The Utah Jazz will start out the month of June by bringing in some solid players for pre-draft workouts, headlined by Oregon’s Troy Brown.
As the NBA Draft draws ever nearer, the Utah Jazz continue to search for the best possible prospects. They’ll open up the month of June by bringing in a number of promising players, some of which could be realistic selections for the Jazz at No. 21.
Each of the prospects coming in on Friday hail from highly reputable programs making the workouts all the more exciting. They include Troy Brown from Oregon, Jevon Carter from West Virginia, Yante Maten from Georgia, Sviatoslav Mykhailuk from Kansas, Malik Newman from Kansas and Moritz Wagner from Michigan.
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Of these prospects, Troy Brown is the highest on Sports Illustrated’s most recent draft board of the top 100 prospects, listed at number 18. He’s been projected right around the range that Utah will be selecting in several mock drafts and could very well be an intriguing option for the Jazz.
At just 18 years old, Brown certainly has a long way to go to reach his potential and would require quite a bit of work from the Jazz. However, the upside is absolutely obvious. Brown has the tools to be a solid and disciplined defender that would fit extremely well in the Jazz system. He’s a relentless hustler that can impact the game in a number of ways even when not scoring, including with his solid passing and great rebounding for his size.
In his lone season at Oregon, he put up 11.3 points per game while shooting 44.4 percent from the field and just 29.1 percent from deep. It would be nice to see Brown diversify on offense, but that will likely come with time. He already has a lot of weapons that he can utilize on that end of the floor and as he ages his repertoire is bound to expand.
Both offensively and defensively, he projects to be the mold of player that Utah’s player development program could work wonders with.
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All of the players coming in for the upcoming workouts are exciting in their own right, but perhaps none so much as Brown. If he’s available at No. 21, the Jazz will likely take a long, hard look at him. The same has been said on this site and many others about a number of players, which is indicative of how deep and exciting this draft is.
No matter how the first 20 picks shake out, the Utah Jazz are certain to have several good options available.