When you land in the territory of the draft lottery, most likely, the feasible thing to do is get the best talent available. That’s exactly what the Utah Jazz did with their ninth pick in the 2023 NBA Draft in getting Taylor Hendricks.
For a squad that just acquired John Collins and with an already formidable frontcourt in Lauri Markkanen, Kelly Olynyk, and Walker Kessler, you could argue that adding another one would just make the roster composition somehow redundant. But it’s important to understand the context of the Jazz itself, a team gearing towards the future, so in hindsight the Hendricks inclusion will only strengthen the young core.