It’s no secret that the Jazz like making moves in the second round of the NBA draft, either by trading for future 2nds or buying or selling them straight up (even if some of these moves are head-scratchers in hindsight). In the Dennis Lindsey era, we saw him, on draft night:
- acquire the 47th pick of the 2013 draft (Raul Neto) via a 2015 2nd
- trade away 2014 #35 pick for a 2016 2nd that unfortunately ended up being #52 (Joel Bolomboy) [yes, Nikola Jokic was pick #41 in 2014]
- trade away 2015 #54 (Dani Diez) for cash
- trade down 2016 #42 (Isaiah Whitehead) for #55 (Marcus Paige) and cash
- trade up 2017 #30 (Josh Hart) and #42 (Thomas Bryant) for #28 (Tony Bradley)
- trade 2018 #52 (Vincent Edwards) for cash
- the 2019 trades of 2021 2nd rounder (ended up being #60) and cash for #50 (Jarrell Brantley) and cash for #58 (Miye Oni)
- and acquire last year’s #39 (Elijah Hughes) for a future 2nd and cash
That’s a minimum of one trade a year on draft day!