Utah Jazz: BYU's Noah Hartsock among six Jazz draft hopefuls

Published: Friday, June 15 2012 5:38 p.m. MDT

Noah Hartsock lays it up for two. BYU vs. Marquette basketball game at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. NCAA Basketball Tournament 2nd round game. Thursday, March 15, 2012 (Stuart Johnson/Deseret News)

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A year after The Jimmer had a predraft workout with the Utah Jazz, his former BYU teammate will get a chance to show the local NBA team his wares as well.

SALT LAKE CITY — Noah Hartsock is following in the footsteps of Jimmer Fredette.

Well, sort of.

A year after The Jimmer had a predraft workout with the Utah Jazz, his former BYU teammate will get a chance to show the local NBA team his wares as well.

Hartsock will be among six draft hopefuls to work out for the Jazz Saturday morning at the team's practice facility. The workout is closed to the public and media members.

Hartsock, a 6-8 forward who had a successful collegiate career with the Cougars, will join guard Kim English (Missouri), guard Jorge Gutierrez (California), forward Robbie Hummel (Purdue), guard Toure' Murry (Wichita State) and guard Maalik Wayns (Villanova) in a workout in front of Jazz brass.

Utah usually has multiple workouts for draft hopefuls, but the Jazz only have the No. 47 pick in the second round this year. Utah's first-round pick is headed to Minnesota to complete the 2010 deal for Al Jefferson.

The 2012 draft is on June 28.

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CO Ute

PARKER, CO

I have nothing against Hartsock and he was a solid college player. Don't see him as a fit in the NBA ... maybe a spot player that can shoot but that would be about the only role.

8:03 p.m. June 15, 2012
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Magic 8 Ball

Salt Lake City, UT

Aren't the Jazz a little stacked at the forward position already?
Milsap, Howard, Hayward, Evans, Carroll...