Speaker 1: We are only weeks away from the NBA Draft. We'll
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Speaker 1: Utah Jazz. Let's get to know some of these prospects.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: It's been a.
Speaker 1: Minute, but Raphael Barlow, NBA big Board, NBA big Board
Speaker 1: dot Com, our guest on a Tuesday afternoon, Raphael, Happy Tuesday, Sir,
Speaker 1: how are you?
Speaker 4: I'm doing great? How are you guys doing well?
Speaker 3: Appreciate your time? Simple question right off the top.
Speaker 1: Okay, in your opinion, best case scenario for the Utah
Speaker 1: Jazz at five is which prospect and why?
Speaker 2: Tray Johnson simple questions for me. Trey Johnson led the
Speaker 2: SEC and scoring. I think this year's crop of teams
Speaker 2: in the SEC is the best group of teams he's
Speaker 2: ever had in the conference, and the number of teams
Speaker 2: that they got in the NCAA tournament reflects that he
Speaker 2: led the SEC and scoring. He shot thirty nine percent
Speaker 2: from three on about six attempts per game, and a
Speaker 2: lot of those attempts were heavily contested. It wasn't like
Speaker 2: he was getting open catch and shoot, catch and shoot threes.
Speaker 2: He's a much better passer than he's given credit for.
Speaker 2: He can play off the ball. I think that Trey
Speaker 2: Johnson should be arranged to go as high as as
Speaker 2: number three. So if he falls to Utah at number five,
Speaker 2: I think you have.
Speaker 4: Your your go to score of the future.
Speaker 1: Okay, So Trey Johnson best case scenario in your opinion
Speaker 1: at five, as you reference, you know, a lot of
Speaker 1: buzz around this kid over the past three or four
Speaker 1: weeks that indicate maybe he's not there at five. So, Raphael,
Speaker 1: if we operate off the assumption and the premise that
Speaker 1: a team in the top four falls in love with
Speaker 1: Trey secondary best case scenario for the Jazz at five.
Speaker 3: If Trey is off the.
Speaker 2: Board, that's where it gets tough because you look at
Speaker 2: Utah and I've actually talked to some different.
Speaker 4: Scouts about the Jazz roster.
Speaker 2: And you just need to like really really hit on
Speaker 2: on on one of your picks, and maybe not necessarily
Speaker 2: hit this year, because there's a there's there's a kid
Speaker 2: that's going to be playing in Provo next year that's
Speaker 2: that pretty pretty dynamic, and a Jed Devasa that that
Speaker 2: could be available if you if this or next season
Speaker 2: is similar to this season. But with that being in mind,
Speaker 2: I mean, I've heard that.
Speaker 4: Ace Bailey could could fall.
Speaker 2: I mean, there's some teams that really like common Molly
Speaker 2: watch and in his future as far as it's being
Speaker 2: a rim protector and and floor spacer and defensive anchor.
Speaker 2: Teams really like VJ. Edgecombe. I like Jeremiah Fears. I
Speaker 2: think that he has the chance to be a star
Speaker 2: in this league. But Isaiah Kyllier was really good for
Speaker 2: Utah last year. What does that mean for Kyllier?
Speaker 4: You already have, based off of.
Speaker 2: Today, Clarkson and Sexton and Kiante.
Speaker 4: So I think Utah has a really really difficult choice.
Speaker 4: But if eight.
Speaker 2: Or Trey Johnson falls to them, that would be great.
Speaker 2: But other than that, I just I'm having a hard
Speaker 2: time about who could be the best, the best option
Speaker 2: for Utah.
Speaker 1: Is there any chance edge Comb is there at five
Speaker 1: any chance at all?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so, I really think so. I just
Speaker 2: don't think that would be a good fit for Utah
Speaker 2: simply because is he, you know, like a dominant scorer.
Speaker 2: Is he the type of player that's going to be
Speaker 2: able to knock down open jumpers. Is he guy that's
Speaker 2: going to, like I.
