Congrats to G-Time / OG Time / The Precious for being recognized by the NBA heads, and chosen to be part of the 9 man roster for the Sophomore team. He'll be going alone though, as none of the other Jazz youth brigade made the cut. Represent us well, Gordon!
Rookies:
Player | Pos | Team | Round | Pick | Year | PER '11-12 |
Kyrie Irving | PG | Cleveland Cavaliers | 1 | 1 | 2011 | 21.6 |
Derrick Williams | PF/SF | Minnesota Timberwolves | 1 | 2 | 2011 | 14.7 |
Tristan Thompson | PF/SF | Cleveland Cavaliers | 1 | 4 | 2011 | 13.3 |
Ricky Rubio | PG | Minnesota Timberwolves | 1 | 5 | 2009 | 17.5 |
Brandon Knight | PG | Detroit Pistons | 1 | 8 | 2011 | 10.7 |
Kemba Walker | PG | Charlotte Bobcats | 1 | 9 | 2011 | 14.3 |
Markieff Morris | SF/PF | Phoenix Suns | 1 | 13 | 2011 | 12.1 |
Kawhi Leonard | SG/SF | San Antonio Spurs | 1 | 15 | 2011 | 14.4 |
MarShon Brooks | SG | New Jersey Nets | 1 | 25 | 2011 | 18.4 |
Didn't Make It: | ||||||
Enes Kanter | PF/C | Utah Jazz | 1 | 3 | 2011 | 15.9 |
Alec Burks | SG | Utah Jazz | 1 | 12 | 2011 | 13.8 |
Sophomores:
Player | Pos | Team | Round | Pick | Year | PER '11-12 |
Blake Griffin | PF | Los Angeles Clippers | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 22.6 |
John Wall | PG | Washington Wizards | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 16.7 |
Evan Turner | SF/SG | Philadelphia 76ers | 1 | 2 | 2010 | 15.0 |
DeMarcus Cousins | C | Sacramento Kings | 1 | 5 | 2010 | 20.5 |
Greg Monroe | PF/C | Detroit Pistons | 1 | 7 | 2010 | 23.5 |
Gordon Hayward | SF/SG | Utah Jazz | 1 | 9 | 2010 | 14.0 |
Paul George | SF/SG | Indiana Pacers | 1 | 10 | 2010 | 16.9 |
Tiago Splitter | PF/C | San Antonio Spurs | 1 | 28 | 2007 | 18.8 |
Landry Fields | SG | New York Knicks | 2 | 39 | 2010 | 13.0 |
Didn't Make It: | ||||||
Derrick Favors | C/PF | Utah Jazz |
1 | 3 | 2010 | 15.0 |
PER isn't the be-all-end-all Stat, but I listed it here just to get a quick look at how these guys are playing. What does it say when Kanter can't make it on the Rookie team, who is starved for bigs? What does it say about us that we have four lotto guys on our current roster, and we somehow are incapable of either a) playing them, or b) finding lotto picks worth playing?