5 Players the Utah Jazz gave up on a bit too soon

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3. Mo Williams

Yet again, just like Paul Millsap, Mo Williams ended up turning out to be yet another draft steal for the Jazz. Williams was drafted by Utah with the 47th-overall pick (the same pick Paul Millsap was selected with) in the 2003 NBA Draft.

At the time, the Jazz were lacking in talent at guard, so the selection of Williams seemed to make sense. However, Williams never really saw the best opportunity in the 2004 season, only playing 57 games and starting in 0 of them. He averaged 5 points per game on 38% shooting from the field.

He was then let go in free agency the next offseason, signing with the Milwaukee Bucks, where he started three of his four seasons with the team. Eventually, Williams became a key piece of the early LeBron-led Cavaliers teams in the late 2010s, where he even gained an All-Star nod in 2009.

Williams eventually ended up returning to the Jazz in the 2012-13 season where he started 46 games, averaging 12.9 points and 6.2 assists per game. While he might’ve not quite the All-Star he once was, this gives us a bit of a glimpse at how Williams could’ve been on the Jazz past his rookie season.

Who knows how Mo Williams’s career would have gone if he spent some more time in Salt Lake City?