| Show Jazz prepare for draft Pat Horgan Sports Editor annual draft of THE college basketball players took place June 26 The event held at Madison Square Garden in New York City was shown on a wide screen TV at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Palace arena The Utah Jazz had the and pick in this years year's draft and were looking for a player to replace forward center Mike Brown who appears to tobe tobe tobe be headed for Italy to play for fora a team that has offered him a 2 million contract r. r S J p iEr A 5 J SS y rr l 1 c me The jazz also naG had the lIst pick in the 1989 draft and got a player whom many people thought to be the steal of the draft that year Blue Edwards Over the past two seasons since obtaining Edwards he has added a new dimension to the teams team's offense His explosive jumping ability has given the Jazz much needed help in the rebounding department and he has been a scoring scoring scoring ing threat for the team The Jazz are looking for a player with abilities similar to those of Edwards I t Scott Layden director of player personnel I said before the draft that the Jazz might trade their pick for a proven veteran player When you consider the age of our team there is always the possibility of making a trade he said If the Jazz decided not to make a trade involving their first round pick Layden said he had a ta list of about ten players who will probably be available when we pick Final results were not available when the Horizon went to press Last year the Jazz traded their first round pick in the draft plus year second-year center Eric Leckner and veteran guard Bobby Hansen to the Sacramento Kings for Washington Bullets' Bullets forward Jeff Malone Malone who also added rebounding skills to the Jazz was the teams team's number two scorer this past season |
