Utah Jazz Predraft Workouts: Tuesday, May 31 2011

by AllThatJazzBasketball on May 30, 2011 9:56 PM MDT in NBA - Draft & Lotto

The Jazz front office continue to bring in guys I may be able to run with (for 10 minutes with two breaks in there somewhere) for NBA Job interviews. Tomorrow we’re evaluating Jackson Emery (BYU), Brady Morningstar (Kansas), Michael Stockton (Westminister), and Mustapha Farrakhan (Virginia). I already know nothing about college basketball. The traditional websites had nothing on them either. Only one of these dudes even went to the Chicago predraft camp. I can see why, after looking at his numbers.

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Yikes, that 6’4 dude has a Max reach of 11’5.5 – which is half an inch off of what Markieff Morris has, and he’s supposed to be a power forward. If he made the NBA the only PGs with similar max reaches would be John Wall, Rodrigue Beaubois, and Derrick Rose. His lane agility was off the charts though, however his sprint was even worse than Jason Hart’s. Few teams are able to make a player out of a guy who is faster sideways than forwards. (Insert your own crab dribble joke here) Unfortunately, no one else had any measurements to go by.

Here are the traditional stats, which I had to hand calculate for some of these guys. I may have given John’s kid an extra block or two, but rounding still gives him 0.0 bpg over his college career.

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Emery had 2 spg? Wow! The guy with the 11’5.5 max jump averaged 1.7 rpg? Wow! The Jazz are wasting time, money, and energy working out these guys? Biggest wow. So far the only trend of the guys we seem to be bringing in (aside from the lack of talent trend) appear to be as ‘favors’ to guys related to the Jazz. Mack was Gordon Hayward’s boy in college. Jackson Emery was teamed up with future #12 draft pick Jimmer Fredette. Michael Stockton is the actual biological boy of former Jazz everything guard John Stockton. I guess the exposure for these kids and the attendance by non-Jazz scouts that hang out around these events go hand in hand. In effect, maybe the Jazz are playing match maker for some professional clubs in Uruguay or Uzbekistan. I do not know. I do know that I’m not going to write any more about these guys.

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Imma say one more thing:

If i work on my conditioning and defense I may be able to make the Uzbekistani national basketball team.

They are, after all, ranked #14 in Asia

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/rankMen.html

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by AllThatJazzBasketball on May 30, 2011 10:02 PM MDT reply actions

ha ha ha

" I do know that I’m not going to write any more about these guys."

I guess there isn’t much to say. Does Stockton’s kid really have a chance at playing over seas or is it more just because he is the biological son of Mr. John Stockton?

by dianaallen on May 30, 2011 10:17 PM MDT reply actions

Overseas?

Overseas is such a vague term. If you are happy to play for $1000 a month than there are plenty of places you can play in Europe. And then there are some leagues that will happily shell out money to get the “son of John Stockton” in their league.

Big leagues overseas, no. Living the dream while living off Dad’s money . . . sure.

Commenting from a small island in the Pacific . . .

by asiabasketballupdate on May 30, 2011 11:03 PM MDT reply actions

Haha.

Jimmer Fredette and Gordon Hayward running the backcourt. Can you imagine?…

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by DWest on May 30, 2011 11:07 PM MDT reply actions

Call me a homer, but I actually wouldn’t mind Jackson Emery as an undrafted free agent. He’s one of the best defenders in the country, he was the quickest player in the Mountain West, and a solid outside shooter. He basically guarded 1.5 players all season to make up for Jimmer’s lack of defense. And I DREAM of Jimmer and Hayward running the backcourt.

by Caderade on May 31, 2011 1:40 AM MDT reply actions

I love the guy too

But his handles would have to improve dramatically or he’d get his pocket picked constantly in the NBA.

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by JazzHype on May 31, 2011 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions

Role Player

I can easily see Emery as role player in the mold of Corey Brewer or Deshawn Stevenson, Play some D and knock down the ocassional 3. There are plenty of player that can only do 1 or 2 things just look at Kendrick Perkins he earns his money for just looking pissed off all the time.lol

by Jazz and Ducks on May 31, 2011 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions

I am a BYU fan and appreciate Jackson Emery's heart and defense. But he wouldn't make it in the NBA.

It’s fun to think about, but he has not one NBA skill. Not even his defense. Hundreds of other better defenders have not got a sniff of the NBA, because you have to be the best of the best. It’s not a knock on Jackson Emery, but he isn’t good enough for the league. He will have a fantastic career in Europe, if he wants to, and those guys can make very good livings.

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by clarkpojo on Jun 1, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions