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Brad Rock, a.k.a. "Rockmonster," has been a sports columnist at the Deseret News since 1994. Prior to that he worked as a beat writer, covering the Utah Jazz (1990-94). He has covered the Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, NBA more ..
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The Jazz have a history of making bad draft decisions, unfortunately. A few come to mind immediately but, in the interest of being kind, I won't be specific. Jazz fans already know who is included.
I don't think you can look backward. 27 other teams passed on Parker too. And was he able to develop because the Spurs had a strong core with Duncan, etc. There is no guarantee he would have stuck around Utah this long or had the same type of More..
"As it turned out, Lopez tore his ACL in the summer of 2002 during the FIBA World Championships, his second such injury."
Why would you draft someone who already had one ACL injury? Better still, why would you also draft a center, More..