SALT LAKE CITY — Turns out, the Utah Jazz tipped their hand on their biggest draft plan in May.
Though Donovan Mitchell was projected to be a lottery pick, the Jazz got the Louisville guard to visit their practice facility for a pre-draft workout even though they weren’t slated to draft until long after he was likely to be off the board.
Mitchell was a willing participant in that workout, by the way.
“I wanted to work out for the Jazz,” Mitchell said at the time. “I love the organization.”
The feeling is even stronger now that Utah traded up 11 spots in the draft to bolster its backcourt with the Cardinals’ leading scorer.