I’m all for using advanced metrics, but if your metrics rate Azubuike as the #2 player in the draft, it might be time

Nov 30, 2020
12:00:12pm

DieHarder go jazz

to rethink the methodology.

Dennis Lindsey says the Jazz's internal analytics metrics had Udoka Azubuike 2nd overall among the draft class, and their scouting department had him inside the top-10.
— Ben Dowsett (@Ben_Dowsett) November 30, 2020

https://twitter.com/Ben_Dowsett/status/1333482633766916096

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I’m all for using advanced metrics, but if your metrics rate Azubuike as the #2 player in the draft, it might be time

DieHarder go jazz

11/30/20 12:00pm

In their defense, this was a bad draft, no? It's a cluster of players that may

rcbyufan

11/30/20 12:04pm

I wonder if having 4 years of college data skewed the metrics compared to someon

Pepe

11/30/20 12:05pm

Also where did those metrics rank Bradley?

Pepe

11/30/20 12:11pm

Great question.

CougGolf

11/30/20 12:16pm

They drafted Trey Lyles because he had amazing balance..

JuicyJam

11/30/20 2:11pm

This guy has the inside scoop on those internal metrics

BGRTHNUMEGO

11/30/20 12:23pm

If that were the case, he must have been really confident no on else felt the

Charles Darwin

11/30/20 12:25pm

That’s what I thought! If they truly believed that why would they trade down?

RdF3

11/30/20 1:34pm

Why would he admit that?

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