The Utah Jazz drafted John Stockton and Karl Malone in back-to-back years, so it is hard to knock their abilities. The selections of Donovan Mitchell, Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko, Paul Millsap, and Gordon Hayward further proves the Jazz know how to find stars in the draft. Can they locate the next one as they kick off a rebuild? Deron was the only top-eight pick of that group, so Utah has proven they don’t need a premium selection to find talent.
The Jazz are loaded with picks after trading Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert last summer, including holding three first-rounders in 2023.