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Rod Zundel ReportingIt's draft night in the NBA, the first for the Utah Jazz in the post-John Stockton era. And what could soon be the post Karl Malone days.
The Jazz, who already have a Russian and a Spaniard under contract, went overseas again. They went to Serbia to get this one. Jazz wanted to get younger and that they did with 19-year old Aleksandar Pavlovic.
He's 6 foot 7inches, 219 lbs. They got youth and they also got what they think is also a good shooter; he averaged nearly 10 points per game in 13 games in the Euro league last season.
