Marshon Brooks

[Litany]

I haven't seen discussion about Marshon Brooks so I thought I'd open this thread for everyone give input on what they think about him.

He measured really well at the combine at 6' 5.25'' with a 7' 1'' wingspan. What I know about him is that he is a scorer. his numbers are: 2P%: 55.9 3P%: 34.0 RPG: 7 Ast: 2.5

I listened to his interview at DX and he said he learned as a PG so he claims his handles are good. Is this true?

He is 22 so that affects his stock I'm sure.

Slam video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mq-JMf1szk[/youtube]

[retiredcoach]

Brooks is one of the top SG's in the draft. He would be a really good fit for the Jazz but he's going to go below 12, so there's little to no chance the Jazz will get him.

His shooting is good and he's going to become a good defender.

[HolyToledo]

Interesting player...but might lack a little athletic ability and turn out to be like Quincy Lewis who was a disaster for the Jazz. He is worth a try if the Jazz trade down with one of their picks.

[Paper Face]

Didn't he outshine Burks in a recent workout?

[QuantumMacgyver]

Didn't he outshine Burks in a recent workout?

I'd heard that he absolutely destroyed Burks. I'm a huge Burks fan, I think I'd still take Burks. Brooks makes more sense for the Jazz than Burks with his ability to shoot.

[spoonhoops]

I like him around 16-19

[reapaman]

I'm thinking a Nick Young with better defense but not as offensively potent. If we could do something like trade our #3 for washington's #6 and #18 (might ask them to add somthing else), then he would be great grab at #18. This assuming we are willing to wait a couple years for him to get adjusted to scoring in the NBA because he's probably gonna need it before he's useful.

[idajazz]

I don't want to see any trades that result in MORE rookies, With the 2 picks we already have we are going to be very young, Remember Favors was the youngest player in the NBA last year.
Add in Hayward, Evans, and 2 rooks..........EEEEK
I'm all for building a team but I think you need some vets to lead the way.

[reapaman]

I don't want to see any trades that result in MORE rookies, With the 2 picks we already have we are going to be very young, Remember Favors was the youngest player in the NBA last year.
Add in Hayward, Evans, and 2 rooks..........EEEEK
I'm all for building a team but I think you need some vets to lead the way.

The big mistake many teams make is putting too much hope in a few young guys. Many dont develop to be as good as you hope and some dont develop much at all. Me personally I don't particularly like Hayward or Evans, they could be nice role players or a fringe starter like Mike Miller in Haywards case but nothing more. We need legit starters that will still be playing at a high level in a few years (since we proabley are not going anywhere until Favors develops which will take a while).

Basically I don't like anyone as a legit starter for the future except favors for one reason or another, so unless we can trade for veterans that fit that mold; we should get more young guys and hope at a lest 2 or 3 develop to be legit starters and we can just sign/trade for missing pieces (and the last raming starter(s). Finding a defensive wing to start for a team is much easier than finding a good high volume score or legit center, so those should be our main focus.

[idajazz]

I don't want to see any trades that result in MORE rookies, With the 2 picks we already have we are going to be very young, Remember Favors was the youngest player in the NBA last year.
Add in Hayward, Evans, and 2 rooks..........EEEEK
I'm all for building a team but I think you need some vets to lead the way.

The big mistake many teams make is putting too much hope in a few young guys. Many dont develop to be as good as you hope and some dont develop much at all. Me personally I don't particularly like Hayward or Evans, they could be nice role players or a fringe starter like Mike Miller in Haywards case but nothing more. We need legit starters that will still be playing at a high level in a few years (since we proabley are not going anywhere until Favors develops which will take a while).

Basically I don't like anyone as a legit starter for the future except favors for one reason or another, so unless we can trade for veterans that fit that mold; we should get more young guys and hope at a lest 2 or 3 develop to be legit starters and we can just sign/trade for missing pieces (and the last raming starter(s). Finding a defensive wing to start for a team is much easier than finding a good high volume score or legit center, so those should be our main focus.

this is where I, and I believe the Jazz brain trust are on a complete different page than you.

I think the team we have now is capable of competing and making noise in the playoffs, I believe that the millers need, want, expect, exactly that.
I think they want a nice balance of youth and vets and want to be competitive while building for the future.

