooting with his size. It is an unfair comparison and certainly a stretch, but he reminds me quite a bit of Gallinari.
His twitter account is pretty innocuous, and he seems to be religious for what that is worth.
If I were the Jazz, I'd take him with the 24th pick as I haven't seen anyone else I like better that should be in that range of the draft.
UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:According to my source, he had problems with his overseas coaches too.SoCalJazzFan wrote:UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Did some more digging on the off-court rumors about Bolden. Here's what I found...
Apparently Bolden is quite a party animal, his teammates don't like him very much and he had some run-ins with the coaches about practicing/training a couple different times. So there's definitely some off-court concerns there that have caused him to drop down draft boards.
Your sources could be totally correct and he could be a headcase/headache. I can't comment on teammates not liking him, but I do know that he did not like the role they were forcing him into at UCLA as a center, when he is clearly a forward (either SF or PF), and that could be the issues of him having issues with the coaches. In fact, I believe that the reason he left UCLA was the coaches and them planning on him being their center again this past season which prompted him to leave, which probably was a good move on his part.
The dude averaged 13 pts, 7 rbs, 1 block, 1 steal in nearly 28 mins per game in a real mans league this past season. He'll be more NBA ready than the college underclassmen in this draft. I love his athleticism and shooting with his size. It is an unfair comparison and certainly a stretch, but he reminds me quite a bit of Gallinari.
His twitter account is pretty innocuous, and he seems to be religious for what that is worth.
If I were the Jazz, I'd take him with the 24th pick as I haven't seen anyone else I like better that should be in that range of the draft.
UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Dang...
News just broke that Jonathan Jeanne has Marfans Syndrome. Career is likely over.
Super sad news.
Poor kid. Work your whole life for something and get it taken away right when it's about to become reality. It sucks. stitches wrote:UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:According to my source, he had problems with his overseas coaches too.SoCalJazzFan wrote:Your sources could be totally correct and he could be a headcase/headache. I can't comment on teammates not liking him, but I do know that he did not like the role they were forcing him into at UCLA as a center, when he is clearly a forward (either SF or PF), and that could be the issues of him having issues with the coaches. In fact, I believe that the reason he left UCLA was the coaches and them planning on him being their center again this past season which prompted him to leave, which probably was a good move on his part.
The dude averaged 13 pts, 7 rbs, 1 block, 1 steal in nearly 28 mins per game in a real mans league this past season. He'll be more NBA ready than the college underclassmen in this draft. I love his athleticism and shooting with his size. It is an unfair comparison and certainly a stretch, but he reminds me quite a bit of Gallinari.
His twitter account is pretty innocuous, and he seems to be religious for what that is worth.
If I were the Jazz, I'd take him with the 24th pick as I haven't seen anyone else I like better that should be in that range of the draft.
From what I've heard on Bolden - there are legends about his attitude/work ethic/partying etc. and not in a good way.
SoCalJazzFan wrote:Well, that stinks as I see some serious flaws with just about every other stretch big that I've looked at. If he is that crazy, the Jazz won't take him and I don't want an Iverson, Spreewell or Rodman or the like on the Jazz regardless of how good they are.
SoCalJazzFan wrote:
This is interesting. Were Jazz there in April to watch Bolden or someone else?
UTJazzFan_Echo1 wrote:Both Bolden and Kaba are prospects for this years draft, so the head to head matchup was probably pretty intriguing to NBA teams. I would imagine they were there for both.
SoCalJazzFan wrote:Well, that stinks as I see some serious flaws with just about every other stretch big that I've looked at. If he is that crazy, the Jazz won't take him and I don't want an Iverson, Spreewell or Rodman or the like on the Jazz regardless of how good they are.
