The Utah Jazz have officially amassed an all-you-can-eat buffet of draft picks on their dining room table.
Utah made its latest blockbuster move Thursday, trading All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell to a surprising Eastern Conference team. As part of the deal, they acquired three unprotected first-round picks plus two pick swaps.
Between the mammoth trade haul for Rudy Gobert from Minnesota earlier this summer and the package received for Mitchell, the Jazz now own 13 unprotected or lightly-protected draft picks through 2029, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski points out. In addition, the Mitchell and Gobert trades netted them Ochai Agbaji and Walker Kessler, two first-round selections in this year’s NBA Draft.
The rebuild is now in full swing for the Jazz after six straight seasons of regular season excellence but not a single conference finals appearance to show for it. They have put themselves in a very good position for the long-term though and can start from scratch around the likes of Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson, Jarred Vanderbilt and all their future assets.
Now the only question is which team has the more stacked cupboard of draft picks over the next decade — Utah or this other Western Conference team?
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