This puts the Jazz in the mid-1st round, in prime position to nab a sliding prospect. The Utah Jazz trade Royce O’Neale to the Charlotte Hornets for Mason Plumlee and the #15 pick in the draft. The way out of such a situation is to get valuable production from rookie deal players.īelow are three trades to net Utah a pick in this year’s draft and start getting contributions from young players who can bridge whatever gap and transition awaits. The team is at a critical point where improvement is difficult to come by and there’s little in the coffers to illuminate a bright future. Utah should look to remedy that reality by making moves to enter this year’s draft. With just 30 days until the commissioner takes the podium to announce the selections, mock drafts, big boards, player profiles, etc., are circulating wildly and generating a lot of buzz.even for a team like Utah without any picks. While the NBA’s major promotional focus continues to be the playoffs and the wild matchups of GSW-DAL and MIA-BOS as we await the Finals to be decided, most NBA teams and their fanbases are focusing on the draft.
