SALT LAKE CITY — Last year, the Jazz invited everyone and their cousin to pre-draft workouts. A hundred players showed up. But just 1 percent of them hit the jackpot.
Thursday in New York, the NBA draft will resume, with the Jazz hoping their luck/karma/genius continues. Barring a trade — never out of the question — they’re picking in the bottom one-third of the first round (21). That doesn’t discourage them in the slightest. They actually seem to enjoy the hunt.
There are good reasons for their optimism. For one, last year they acquired Donovan Mitchell, the No.