Speaker 4: Said, be a creator off the dribble.
Speaker 2: I just don't know if if he provides that, And
Speaker 2: but I think he can't be available.
Speaker 1: I really do so, if I'm understanding correctly, if both
Speaker 1: edge Comb and Trey are there at five, you think
Speaker 1: the Jazz would go track.
Speaker 2: Now without a doubt, without without a doubt. I mean,
Speaker 2: like I said, Trey little sec and scoring, and I
Speaker 2: know scoring is than everything, but I think Trey is
Speaker 2: the better passor the better shooter. He measured out a
Speaker 2: little bit bigger, and Edgub is good. People are enamored
Speaker 2: by the athleticism and what he did for the Bahamas
Speaker 2: national team last summer. But I mean Trey had a
Speaker 2: better year and I think he's more ready to come
Speaker 2: in and contribute.
Speaker 1: Is there any intrigue in your mind at one or
Speaker 1: two or is it simply I mean, look, Dallas came
Speaker 1: out and said, look, we're keeping one. Their ownership group said, Nico,
Speaker 1: you can't trade it. Okay, we're keeping it and we're
Speaker 1: taking Cooper. So ultimately, Patrick Dumont, the owner, made the call.
Speaker 1: So we know Cooper's I won any chance it's not
Speaker 1: dyling it too or do you feel like it's a
Speaker 1: lock both one and two.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think Cooper is as much of
Speaker 2: a lock as you can get number two. I'm not
Speaker 2: a betting man. I don't gamble, but I said I'm
Speaker 2: about ninety percent sure san Antonio would take Dylan Harper. Now,
Speaker 2: whether or not Harper plays a game for this Furst,
Speaker 2: that's a different subject, because the fit is an ideal
Speaker 2: when you figure that they just tradeed for Diaron Fox
Speaker 2: at the deadline, and then Stefan Castle.
Speaker 4: Really struggles to shoot.
Speaker 2: Is at his best when he has on ball reps,
Speaker 2: and then he really took off from the second half
Speaker 2: of the year when he had the opportunity to play
Speaker 2: with the ball in his hands, and so Dylan is
Speaker 2: at best when he has the ball in his hands.
Speaker 2: I don't necessarily like to fit, but if san Antonio
Speaker 2: went with best player available, you go with Harper, then
Speaker 2: try to figure things out. But I think it would
Speaker 2: be enticing for a team like Milwaukee to possibly have
Speaker 2: their point guard of the future if and only if
Speaker 2: Giannis says that he wants to be moved, and I
Speaker 2: think san Antonio has some pieces to put together a
Speaker 2: nice package.
Speaker 1: Do you think there's any chance the Jazz could move
Speaker 1: up in this draft and maybe enty San Antonio with
Speaker 1: five marketing something like that, you know, because ultimately Raphaels,
Speaker 1: you know, this is a fan base that really is
Speaker 1: looking for some hope, looking for a shot in the arm.
Speaker 1: It's an organization that needs some hope and a shot
Speaker 1: in the arm for the staff over there. And it's
Speaker 1: just been a very successful basketball team for the better
Speaker 1: part of fifty years that has been in no man's land.
Speaker 1: We're coming up on four years now, so you know,
Speaker 1: all these reports and rumors out there that the Jazz
Speaker 1: are going to try to be bold and they're going
Speaker 1: to do what they can to utilize their assets, their
Speaker 1: draft capital, their clean books, and would be willing to
Speaker 1: move on for most anybody if it meant moving up
Speaker 1: to two and maybe grabbing a Dylan Harper.
Speaker 3: Could the Jazz be in play to move up to two?
Speaker 4: Possibly?
