Friday morning marked the Jazz’s first prospects workout since the passing of the deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft, and the group they brought in proved a talented if eclectic bunch, highlighted by Virginia guard Ty Jerome, Tennessee’s Admiral Schofield and former prep/AAU standout-turned-Sydney Kings signee Brian Bowen II.
Jerome, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound point guard, helped lead the Cavaliers to the national championship as a junior, averaging 13.6 points, 5.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds on the season, numbers that improved to 20.3 points, 7.0 assists and 6.7 rebounds over Virginia’s last three NCAA Tournament games.
A New York City native, he pointed out that he grew up playing on the same AAU team as Jazz star Donovan Mitchell from the ages of about 7 to 12, and that they competed against each other in ACC competition when he was a freshman and Mitchell was a sophomore at Louisville.