The Utah Jazz like to span the globe in the NBA Draft and that’s exactly how they found 2nd round pick Ante Tomic. Tomic is 7’1″, 225 pounds and he is from Croatia. Tomic has a lot of experience playing in the pro overseas as he has played in 138 games (76 starts) and he have averaged 13.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. The Jazz’ roster is so stacked for next season that they could afford to take a flier on a player like Tomic.

The Jazz were happy to see 19-year old center Kosta Koufos available in the first round when their pick came up. He is 7’0″, 265 pounds but his game is a lot like Mehmet Okur’s as he’s a good outside shooter. Koufos played in 37 games (35 starts) at Ohio State and he averaged 14.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 1.8 blocked shots per game. Koufos is a very solid shooter as evidenced by his 50.8% shooting from the floor at Ohio State. Look for Koufos to backup Mehmet Okur as a rookie but he could develop into a starter down the road.

The Jazz figure that they are better off with a developmental center than a young power forward.  Fesenko is 7’0″, 235 pounds and he hasn’t been overly productive in the Ukraine.  He has played in 42 games and he’s averaged 5.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game.  Most of his shots are putbacks or dunks which explains his 58.3% shooting from the floor and his 55.6% shooting from the free throw line.  This was probably not a good deal for the Jazz as Fesenko might not sign this season.

The Jazz wanted to get better at shooting guard and they were happy to see Morris Almond available to them in the first round.  Almond is a physical guard at 6’6″, 215 pounds and he’s a flat out scorer.  He set all kinds of records at Rice and he should battle Derek Fisher for his starting job.  Almond played in 121 games at Rice and he averaged 15.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks per game.  Almond has been a great shooter too as he hit 49.2% from the floor, 43.5% from the the free throw line and 82.4% from the free throw line.  Almond was another great pick by the Jazz and he could be a darkhorse candidate for the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.