Speaker 2: I mean, I think maybe three would be a little
Speaker 2: bit more realistic since Philadelphia their timeline has to be
Speaker 2: win now. I mean, if you think about it, with
Speaker 2: Embeid and his health concerns and Paul George on the
Speaker 2: wrong side of thirty five. I don't know how you
Speaker 2: can make a deal work just you know, numbers wise,
Speaker 2: but I would say three is probably the high if
Speaker 2: they can go. I don't know if san Antonio would
Speaker 2: would make a move up for number two, especially if
Speaker 2: they can if they think that there's a chance that
Speaker 2: they compare Victor Wimbama and yas Okitakoupo together.
Speaker 3: Let me ask you about Ace.
Speaker 1: Let me dig in on Ace Bailey a little bit more,
Speaker 1: because there are some people out there, and look, there's
Speaker 1: so many and we we like what you do, and
Speaker 1: I was always a big chad Ford guys, so we
Speaker 1: like having you on the show and I read your stuff.
Speaker 1: But there are a lot of mocks out there, a
Speaker 1: lot of people out there that try to do what
Speaker 1: you do and others do, and a lot of them
Speaker 1: have a falling a little bit as a result of
Speaker 1: the combine measurements and such. So let's play a game
Speaker 1: a little bit and let's say he falls to five
Speaker 1: and the Jazz are just, you know, deciding that that's
Speaker 1: the direction they're they're wanting to go. I don't know
Speaker 1: if he'll be there. I don't know if they like him,
Speaker 1: but if it is Ace Bailey at five Raphael, tell
Speaker 1: jazz fans what you think he can be as a
Speaker 1: professional when he's fully developed, if.
Speaker 2: He maximizes his potential. I mean, you're talking about a
Speaker 2: guy that is just able to score and score with
Speaker 2: the best of them, still has a ways to go.
Speaker 2: I don't know why his stock would be dropping because
Speaker 2: he didn't measure out at six ten. I've had people
Speaker 2: tell me like, if he went to games and if
Speaker 2: you saw him, then you knew he wasn't sixten, So
Speaker 2: why would this cock drop down because he didn't measure
Speaker 2: out out at sixten? But I mean in shoes, He's
Speaker 2: probably what six' nine and a half in, shoes and
Speaker 2: he played the game and, Shoes SO i can't imagine
Speaker 2: the stock falling week because of.
Speaker 4: That but if he puts.
Speaker 2: It all, TOGETHER i mean he's had some. GAMES i
Speaker 2: think he had a game where he was like thirteen
Speaker 2: or fifteen from the. Floor he had another game he
Speaker 2: was like thirteen of. TWENTY i, mean when he is,
Speaker 2: going he's just a guy that can just make some
Speaker 2: of the most difficult shots look. Easy when he was,
Speaker 2: GUARDED i, mean he made like forty four percent of his.
Speaker 2: Threes it's just. STYLISTICALLY i think some people are just
Speaker 2: not a fan of his heavy reliance on mid range.
Speaker 2: Shooting and then you know that the mid range is
Speaker 2: not considered the most efficient shot as far as this.
Speaker 2: Analytics but if he puts it, together you have a
Speaker 2: guy that can. Rebound that should be a week site shot,
Speaker 2: blocker that can space the, floor and that could be
Speaker 2: a guy that when you need a bucket at the
Speaker 2: end of the shock, clock he can get you.
Speaker 1: ONE i know The cooper flag is gonna be A
Speaker 1: Dallas maverick and of course off the boarded. One AND
Speaker 1: i think at the start of the college basketball season
Speaker 1: maybe there was a bit of a, debate but he,
Speaker 1: clearly uh you, know decided that debate on his. Own
Speaker 1: let me just ask. You you, know you hear a
Speaker 1: lot of The kawhi. Stuff there are a lot of you,
Speaker 1: know a lot of comps going.
Speaker 3: Around. SOMETIMES i don't love.
Speaker 1: COMPS i think it puts a bad idea in a
Speaker 1: fan's mind and sets a prospect up for.
Speaker 3: Failure but just are.
