I don’t see the Jazz doing anything major this summer. Wesley Matthews and Kyrylo Fesenko are restricted free agents that the Jazz would like to keep. I see the biggest needs for the Jazz coming into free agency being needs for a backup shooting guard and a backup center. Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Brad Miller seem like good fits at center to back up Mehmet Okur who is coming off major surgery. I also like guards like Tony Allen, Flip Murray and Roger Mason thinking any of them would be a good fit on the Jazz. It appears as if Carlos Boozer and Kyle Korver will both price themselves out of the range of the Utah Jazz.

The Jazz have extended qualifying offers to 23-year old shooting guard Wes Matthews and 23-year old center Kyrylo Fesenko. This gives the Jazz the right to match any offer either of them get. Matthews played in 82 games (48 starts) for the Jazz last season as a undrafted free agent and he averaged 24.7 minutes, 9.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Fesenko played in 49 games (5 starts) for the Jazz last year and he averaged 8.3 minutes, 2.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He has played in 79 games (6 starts) in his three years with the Jazz and he has averaged 8.0 minutes, 2.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Matthews is the higher priority for the Jazz but they would like to keep both of these players.

The Jazz have picked 22-year old forward Jeremy Evans with the 55th overall pick of the NBA Draft. Evans played in 34 games for Western Kentucky last season and he averaged 10.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 1.8 blocked shots per game. He played in 134 games in college in which he averaged 7.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 1.7 blocked shots per game. Evans’ defense might earn him some P.T. off the bench for the Jazz next season.

The Jazz have picked 20-year old small forward Gordon Hayward with the 9th overall pick of the NBA Draft. Hayward played in 37 games (all starts) at Butler last season and he averaged 15.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He played in 69 games (all starts) in his two years with Butler and he averaged 14.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Hayward will likely be coming off the bench as a rookie with the idea that he could fill Kyle Korver’s shoes as instant offense off the bench.

The Utah Jazz will likely be looking for a center and a small forward in tomorrow night’s NBA Draft. Mehmet Okur might not be ready for the 2010-11 season to start so Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe would be an excellent fight on the Jazz at #9 if they are available. If the Jazz get one of those big men they will likely take the best player available at #55. Normally playoffs teams don’t pick this high so the Jazz can’t afford to miss on the #9 pick tomorrow night.

29-year old small forward Andrei Kirilenko is still filling up the stat sheet when healthy for the Jazz. Kirilenko played in 58 games (35 starts) for the Jazz last season and he averaged 29.0 minutes, 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocked shots per game. He has now played in 617 games (416 starts) in his nine years with the Jazz and he has averaged 30.8 minutes, 12.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.1 blocked shots per game. He is #8 all-time in games played in Jazz’ history. Kirilenko is also #7 in three pointers made (295), #6 in assists (1,929), #5 in steals (505) and #10 in points scored (8,567) in Jazz’ history. Look for him to add to his impressive career totals for the Jazz in 2010-11.