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Leif Thulin explores what does the phrase uttered by Danny Ainge saying the Jazz will go "Big Game Hunting" truly entail. Does trading a ton of assets plus current players to acquire Giannis make the Jazz more likely to contend soon? Does Devin Booker move the needle for the Jazz and how could they get him? Can Brandon Ingram and Lauri paired together entice Jazz fans into not being deadset on tanking? Leif analyzes all aspects of how the trades would work, does he foresee success from these deals and is it actually better than building through the draft patiently.

Leif Thulin looks through the history books on what were regarded as weak draft classes and points out there was little talent at the top but all of the classes yield some all stars. Leif then tries to pick out the players with the most upside to be All-stars at the NBA level and evaluates those players, explaining their pros and cons.

David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, continues his look at the draft prospects by the numbers and he has found the best numbers on any player he has seen in 6 years of running the numbers. Reed Sheppard peaks out on all numbers in this upcoming NBA draft.

Each year David Locke looks at the NBA draft by the numbers. He starts the 2024 NBA Draft look with the top 11 players in the NBA draft. 3 of those players have shooting numbers so bad that Locke's numbers say you can't draft them.

LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry are out of the playoffs for the before the 2nd round for the first time since 2005, 18 years ago. It is change of the era in the NBA with Anthony Edwards, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Shai leading the way. Should the Utah Jazz have pushed with Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert to see if they could have taken advantage of the changing of the guard?

The Phoenix Suns might be the death of the super team as they flame out in the first round of the NBA playoffs and now take all the burden of being a team over the 2nd apron. David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider takes a look at this and thinks it could be a bad trend for the Utah Jazz.