SALT LAKE CITY — Outside Zions Bank Basketball Center, life went on unawares. Inside, it was business as usual on NBA draft day.
Quiet business.
Thanks to the smooth execution of a trade, rendering the Jazz’s first-round pick meaningless, Thursday’s NBA draft proceedings were sleepy. The team on Wednesday swapped its No. 12 pick for veteran Pacers’ guard George Hill.
The only item of business remaining for the Jazz was to make the 42nd, 52nd and 60th picks. They traded the 42nd for the 55th pick and cash, leaving them with three of the night’s last nine picks.