Speaker 1: You among the, People rafa all that believe that he's
Speaker 1: generationally special and you, know do you Think dallas really
Speaker 1: has this superstar type talent that could be An All
Speaker 1: star for for ten fifteen years in THE.
Speaker 3: Nba, YEAH i think.
Speaker 2: SO i mean the word generational talent is just up for.
Speaker 2: Debate Like i've had this conversation a few, times like
Speaker 2: Is Carrie irving a generational? Talent Is Anthony davis a generational?
Speaker 2: Talent just throwing names out there that people have. ARGUED i,
Speaker 2: Mean i've even had people Say Dwayne wade isn't a generational.
Speaker 2: Talent SO i don't Think cooper has to be quote
Speaker 2: unquote generational to have like a Special hall Of fame type.
Speaker 2: Career but one THING i will say about The cooper
Speaker 2: flag comps THAT i actually like is that this is
Speaker 2: probably the first guy That i've seen where it's like
Speaker 2: cross racial. Comparisons usually A european is only compared to
Speaker 2: A european player and so, on and SO i, think,
Speaker 2: like when it comes to, comparisons you have to have
Speaker 2: a wide range of comparisons if you're going to go that.
Speaker 2: Way AND i know that there are some teams that
Speaker 2: they make players or they make their SCOUTS i only
Speaker 2: Compare europeans To, europeans or white players to white, players
Speaker 2: or so. On so With cooper being compared to everyone From,
Speaker 2: Kawhi i've Seen ak forty, seven who you guys are
Speaker 2: obviously familiar with In. Utah i've seen some people compare
Speaker 2: him To. TATUM i just think nobody knows what he
Speaker 2: is because he has so many ways that he can
Speaker 2: impact the. Game he can be a mix of a
Speaker 2: little bit of everything because he's such a good, defender
Speaker 2: he's a good. Passer he shot the ball a lot
Speaker 2: better than anyone. EXPECTED i don't think anyone thought he
Speaker 2: was gonna shoot thirty eight and a half percent from.
Speaker 2: Three BUT i do think he's going to be. GOOD
Speaker 2: i think if he puts it all, together WHICH i
Speaker 2: think he has a, high high, FLOOR i, MEAN i
Speaker 2: see him as a multi Time All. STAR i just
Speaker 2: don't know if he's like your ONE. A i don't
Speaker 2: know if he's your your ONE a on the championship.
Speaker 2: Team but if he's your ONE, b that's. GOOD i,
Speaker 2: mean There's Anthony davis to ONE. A i don't think.
Speaker 2: So but as ONE, b The lakers won a, Championship
Speaker 2: SO i Think cooper could have a multi Time All,
Speaker 2: star multi Time ALL Nba all. Defense SO i just
Speaker 2: don't know if he's your, closer BUT i could be.
Speaker 3: Wrong let me ask.
Speaker 1: You i've seen a couple of mock drafts that Have
Speaker 1: Jeremiah fears going to The jazz at, five and you
Speaker 1: brought this up. Earlier it's a good, point AND i
Speaker 1: honestly can't speak to. It. UH i know that there
Speaker 1: are some in the organization that don't Think Keyante george
Speaker 1: is going to be a rotational piece for a good
Speaker 1: player for excuse, me for a good team in pro.
Speaker 1: Basketball they like the call of your, kid but if
Speaker 1: you're lead guard to shooting twenty five percent from three
Speaker 1: in THE nba in twenty twenty, five you're probably not
Speaker 1: gonna win a lot of. Games so maybe on paper
Speaker 1: you look at it and, say wait a, second they've
Speaker 1: got some young. Guards i'm not sure they like any
Speaker 1: of their young guards an awful. Lot so if it
Speaker 1: Is Jeremiah fears at, five which some people are kind of,
Speaker 1: prognosticating what kind of prospect is?
Speaker 3: He, raphael he LOOKS i really like a.
