| Show f Jazz pi azz pick k Murdock in draft Pat Horgan Sports Editor unpredictable when it comes cOomes A ALWAYS ai to draft choices the Utah Jazz made mad aass af a ass f somewhat s 's surprising derision decision in the June 24 draft They chose 62 point guard Eric Murdock out of Providence College College Col- Col lege ege with the pick in the draft That means year second point g guard ard Delaney Rudd dd will have some competition in training train train- train train- training r ing i camp as backup to John Stockton N r E The Jazz coaching staff however downplayed o any speculation they were un- un f appy with Rud Rudds Rudd's s play saying they only t anted to strengthen the point guard 1 pasi- pasi 1 t tion by y pi picking king Murdock and emphasizing R they t r w were r el pleased with h RU Rudds Rudd's s performance rm r j U on 1 V 11 f b f x xi i l With their second round draft pick the Jazz chose 6 10 Isaac Austin from Arizona State University Austin was picked to fill the spot left by Mike Brown who b became came a afree afree afree free agent July 2 and can negotiate with any team in the league He has been offered a 2 mi million lion contract to play in Italy next season The choice of Austin seemed like a goodone good one until a routine physical by the Jazz training staff revealed reveal d that Austin has torn cartilage in his knee Major surgery will be required to repair the tear and will c cause use Austin to miss the second annual Rocky Mountain Revue which h will be held July 22 through Augustin August 1 in Salt Lake City Missing th this pivotal vent event means that Austin u f. f n will have an uphill u uphill Jl battle a tle c during during- u training g c camp m p in JIl October c if e pe l ts to t make the teams team's ams am's fi i f A |
