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There's No Telling What the Jazz Will Do with Their Draft Pick

 
I love predictions.  More exactly, I love second guessing others' predictions.  Don't we all? I don't mean mundane predictions like proffering that Blake Griffin will be the first pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.  I like the guys who have the guts to predict who will be taken by the Lakers and the Cavaliers with the 29th and 30th picks.  I mean seriously, you just won the NBA title you have no glaring needs that can be adequately addressed by a draft pick.  Good luck predicting what a team will do with a pick in that situation. The interesting picks are 10 through 20.  This is where teams who have legitimate needs have to play the "Best Available Player vs. Fill Our Need" game. Welcome to where the Utah Jazz have spent most draft days for the past 20-plus years. With the exception of the No. 3 pick that brought Deron Williams to Salt Lake, for the past two decades the Jazz have been good enough to avoid the lottery, but bad enough to still have ... (link)

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