Speaker 2: LOT i think my brother AND i were probably the
Speaker 2: first to like put him in the top ten range
Speaker 2: back in the and it sounded crazy back, then but
Speaker 2: he has the ability to consistently get two feet in the,
Speaker 2: paint which is something That Isaiah khleier.
Speaker 4: Was able to do with just his speed and his.
Speaker 2: Aggressiveness BUT i think that with, fears you have to
Speaker 2: look at how young he. WAS i, mean he's supposed
Speaker 2: to be at least either preparing for the prom or
Speaker 2: just finish going to The, prom and instead he's preparing
Speaker 2: for THE Nba. Draft he was the go to guy
Speaker 2: and a TOUGH sec, conference LIKE i mentioned, earlier not
Speaker 2: afraid of the, moment hit, game win a. Shot but
Speaker 2: they intrigued with him as his ability to consistently get
Speaker 2: two feet in the. Paint he can create his own.
Speaker 2: Shot he's, tough he's, competitive and he has a long
Speaker 2: ways to go as far as like reaching his full.
Speaker 2: Potential AND i think for him the skis ACTUALLY i
Speaker 2: think The skuy's blemited for. HIM i think he could
Speaker 2: be one of the two or three best players in
Speaker 2: this draft that we're talking about five years from.
Speaker 3: Now Cooper flags teammate At Duke kan K.
Speaker 1: Nipple The malawatch kid is, intriguing but The jazz With Walker,
Speaker 1: KESTLER i can't imagine they'd want to Add malawatch next
Speaker 1: To walker unless they're going to move on From, walker
Speaker 1: WHICH i don't think they'll. Do he's extension eligible And
Speaker 1: i'm hearing they will extend, him WHICH i think is
Speaker 1: the right. Thing but tell us about kN kinneple a little,
Speaker 1: bit another name that has kind of been linked to
Speaker 1: The jazz potentially at Five and do you think five
Speaker 1: is too high to Take?
Speaker 3: Knepple, yeah, five five is too.
Speaker 2: HIGH i MEAN i think at number, five especially if
Speaker 2: you're a team Like, utah you're looking for someone that
Speaker 2: you think can be a franchise. Guy, now is it
Speaker 2: easy to get a franchise guy at? Five, No BUT
Speaker 2: i think you're in a situation where you're not just
Speaker 2: looking for another connective. Piece AND i think For, TOM
Speaker 2: i think that's going to be his role in THE
Speaker 2: nba is as a connective, passer floor spacer guy that
Speaker 2: competes and the role that he played At duke where
Speaker 2: he wasn't the, man is going to be the role
Speaker 2: that he plays in THE nba in my. Opinion SO
Speaker 2: i don't think five IS i don't THINK i think
Speaker 2: five is too high for. Him up like that.
Speaker 1: Jeg or DEMON byu point, guard there's like this undercurrent
Speaker 1: of fear that The jazz are going to draft him
Speaker 1: at five because he's A byu guy and The jazz
Speaker 1: owner also helps BANKROLL byu. Basketball as you, know it
Speaker 1: was interesting to watch him evolve this. Year oftentimes he
Speaker 1: had a lot of trouble against pressure in The big,
Speaker 1: twelve And Kevin young would Play Dallan hall against teams
Speaker 1: that would press Because jegor just couldn't really handle. It
Speaker 1: he's young and this was his first experience playing really
Speaker 1: physical college. Basketball the measurables are. There he can really pass.
Speaker 1: IT i understand the combine stuff was a good look for.
Speaker 1: Him do you think there's any chance that he's in
Speaker 1: play at five and where do you think ultimately he
Speaker 1: lands and?
Speaker 2: Why, YEAH i MEAN i think THERE'S i think there's a.
