Insider Reveals Short-List of Prospects Jazz Will Meet With at Combine
While the 2022-23 season rages on with the Western and Eastern Conference Finals, the Utah Jazz have gotten a bit of a head start on their offseason preparations. Jazz CEO Danny Ainge and GM Justin Zanik are sitting on a veritable war chest of draft capital and salary-cap dollars.
First thing is first, though: the Jazz have to figure out the best use of their three first-round picks. With the NBA Lottery settled, Utah holds the No. 9, No. 16, and No. 28 picks in the 2023 draft.
While some speculation has Utah perhaps packaging those picks to move up into the top-3, odds are, they'll get used on actual selections in the draft. Since the offseason began, the Jazz have expressed interest in a handful of draft prospects, but The Desert News' Sarah Todd dug deeper than that, revealing the list of players with whom the team will meet during the NBA Combine.
"Players who have/will have interviews w/ Jazz at the combine: Anthony Black, Cam Whitmore, GG Jackson, Andre Jackson, Kobe Bufkin, Brandon Miller, Emoni Bates, Kobe Brown, Chris Livingston, Taylor Hendricks, Jarace Walker, Nick Smith, Rayan Rupert, Julian Phillips, Derek Lively," Todd tweeted on Wednesday.
The Jazz have a few roster needs, and so follows the list of prospects they want to sit down with. Utah's true roster outlook will be crystal-clear once the player options on Jordan Clarkson and Talen Horton-Tucker's contracts are decided.
For now, with the Jazz at the Combine, we'll keep our ears to the floor on which of these prospects Utah may have taken a shine to after meeting with them in Chicago.
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