Who's the crown jewel of next year's draft class?

And who should the Jazz want to draft?

Is it someone other than AJ?

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Hello and welcome into Lockdown Jazz.

I'm Leif Tulane, excited to be back with you, fill in for David Locke on Locked on Jazz.

As most of you guys know by now, I'm a lifelong jazz fan credentialed NBA draft analyst,

attendee of the 2023 and 2024 NBA combines, jazz broadcast assistant statistician each of the

past four seasons, and lover of college hoops. So make sure you guys know what you need to know

about the prospects coming in both this year and the next year. And that's what we'll talk about today. So thank you guys for making Lockdown Jazz your first listen each and every day. And remember Lockedon Jazz is free and available on all platforms, including YouTube at Lockdown Jazz, where the best way to help us grow is to comment anything below. And today's question is, who do you think's going number one? Who's the player you want? Most for the Jazz, if the jazz would get number one, and who do you think is the best player? Those might all be three different answers. I'm going to talk about all three of those players coming up soon. And thank you today's sponsor. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandul. Football season is just around the corner. Visit Fandab today, and start planning your future bets now.

Today I'll show you and analyze the games of three stars that will headline the upcoming draft class, give my takes on each player and who I think is the best now, and who will be the

best by the time they touch the NBA court.

So let's dive right in.

Let's start with A.J. DeBonsa, who is going to BYU, it's the one that the name

that will be the most familiar to fans watching this, jazz fans and BYU fans and even Utah fans who

are dreading playing AJ in the rivalry game. I think AJ is the guy that is the most well-known

commodity of this draft, but I do think if you watch him

carefully, there are some flaws. But let me tell you what he is. He's going to be at BYU. He was

just in Hurricane Utah playing for Utah prep. And he has brought dozens of eyeballs to the state

of Utah's basketball. And that's, that's wonderful. He's considered the top potential player in this class due to his prototypical size and skill set and top notch athletic. He can soar, absolutely jump out of the gym. And in many classes, I think it could easily be the first pick. So that's not to say getting, not getting A.J. is a disaster. It's not. It's not a disaster because he's not clearly number

one in this class. But in most classes, AJ not getting AJ would be a disaster. In fact,

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