Deseret News · Jun 23, 2017
Jazz move up into lottery to draft appreciative Donovan Mitchell
SALT LAKE CITY — Turns out, the Utah Jazz tipped their hand on their biggest draft plan in May.
Though Donovan Mitchell was projected to be a lottery pick, the Jazz got the Louisville guard to visit their practice facility for a pre-draft workout even though they weren’t slated to draft until long after he was likely to be off the board.
Mitchell was a willing participant in that workout, by the way.
“I wanted to work out for the Jazz,” Mitchell said at the time. “I love the organization.”