[gojazzmjsucks]

Got to see alot of him here in Providence. My uncle has season tickets to the friars. He scored the most points in BIg East history. Thats something to keep in mind. He played with nothing this year at PC and still got the job done. They won some games they did not belong in because of him. I think he would make a great scorer off the bench for years to come. A much better CJ. Brooks made a huge jump from role player on the Friars to star in the Big East this year. If Jimmer is gone we should definetly take Brooks.

[gojazzmjsucks]

If we take Knight and jimmer is still there i take Brooks but im also rooting for the kid and im not running the marketing for the utah jazz. I always root for my friars. I would have kept Herbert Hill over Fes, but then Hill got into off the court stuff.

[BringtheD]

I'm thinking a Nick Young with better defense but not as offensively potent. If we could do something like trade our #3 for washington's #6 and #18 (might ask them to add somthing else), then he would be great grab at #18. This assuming we are willing to wait a couple years for him to get adjusted to scoring in the NBA because he's probably gonna need it before he's useful.

I would go postal if the jazz flipped #3- for #6 and a useless #18. The rumor is that washington has their eye on kanter and hope to pick his apple before the jazz make him an og. Jazz would never trade down, the difference between #3 and #6, would be about two to three more lottery picks, not a useless #18 (for the Jazz anyway.)

[carrottop12]

There are rumors that Washington wants to move up to 2, and is willing to include JaVale McGee.

Problem is I think he has too many character issues for the Jazz to consider that kind of a deal at 3, and other than John Wall I am completely unimpressed with Washington's line up.

[retiredcoach]

With a new and somewhat inexperienced head coach in Corbin, the Jazz are going to stay far away from difficult to deal with players.

[hoops4life]

^ I don't think it has anything to do with Corbin being a young coach. They stayed away from those types of players when Sloan was here.

[countrybama24]

I think the team we have now is capable of competing and making noise in the playoffs, I believe that the millers need, want, expect, exactly that.
I think they want a nice balance of youth and vets and want to be competitive while building for the future.

This current roster is capable of losing in the first round. With more development, maybe they get to the 2nd round. The millers want a nice, mediocre playoff team. But the thing is, once you make the playoffs, you're done adding great players. The jazz can't bet on free agency. Once you're competitive (like a playoff team), you're not gonna make big strides in "building for the future" outside of internal player development. Unless hayward or favors become perennial all-stars, we'll be losing to the top of the west every year. We need at least a couple more top 10 picks (or 1 top 5) to truly compete, or we'll just keep being a first round doormat.

[reapaman]

this is where I, and I believe the Jazz brain trust are on a complete different page than you.

I think the team we have now is capable of competing and making noise in the playoffs, I believe that the millers need, want, expect, exactly that.
I think they want a nice balance of youth and vets and want to be competitive while building for the future.

We'll the Millers are just gonna have to suck it up because were not ready for that.

Very weak defense, inexperienced coaching staff, weak bench, inconsistent scoring, Not enough playmaking, not enough spacing (fewer 3 point shooters), Rebounding issues, Dont know if Ak will be back, Don't know if Okur will be healthy, Al is not a center and shouldnt be playing center (don't care what anyone say, he's not), Bell is old, Millsap has no business playing SF, no go to pick and roll plays anymore, ect.......

Just too any issues that we gotta clear up before we even start talking about going back to the playoffs.

[idajazz]

this is where I, and I believe the Jazz brain trust are on a complete different page than you.

I think the team we have now is capable of competing and making noise in the playoffs, I believe that the millers need, want, expect, exactly that.
I think they want a nice balance of youth and vets and want to be competitive while building for the future.

We'll the Millers are just gonna have to suck it up because were not ready for that.

Very weak defense, inexperienced coaching staff, weak bench, inconsistent scoring, Not enough playmaking, not enough spacing (fewer 3 point shooters), Rebounding issues, Dont know if Ak will be back, Don't know if Okur will be healthy, Al is not a center and shouldnt be playing center (don't care what anyone say, he's not), Bell is old, Millsap has no business playing SF, no go to pick and roll plays anymore, ect.......

Just too any issues that we gotta clear up before we even start talking about going back to the playoffs.

thats why we need Kanter...........