Hoop Talk Ep. 89: NBA Draft Needs: Utah Jazz

The Hoop Talk Podcast with Jalon Dixon and Ryan Leshko

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With the NBA Draft just over a month away, the 2020 NBA Lottery has been set and the draft order is officially locked in. With that, each team prepares for October as some of the best college and overseas prospects all await that fateful day in hopes of hearing their name called by Commissioner Adam Silver. In this edition of the Hoop Talk Podcast, the guys take a look at the Utah Jazz.

The Utah Jazz had a relatively underwhelming season considering the expectations they had entering the season, but we saw the true emergence of young superstar guard Donovan Mitchell in his duel with Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round of the NBA Playoffs.

The Jazz enter next season (similar to last season) with one of the most impressive starting 5s in the league with Mike Conley, Mitchell, Joe Ingles, Bojan Bogdanovic and Rudy Gobert. This is a team on the clock as Mitchell's contract extension is about to kick in and he is looking to help this team remain a Western Conference contender for the foreseeable future.

This team does not need much help in the starting lineup but they still desperately need a punch off the bench to go with Royce O'Neal and for their sake hope Jordan Clarkson who they will look to re-sign this offseason. Who do the guys think Utah could take late in the 1st and 2nd round of the NBA Draft that could be contributing bench pieces for a playoff ready Jazz team looking to ascend into the upper echelon of the Western Conference? Stay Tuned!

Music Sample from: Impossible Beats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f26UIYCRg1o

Original Song from: The Boondocks Intro Theme song by Asheru- Judo Flip