Rodney Hood would be the second best scorer on the Celtics

[Roy H.]

He's playing really well for the Jazz but theres something about him that I am still not completely sold on. He wouldn't be starting here and would probably be in an 8th or 9th man role. His numbers with us wouldn't be what they are in Utah.

Good for him though. Hope he keeps up the success.

I agree that he wouldn't have the same opportunity here.

I don't have any reservations about him, though. He's smooth, he's got length, he plays with energy, and he's smart. He may be a little too deferential to the vets, but that's a minor issue.

[slamtheking]

He's playing really well for the Jazz but theres something about him that I am still not completely sold on. He wouldn't be starting here and would probably be in an 8th or 9th man role. His numbers with us wouldn't be what they are in Utah.

Good for him though. Hope he keeps up the success.

I agree that he wouldn't have the same opportunity here.

I don't have any reservations about him, though. He's smooth, he's got length, he plays with energy, and he's smart. He may be a little too deferential to the vets, but that's a minor issue.

aside from this being yet another "I'm going to complain some more because Danny didn't draft who I wanted and he's doing great elsewhere" thread, I would agree with what you've mentioned.  I preferred Hood at the time of that pick but was fine with Young -- > sold on his upside being a primary value since we already had a pretty solid pick in Marcus. 

He wouldn't be putting up the same numbers here as he's done in Utah but I do think that with our current roster, he'd be coming off the bench behind AB and doing a really solid job. 

Starting: IT, AB, Crowder   backed up by Smart, Hood, Turner.
pretty solid 6-man rotation at PG and the wings. 

Also may have freed up Danny to take a different player than RJ (or maybe even different player than Rozier) with that pick since we'd look to be set with smaller players for awhile.

[Ed Hollison]

You're always going to find players further down the draft board from the guy you took that are better. This is part of life.

Young is 20. He may not grow into Kawhi Leonard, but it's kinda early to call him a bust.

[TheSundanceKid]

He's playing really well for the Jazz but theres something about him that I am still not completely sold on. He wouldn't be starting here and would probably be in an 8th or 9th man role. His numbers with us wouldn't be what they are in Utah.

Good for him though. Hope he keeps up the success.

I agree that he wouldn't have the same opportunity here.

I don't have any reservations about him, though. He's smooth, he's got length, he plays with energy, and he's smart. He may be a little too deferential to the vets, but that's a minor issue.

aside from this being yet another "I'm going to complain some more because Danny didn't draft who I wanted and he's doing great elsewhere" thread, I would agree with what you've mentioned.  I preferred Hood at the time of that pick but was fine with Young -- > sold on his upside being a primary value since we already had a pretty solid pick in Marcus. 

He wouldn't be putting up the same numbers here as he's done in Utah but I do think that with our current roster, he'd be coming off the bench behind AB and doing a really solid job. 

Starting: IT, AB, Crowder   backed up by Smart, Hood, Turner.
pretty solid 6-man rotation at PG and the wings. 

Also may have freed up Danny to take a different player than RJ (or maybe even different player than Rozier) with that pick since we'd look to be set with smaller players for awhile.

On that bit, I'm really liking Rozier's development. In the recent games he's played for us he's been given opportunity to handle the ball which is pretty significant given the others on our roster. If picking Young over Hood meant picking Rozier over someone else then I'm happy with that. I'd take Rozier as a prospect over Hood

[slamtheking]

He's playing really well for the Jazz but theres something about him that I am still not completely sold on. He wouldn't be starting here and would probably be in an 8th or 9th man role. His numbers with us wouldn't be what they are in Utah.

Good for him though. Hope he keeps up the success.

I agree that he wouldn't have the same opportunity here.

I don't have any reservations about him, though. He's smooth, he's got length, he plays with energy, and he's smart. He may be a little too deferential to the vets, but that's a minor issue.

aside from this being yet another "I'm going to complain some more because Danny didn't draft who I wanted and he's doing great elsewhere" thread, I would agree with what you've mentioned.  I preferred Hood at the time of that pick but was fine with Young -- > sold on his upside being a primary value since we already had a pretty solid pick in Marcus. 

He wouldn't be putting up the same numbers here as he's done in Utah but I do think that with our current roster, he'd be coming off the bench behind AB and doing a really solid job. 

Starting: IT, AB, Crowder   backed up by Smart, Hood, Turner.
pretty solid 6-man rotation at PG and the wings. 

Also may have freed up Danny to take a different player than RJ (or maybe even different player than Rozier) with that pick since we'd look to be set with smaller players for awhile.

On that bit, I'm really liking Rozier's development. In the recent games he's played for us he's been given opportunity to handle the ball which is pretty significant given the others on our roster. If picking Young over Hood meant picking Rozier over someone else then I'm happy with that. I'd take Rozier as a prospect over Hood

tbh, I wasn't a fan of the Rozier pick -- wanted Portis instead.  I figured I'd give Danny the benefit of the doubt with him but was becoming very disenchanted with the pick when I'd see Rozier play "I'm gonna get mine" ball whenever he'd get minutes.  in the past couple of weeks, Rozier has played more team ball and has looked better.  Still would have preferred Portis but I'm at least back to "let's see what Rozier can do before trading him" thinking.

If having Hood means Danny takes Portis over Rozier, I'd rather have had that occur than having Young and Rozier.

[chambers]

Rodney hood is one of the more likely guys in that class to be an All Star.
Defense needs work but he can straight up ball.
The jazz have made some great draft picks the last few years.

[pearljammer10]

He's playing really well for the Jazz but theres something about him that I am still not completely sold on. He wouldn't be starting here and would probably be in an 8th or 9th man role. His numbers with us wouldn't be what they are in Utah.

Good for him though. Hope he keeps up the success.

I agree that he wouldn't have the same opportunity here.

I don't have any reservations about him, though. He's smooth, he's got length, he plays with energy, and he's smart. He may be a little too deferential to the vets, but that's a minor issue.

Yeah I can agree with that.

He's making the most of his opportunity with the Jazz and is really earning his spot with them. Its nice to see those types of success stories in a gimmie gimmie gimmie self entitled NBA world.

[PhoSita]

Rodney Hood was a huge steal for the Jazz. He's a good scorer who can run the pick and roll, and he's a good defender.  He's got a good handle, and he's really intelligent (which might be what separates him from Young?)

http://www.si.com/nba/2016/02/02/rodney-hood-utah-jazz-james-harden-quin-snyder-rudy-gobert

Hood also spent two years at Duke (only played one) with a coach who actually teaches players how to thrive in a team game.

This is a factor GMs don't seem to consider often enough.

There's often a lot of low hanging fruit on Kentucky because of how aggressively Cal recruits, but he doesn't actually teach them anything, so only the very best players seem to get any meaningful seasoning.

Young would likely be a much better player if he'd stayed in college, and particularly if he'd spent a few years in college on a team that actually tried to teach its players how to play team ball, instead of functioning as a finishing school for NBA prospects waiting to get drafted.