The NBA Lottery came and went and despite a lot of hopes, prayers, and other luck rituals, the Utah Jazz stayed put at No. 9.
Perhaps we should all be grateful considering there was a higher chance for the Jazz to fall to No. 10 than there was to jump into the top four. But the disappointment remains. All that said, what’s next for Utah? What course do they chart in this all-important draft in its rebuilding process?
Let’s go over the possibilities.
Trade Up
There’s a couple scenarios here that are a bit different both in how they might come about and how likely they are, so we’ll divide it up into parts as both deserve a separate breakdown.