Speaker 2: CHANCE i, mean The utah's had a small backcourt for
Speaker 2: the last few. YEARS i do think there's a. CHANCE i,
Speaker 2: mean everything that you mentioned before could be a, factor
Speaker 2: AND i guess it just depends on How utah sees
Speaker 2: him or sees his potential as a. Shooter i've been
Speaker 2: Following yegor since he was fifteen years. OLD i went
Speaker 2: To madrid to watch him Play i've talked to him
Speaker 2: in person a few. TIMES i really like him as a,
Speaker 2: kid AND i could understand why a team can just
Speaker 2: fall for. Him but the concerns are there, about like you,
Speaker 2: said how he handles. Pressure AND i literally just spoke
Speaker 2: to a scout from a team a couple hours ago
Speaker 2: and he, said, Yes yegor probably helped himself with how
Speaker 2: well he measured and the fact.
Speaker 4: That he shot the ball really. Well but he said
Speaker 4: that the.
Speaker 2: Thing that everybody wants to see is how tough he.
Speaker 2: Is can he compete when there's smaller guards that are you,
Speaker 2: know just defending, him like like A Jose, Alvarado or
Speaker 2: can he bring the ball up court up the court
Speaker 2: against The Drew.
Speaker 4: Holly are they type?
Speaker 2: Defender and the scout, said that's something that you won't
Speaker 2: see in the pre draft process because he's probably not
Speaker 2: going to go against. Anybody he didn't play at The.
Speaker 2: Combine so whoever drafts him is going to have to
Speaker 2: believe that the areas that he struggled with this, year
Speaker 2: whether it's the shooting or sometimes being, assertive that they
Speaker 2: can get the best out of. Him BUT i do
Speaker 2: think it's realistic that he could be in play For utay,
Speaker 2: five or maybe they trade down and get. Him i'm not.
Speaker 1: Sure jazz also have twenty, one And i'm not going
Speaker 1: to pin you to a name at twenty. One i'll
Speaker 1: just ask, you generally, speaking do you believe this draft
Speaker 1: is deep enough that some options at twenty one could
Speaker 1: be intriguing?
Speaker 3: Enough and you know it's.
Speaker 1: Interesting raphael is the better picks The jazz have made
Speaker 1: ever since the ownership. Changed in the front, office change
Speaker 1: have been later, on you, Know Kyle, Philapowski Isaiah. Collier
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens With. Taylor he's. Hurt but obviously
Speaker 1: it was a rough look For cody last. Year no
Speaker 1: one's anointing or dismissing based off of one year in THE.
Speaker 1: Nba but this is a front office that shown the
Speaker 1: ability to find some things in the. Twenties generally, speaking
Speaker 1: what sort of talent would be there at twenty.
Speaker 2: One, yeah there's a player THAT i really like For,
Speaker 2: utah and that is A greek prospect Named meoplis Ov.
Speaker 2: Dallas i've been higher on him than the. CONSENSUS i
Speaker 2: think that if he would have went to college this,
Speaker 2: year we'd be talking about him as a lottery, pick
Speaker 2: similar To Jegor demen And Kaspar shakachonas and some of
Speaker 2: the other international. Players he just didn't have the. Opportunity
Speaker 2: he didn't go to. College and Then Vin saraf And
Speaker 2: Noah singhe are playing In, germany but they're playing on
Speaker 2: a team that gives young players the, opportunity and Most
Speaker 2: european teams really don't give young players an. Opportunity they
Speaker 2: everything is, win win, now and they think that it's
Speaker 2: better to win with. Veterans so with that being, said
Speaker 2: Ov dallas is six.
Speaker 4: Eight he's a.
Speaker 2: GOOD casser i think he's one of the better athletes
Speaker 2: in this draft as far as the. Guard position plus
Speaker 2: he has. Positional size he played well at. The combine
Speaker 2: he knocked on, open shots but he didn't really have
Speaker 2: the opportunity to play much with all in. His hands
Speaker 2: so at, TWENTY one i think, for him if he
Speaker 2: is a, point guard then you got a six to eight.
