{"id":740839,"date":"2026-05-22T06:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/740839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:54:16","slug":"utah-jazz-mock-draft-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/740839\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz Mock Draft Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA Draft is getting closer, and the mixed signals are flying right and left, and it\u2019s hard to know for sure what the Utah Jazz<\/a> might do at #2. Everything obviously depends on what the Washington Wizards<\/a> do at #1. The odds makers at FanDuel<\/a> have the Wizards at -320 to take AJ Dybantsa with the first pick, +280 to pick Darryn Peterson with the second pick, and Cameron Boozer<\/a> at +1200. If you believe those odds, then it\u2019s clear that the Wizards are looking to take Dybantsa, but do the latest mocks have him going there? And who will the Jazz take if AJ Dybantsa isn\u2019t on the board?<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen a lot of intel that the Jazz are high on Darryn Peterson, but we\u2019ve also seen reports that they\u2019re considering Cam Boozer<\/a> as well. With so many different reports out there, it\u2019s hard to know what\u2019s real and what\u2019s posturing from the different GMs. Let\u2019s take a look at the most prominent mock drafts and who they have the Jazz taking.<\/p>\n

Mock<\/p>\n

Pick #1 \u2013 Washington Wizards<\/p>\n

Pick #2 \u2013 Utah Jazz<\/p>\n

Pick #3 \u2013 Memphis Grizzlies<\/a><\/p>\n

Pick #4 \u2013 Chicago Bulls<\/a><\/p>\n

SB Nation<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

Athletic<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

ESPN<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

Yahoo<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

The Ringer<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

CBS Sports<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

It appears that there is a little bit of a consensus on the top-4 picks. Normally, it seems like there\u2019s at least some sort of deviation, but not here, not this season. This is probably what happens on draft night, but you never know when one GM makes some sort of surprise move. Maybe an individual workout goes badly, or maybe an unforeseen problem arises during a team interview. Barring anything crazy like that, it looks like Darryn Peterson is going to be on the Utah Jazz come June.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s an incredible win for the Utah Jazz to come out of this draft with a tier-1 prospect like Darryn Peterson. He\u2019s considered by many to be the most talented prospect in the draft, and somehow he\u2019s going to the Jazz at #2. In most drafts, getting the second pick can be a devastating thing. It can be the first loser of the draft type of feeling. For Utah, not this time. Darryn Peterson has the talent to be the type of offensive talent that can lead a team all the way to the Championship. On top of that, he\u2019s joining a team that was already good enough to make the playoffs next season. It has taken time for Jazz prospects to join the starting lineup, but Peterson is so talented that it\u2019ll be hard to justify not starting him.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to get excited, Jazz fans. This has literally never happened before, and the upcoming season looks like the beginning of a chapter with real championship potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA Draft is getting closer, and the mixed signals are flying right and left, and it\u2019s hard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[2695,7,920,3294,17047,919,329,3824,17641,3730,177,6,5592,427,468],"class_list":["post-740839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-aj-dybantsa","tag-basketball","tag-bulls","tag-byu-cougars","tag-cameron-boozer","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-darryn-peterson","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-the-jazz","tag-utah-jazz","tag-washington-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116616918691303598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}