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Utah Jazz: Selection of WSU's Bolomboy brings immediate comparisons to Millsap

By drafting Weber State's Joel Bolomboy, the Utah Jazz are getting a hard-working player who has improved his skill-set over his collegiate career and has become one of the nation's best rebounders — much like another former draft pick, Paul Millsap.

“So I could get drafted in the late second round like I did, or I could go undrafted, but no matter what happens, I'm gonna come in and play and just show everybody why — why I can play and why I belong.”

SALT LAKE CITY — By drafting Weber State star Joel Bolomboy, the Utah Jazz are getting a very hardworking yet somewhat unheralded young player who has steadily improved his skill-set over his collegiate career and has become one of the nation's best rebounders.