Austin and Danny Ainge will never let the chaos of the NBA draft get to them. The Jazz executives have now made top-five picks in two years in a row with players who reportedly didn’t work out for the franchise in the pre-draft process.
On Tuesday, Utah selected Kansas guard Darryn Peterson with the No. 2 pick instead of Duke forward Cameron Boozer, who went third to the Grizzlies. Last year, the Jazz took Ace Bailey with the fifth pick after he didn’t work out for the team in a bizarre pre-draft process. Peterson now joins Bailey as a key member of the young Utah core along with Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George.
