Have the Utah Jazz Drafted Well or Poorly?

The NBA draft is just around the corner! Trade phone calls are buzzing and front offices are fine tuning their big boards prior to the June 26th event. Draft night has become one of my favorite nights of the year, and 2024 is no exception.

But rather than putting out even more 2024 draft content, let’s review historical drafts and how the Utah Jazz have performed relative to draft position and player availability. The majority of this data is coming from DEEP NBA Draft, so big shoutout to that individual for the model and analysis.

To summarize the methodology, draft picks were evaluated compared to alternatives that were available at the time. This was also weighted against expectation. For…