The Utah Jazz selected 23-year old PF Goran Sutton with the 50th pick in the NBA Draft. Sutton is a big guy at 6′10″, 245 pounds and he’s a four year college player just like the Jazz like to draft. Sutton played in 135 games at Michigan State and he averaged 8.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. The Jazz will likely go slow with Sutton because they have a lot of quality depth in the frontcourt.

The Utah Jazz selected 22-year old point guard Eric Maynor with the 20th pick of the NBA Draft last night. Maynor is a polished playmaker having played 4 years of college ball. He played in 130 games at VCU and he averaged 15.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Maynor will have to learn how to play off the bench because Deron Williams isn’t going anywhere soon for the Jazz.

Rookie C/F Kosta Koufos has played in 11 games for the Jazz this season and he is averaging 14.1 minutes, 3.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He came out early from Ohio State so it might take a little while until he’s ready for the speed of the NBA game. He will have time to develop as the Jazz’ won’t have that many minutes available for him when they get healthy in the front line.

The Utah Jazz have acquired point guard Brevin Knight from the Clippers in exchange for point guard Jason Hart. This was a great deal for the Jazz as Knight should be able to do a good job giving Deron Williams a break every night. The 32-year old Knight is just a little guy at 5′10″. 170 pounds but he’s as fast as lightning with the basketball. Knight played in 74 games (39 starts) with the Clippers last season and he averaged 22.6 minutes, 4.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Knight is a pure point guard but he can’t shoot a lick. That shouldn’t be a problem on the Jazz as they have more than enough players to surround Knight with that can shoot the rock. Knight has now played in 655 games (423 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 26.3 minutes, 7.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Jason Hart won’t be missed as he played awful last season for the Jazz. Hart played in 57 games (0 starts) with the Jazz last season and he averaged 10.6 minutes, 2.9 points, 1.0 rebound and 1.5 assists per game. Hart only shot 32% from the floor last season so the Jazz should be much better off without him. This was a great move for the Jazz.

The Jazz took another player from outside the United States with their 2nd pick in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft. Dragicevic is 6′9″, 222 pounds but he’s not really a power player. He has played in 28 games in the pros overseas and he averaged 13.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. This is another player that the Jazz will have to be patient with.