SALT LAKE CITY — With name after name being called as Thursday’s NBA Draft went deep into the night, new Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik and assistant David Morway continued to work the phone lines in an attempt to bring in more talent.
Although Utah’s lone first-round pick at No. 23, Darius Bazley, was dealt to Oklahoma City as part of a Memphis trade, the front office still ended up landing Jarrell Brantley (No. 50), Justin Wright-Foreman (No. 53) and Miye Oni (No. 58) in the second round with some late deals being made.
Those three draftees will get formally introduced on June 27, and then the focus will shift to the elephant in the room: free agency.