Beede: Magic Have Declined Jett Howard's 4th Year Option

[pepe1991]

Booker Lite for the min??

That s the plan

Lock him up on the cheap, unfortunately, i m sure he ll blossom somewhere else

Why? His agent should be learning Mandarin.

I wonder if they reached out to shop him - some team might have preferred to get him in house before he's on the UFA track. I'm not expecting some significant return, if any, but even as a gesture to him and his agent. He's intriguing enough for a bad team like BRK to take a risk-free whiff.

NBA market for him are: Nets.

Basically, it's either Nets or he is out of nba.

[zaymon]

I liked the idea Howard could be. Even if he was a reach he could still work.
I am concerned that we must judge our players based on how they function in dysfunctional offense.
Spot up shooters are the most wrong used role here. They dont have actions. They dont get the ball. I think thats the real problem.

[cedric76]

Nobody had him going top 20.
Made no sense in moment pick was made.
Made no sense after rookie year spent in G league with Weltman apologists pretending G league is some sort of "develomental" league
Made no sense after year two where he continued to suck.


I still can't find single reason why they didn't trade out that pick.

Just false, Jett was ranked top 12 in most mock draft before his injury, people love to rewrite history

[three3d]

Nobody had him going top 20.
Made no sense in moment pick was made.
Made no sense after rookie year spent in G league with Weltman apologists pretending G league is some sort of "develomental" league
Made no sense after year two where he continued to suck.


I still can't find single reason why they didn't trade out that pick.

Just false, Jett was ranked top 12 in most mock draft before his injury, people love to rewrite history

Totally blind homerism lol

[jezzerinho]

A lot of busts and disappointments in that draft. Jett just another one. Was a crazy pick. Wish we had traded out of that draft.

[eyriq]

Nobody had him going top 20.
Made no sense in moment pick was made.
Made no sense after rookie year spent in G league with Weltman apologists pretending G league is some sort of "develomental" league
Made no sense after year two where he continued to suck.


I still can't find single reason why they didn't trade out that pick.

Just false, Jett was ranked top 12 in most mock draft before his injury, people love to rewrite history

Totally blind homerism lol

He's stating a fact not an evaluation. I don't know if it's true or not but I do remember seeing Jett mocked in the lottery pre-injury.

[JoshuaPotter]

2023 - Ultimate BUST draft.

Will end up setting back this franchise further than what people want to admit.

Yup. I like AB but when I think that we spent a top 6 pick on him I get woozy. Then again, I remember eying Cason Wallace and Lively, but was actually hoping for them at 11. Oh well. The Black experience probably had a chance, we would just had to jetison ya'know the Fultz / Cole weight.

[Bensational]

I liked the idea Howard could be. Even if he was a reach he could still work.
I am concerned that we must judge our players based on how they function in dysfunctional offense.
Spot up shooters are the most wrong used role here. They dont have actions. They dont get the ball. I think thats the real problem.

Yeah this isn’t the team or offense to maximise someone like Jett, or any shooter for that matter. I don’t think I’ve got unrealistic expectations for him to develop into a backup bench shooter who can be a microwave scorer. Looks like the team is more excited to get Jase rolling than to keep giving Jett chances.

I’d like to see him get a run on a team like Indy, or Memphis.

[FFBlitzace]

I liked Hawkins, and then Dick behind him. Both look like streaky shooters that don't offer much else. Doesn't make the Jett pick right, but at least they haven't blown up and made the pick even worse. I guess the good news is, Weltman is willing to cut losses and not double down. I guess.

As grim as it may look for Jett, crazy things happen in the NBA. Suggs is a guy who will probably only play about 60 games any given season. Then if Bane gets hurt, you never know, Jett may get a chance to play, and if he wants a career beyond this season, he better be ready if his number is called.

[RookieStar]

Just false, Jett was ranked top 12 in most mock draft before his injury, people love to rewrite history

Totally blind homerism lol

He's stating a fact not an evaluation. I don't know if it's true or not but I do remember seeing Jett mocked in the lottery pre-injury.

Correct! I never wanted him but saying he wasn't mocked or talked about in the lotto is just false. Sure there are lots of draft articles out there and you might stumble upon one where he wasn't mentioned in the lotto. However, there were a lot that says he was in the lotto convo.

With that said... I wanted Keyonte...

[Skybox]

Just false, Jett was ranked top 12 in most mock draft before his injury, people love to rewrite history

Totally blind homerism lol

He's stating a fact not an evaluation. I don't know if it's true or not but I do remember seeing Jett mocked in the lottery pre-injury.

"Pre-injury"...that's kind of like "Cole was #1 coming out of high school"...nobody was mocking him that high around the draft (when it mattered)

[thelead]

Weltman sucks

[SOUL]

Jett was higher in the beginning of the year but at the time of the draft his stock was definitely mid 20s.

[RookieStar]

Jett was higher in the beginning of the year but at the time of the draft his stock was definitely mid 20s.

There were some 15-20 last time i checked before the draft. All i remember was that he was a pedigreed ( juwans son) in a top school. Never really noticed him. Was all in on keyonte.

[SloNick Russia]

If Jett is an NBA player, which is not a sure thing, his current market value can't be over MIN salary. So the move is logical.

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[pepe1991]

Totally blind homerism lol

He's stating a fact not an evaluation. I don't know if it's true or not but I do remember seeing Jett mocked in the lottery pre-injury.

"Pre-injury"...that's kind of like "Cole was #1 coming out of high school"...nobody was mocking him that high around the draft (when it mattered)

Last year i already debunked this BS.
Average mock entering draft on most sport pages for him was 19-26.

Not worth wasting time doing it again.

"New Booker"
Maybe he ment Trevor all along

[pepe1991]

Jett was higher in the beginning of the year but at the time of the draft his stock was definitely mid 20s.

This.
Same was with many other guys.
Porter Jr..was lock for 1# pre season to end up #15.

Bol, Skal were mocked as lottery picks early on, one was late first, other second round pick.

Early mocks are based on high school hype. As Sky added, Cole is great example.

[basketballRob]

Jett will make $16m for 3 years. That should be enough to set you up for life. He can go buy a nice little house over in Greece and play for 2 or 3 more years.

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[MagicMadness]

Not that we necessarily should've drafted him (trade down for him, if anything), but what's the success rate of #11 picks, anyway?

Google AI says you have about a 15% chance at a 'solid player' at #11. So meh, whatever.

At least we drafted Franz/Suggs/Paolo. And AB seems to be pretty good. De Silva...

Can't win 'em all. In fact, you lose far more than you win.

[eyriq]

Not that we necessarily should've drafted him (trade down for him, if anything), but what's the success rate of #11 picks, anyway?

Google AI says you have about a 15% chance at a 'solid player' at #11. So meh, whatever.

At least we drafted Franz/Suggs/Paolo. And AB seems to be pretty good. De Silva...

Can't win 'em all. In fact, you lose far more than you win.

Exactly. Tons of hits during this rebuild. I can forgive the Jett pick.