The Utah Jazz are sitting at a pretty good place right now. They have a young roster filled with talent, including Gordon Heyward, Derrick Favors, Trey Burke and Alec Burks. This offseason they will have even more of a chance to improve their roster.
The biggest priority this offseason for the Jazz is resigning Gordon Heyward. They don’t need to go out and get someone in free agency; they just need to focus on picking the right player in the draft. Utah isn’t going to attract any major players, so the draft is where the Jazz have to build.
Utah has the 5th and 23rd players in the draft. With the latest news on Joel Embiid, it is hard to tell who they will pick, considering they were projected to get Noah Vonleh who now is projected go to Orlando. Regardless of who is available, they need to pick the best player available. If they pick a big man, Enes Kanter is an attractive trade asset that plenty of teams would be interested in. It wouldn’t make sense to keep three high level big men on the team, so trading Kanter for another position of need would be smart. At pick number 23, some mock drafts have Utah picking Kyle Anderson out of UCLA. Anderson is a long wing player who can score at will. He lacks elite athleticism, but his scoring will have him contributing big minutes for Utah.
Utah could very well be on the brink of being a playoff team. They have the young talent and once you add who they get in this draft, they will have the pieces to develop into a very good team.
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