Utah Jazz draft history
The New Orleans/Utah Jazz have selected the following players in the National Basketball Association Draft.
Draft selections
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Notes
- Spartak Leningrad was renamed Spartak Saint Petersburg in 1991.
- Granted university status and became Saint Peter's University in 2012.
- Became Southern Nazarene University in 1986.
- Gerald Kazanowski is listed as Joe Kazanowski in most sources related to the 1983 draft.[1][2][3]
- Renamed Santa Fe University of Art and Design in 2001.
- Until 2010, the Russian Super League was the pre-eminent league in Russian professional basketball.
- Kosta Koufos was born and raised in the United States to Greek parents. He has represented Greece internationally.[4]
- Goran Suton, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is also a naturalized citizen of the United States since 2006.[5]
- Enes Kanter was born in Switzerland to Turkish parents. He has represented Turkey internationally at youth level.[6]
- Although Enes Kanter enrolled at Kentucky, he never played because he was ruled ineligible to play by the NCAA for receiving financial benefits from his previous Turkish team, Fenerbahçe Ülker, during the 2008–09 season.[7]
- Dante Exum attended the Australian Institute of Sport in conjunction with attending and playing high school basketball for Lake Ginninderra Secondary College until January 2014.[8]
- Joel Bolomboy was born in Russia to a Congolese father and a Russian mother. He has represented Ukraine internationally.
References
- "Canadian NBA players and draft picks". Legion Athletic Camp.
- "Utah Jazz draft picks". basketball-reference.com (Sports-Reference.com).
- "Utah Jazz draft history". database-basketball.com.
- Aubrey, Daniel (August 9, 2007). "Greek Star Koufos Keeps Feet On The Ground". FIBA Europe. FIBA.
- "Michigan State Spartans C Goran Suton knew real war as a child". TampaBay.com. St. Petersburg Times. March 29, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- "Kanter Named MVP". FIBA Europe. August 2, 2009.
- "Enes Kanter ruled permanently ineligible". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. January 8, 2011.
- Holmes, Baxter (June 17, 2014). "Dante Exum is an X factor from Australia". The Boston Globe.
- "New Orleans/Utah Jazz Draft Register". Basketball-Reference.com.
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