If Mock Drafts are to be believed, which they aren’t, then the consensus picks for the Utah Jazz appear to be sharpshooting guard J.J. Redick or Senegal Center Saer Sene.

J.J. Redick’s recent DWI and bad back have certain hurt his stock with some of the higher teams that were rumored to be interested in him, namely Houston and Orlando.  I don’t think the DWI will hurt his chances of being drafted by the Jazz, but with Utah’s recent problems with drafting injury-prone players, you’ve got to wonder if they should take a chance on Redick’s back.

Saer Sene, on the other hand, is raw, but appears to be very talented.  He is seven feet, and could be a legitimate center in the league for many years to come.  The Jazz recently brought him back for a second workout, which is usually a good sign that they are interested.

If I had the choice of either one of them, I might regret it later on, but I would probably go for Saer Sene just because of Redick’s back.  Then, as I would have enough larger players, and a huge hole at shooting guard, I would trade Carlos Boozer for the best shooting guard I could get, which in my opinion would be Ben Gordon of the Chicago Bulls.

A starting 5 of Deron Williams, Ben Gordon, Andre Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, and Rafael Araujo could be very productive the first year, and with C.J. Miles, Matt Harpring (if he could be re-signed), and Saer Sene coming off of the bench, they could probably make it into the playoffs.  Obviously, the Jazz would have to hope that in three or four years, Saer Sene would become a top tier center, in the which case, Deron, Ben, Andre, Memo, and Saer Sene would be a monster starting five.

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