Speaker 2: Point guard but if, he's not because of his size
Speaker 2: and his ability, to shoot it gives you some flexibility
Speaker 2: into how you can. Use them and with all that,
Speaker 2: being said if he does end up going to, college
Speaker 2: route which we may find out in the next couple.
Speaker 2: OF days i think he ends up being a. Lottery
Speaker 2: pick so if you can get him at, twenty one
Speaker 2: you get a steal another steal For the jazz later
Speaker 2: on in the outside of.
Speaker 4: The lottery, all.
Speaker 3: Right ralphel last Thing and i'll Set.
Speaker 1: You lewis you referenced his name earlier And everything i've
Speaker 1: seen Every time i've watched aj debonce, And play i'm,
Speaker 1: just like oh, My Gosh like i'm not sure THAT
Speaker 1: b yu fans know what the have. Down there i'm
Speaker 1: not sure that in state college basketball fans. Are ready
Speaker 1: he might be the best player that we've ever. Had
Speaker 1: here certainly as, a talent it's hard to argue with any.
Speaker 3: Of that we've never.
Speaker 1: Had a top, you know five or even one recruit
Speaker 1: play at Either the University of UTAH, or byu and
Speaker 1: We Had dame.
Speaker 3: Lillard here so let's put a Respect.
Speaker 1: On Dame And andre Miller And jimmer furdett and everyone
Speaker 1: that's played here in.
Speaker 3: THE state i could.
Speaker 1: Keep going but for basketball fans that are curious but,
Speaker 1: not familiar just what kind of PLAYER is byu Getting In, Aj,
Speaker 1: debontsa well You Have ben, horn, right, yes, Yes certainly
Speaker 1: Keith van horne should be on. That LIST like, I
Speaker 1: said i could, keep Going but i'm not Sure that
Speaker 1: keith had THE talent. AJ did I think keith himself
Speaker 1: would probably.
Speaker 2: Admit, That, Yeah Well keith lein pretty high was. Number two, number.
Speaker 3: Two yep.
Speaker 2: As special he's. He's special he's got the ideal, positional,
Speaker 2: size athleticism the. Shot making he was really good his.
Speaker 2: Senior YEAR but i felt like he was. THE board,
Speaker 2: i mean he had been dominating high school since he was,
Speaker 2: a FRESHMAN and i think that having a new challenge of,
Speaker 2: COLLEGE basketball i think that's going to bring something else
Speaker 2: out of him that we haven't. Consistently seen, BUT yeah
Speaker 2: i mean it's going to be exciting for the Fans
Speaker 2: in UTAH and. YU fans i think that he has,
Speaker 2: a really really good shot at being the number. One
Speaker 2: pick but there's two other guys in this class that.
Speaker 2: Are special next year's Class And daran Peterson And cameron
Speaker 2: Boozer and jazz fans are familiar with The Name carlos
Speaker 2: Boozer and Cameron is. Carlos's SON but aj is right
Speaker 2: up there as far as the miapion the best prospects
Speaker 2: to come out of high school in the last, ten
Speaker 2: YEARS and i think that it's going to be a
Speaker 2: year similar To When zion williamson was in, college basketball
Speaker 2: even with twenty two when You Had ben Carroll And
Speaker 2: chet holmer And, jabari smith where felt like if they
Speaker 2: get one of, those guys that they're going to be
Speaker 2: a playoff team within the year two. Or THREE and
Speaker 2: i Think if utah DOES, get AJ then i think
Speaker 2: that's the franchise guy that you were. Hoping for and
Speaker 2: it could also be a great consolations typing out the
Speaker 2: best way to. Use IT but i do THINK that
Speaker 2: aj could be Better than cooper flat so it could
Speaker 2: be a blessing in DISGUISE as aj ends up being
Speaker 2: the number one pick in twenty twenty Six and utah's
Speaker 2: number one and they missed Out on cooper flag in twenty.
Speaker 4: TWENTY five a.
Speaker 1: Lot of jazz fans curious about. These prospects rafa all
Speaker 1: work and they go get all.
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