Utah Jazz notebook: Jimmer Fredette says he's not just a shooter

"I feel like I have a great vibe with the team and the staff," Walker said. "Hopefully, I can come to Utah. This team's a little different. They run different sets and stuff. I think I'd be able to adapt to this team."

GROUP EFFORT: The Jazz GM was complimentary of all six players who left it on the court for this evaluation, including Fredette, Walker, Alabama guard Senario Hillman, UCLA guard Malcolm Lee, Illinois-Chicago forward Paul Carter and Kentucky forward Josh Harrellson.

"It was a job interview and I thought all of them took it that way," O'Connor said. "It was a terrific workout."

One thing that factored into that, according to O'Connor, was that the six athletes completed at least three years of college. He liked that the older group took it seriously and business-like after working the players, especially Fredette and Walker, who earned accolades and awards by working their way up the so-called totem pole.

"Our history," O'Connor said, "has been guys that have succeeded like that usually do well."

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