Jazz picking Walter Clayton all but confirms two guards are on the chopping block

While many are still excited about the Utah Jazz picking Ace Bailey, the rest of the draft remains. Many anticipated the Jazz would get involved in the pandemonium, and they did. By acquiring Walter Clayton Jr., they traded up, but they also confirmed that Collin Sexton and Jordan Clarkson will be sold off this summer.

Here are the full details of the trade as confirmed by Shams Charania.

Clayton Jr. is an exciting pick because of the March Madness run he just went on. While he may not necessarily be a star in the making, he showed enough confidence in himself that he could be picture perfect as a bench scorer should he find his niche in the NBA. Sound familiar?

Sexton and Clarkson are veterans who are both good at what they do, and they do a lot of the same things when they are on the court. Sometimes positional redundancy is a good thing in the NBA, but in Utah's case, Sexton and Clarkson haven't exactly gotten the Jazz great results since they became teammates.

And now, Clayton Jr. has been added to the mix. There is so much positional overlap between Clayton Jr., Sexton, and Clarkson. All three are undersized score-first guards capable of going off, but come with their defensive shortcomings that will likely need to be covered by their teammates.

Because neither of those three looks to pass most of the time, that could create some problems if two or all three are on the court simultaneously. The problem would be there are too many mouths to feed with three shot creators who are at their best when the ball is in their hands.

The funny thing is that everyone already knew Clarkson and Sexton were out the door anyway. Clayton Jr. coming to Utah only solidifies their exits from Utah. The only question is, will that be right away or will it be in the coming weeks?

What does it mean for Keyonte George & Isaiah Collier?

Taking Clayton Jr. also muddies Collier's and George's future with the Jazz to some degree, though it's not nearly as obvious as Sexton or Clarkson. Utah took Clayton Jr. higher than Collier last year while taking him within the same range that they picked George.

If the plan is to turn Clayton Jr. into their next sixth man, that could mean Utah may re-route either or both of their young guards off the team to make room for him. It's way too early to determine what the future holds for either of them, but it certainly breeds some questions.

There's also plenty of time to mix and match for the next two years. Utah didn't send the message that they are giving up on either Collier or George because that would be downright foolish, but they are signaling that those two need to prove themselves if they wanted to be considered as part of the team's long-term future.

Utah may have picked an integral part of their future core with Clayton Jr. It's a matter of who among the Jazz's guard rotation will be there with him.