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Utah Jazz: In defense of Greg Ostertag, who was better than you remember

When I published my list of the 15 best draft picks in Utah Jazz history earlier this summer, I caught some flak for including Greg Ostertag in the list. That probably shouldn’t have come as a surprise; few players in Jazz history were as maligned by fans and the media alike as Ostertag.

Even Ostertag himself admits that he wasn’t always on the ball during his time in Salt Lake City. During a 2017 radio interview with on 97.5/1280 The Zone, ‘Tag had this to say —

“I’ve got a lot of regret in my life.