NOW vs. WHEN: Should Utah Jazz Draft Caleb Wilson, Cameron Boozer, or Darryn Peterson? Experts DEBATE

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🗓️ 21 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Utah Jazz face a franchise-shaping NBA Draft decision: should they prioritize instant impact or long-term superstar potential? Draft expert Lief Thulin makes the case for Caleb Wilson’s rare upside, while debate swirls around Darryn Peterson’s polish, Cameron Boozer’s high variance, and AJ Dybantsa's floor versus ceiling. Can the Jazz unearth the next Giannis or Jokic by betting on developmental runway—or is safer, proven talent the better way forward?

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0:00.0	There are no days off with the NBA draft coming on Tuesday.
0:04.2	Bonus content, bonus content, bonus content,
0:06.2	Leaf to Lean.
0:07.4	Our own Locked-on Jazz Draft expert joins us
0:09.7	why Caleb Wilson should be the jazz pick.
0:13.6	Not Darren Peterson or Cameron Boozer.
0:17.6	What?
0:18.6	Next on Locked on Jazz.
0:21.0	Bada bum-bum-bum-pum-pum-pum-pum-pum-pum-pum-pum-pbbbbb. Bye. Cameron Boozer. What next on Locked on Jazz? But um,
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0:27.5	You are locked on jazz, your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
0:33.8	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day all right leave two lean is with us
0:43.5	you've loved caleb wilson every day when i come in to open my show my supercast or my uh stream yard
0:52.2	canva open talks about caleb wil, Caleb Wilson, for whatever reason.
0:57.2	I don't know.
0:57.4	It's a bonus content you did for the everydayers.
0:59.7	Why should the Jazz draft Caleb Wilson's second leaf to lean?
1:05.0	I think his upside is hard to parallel because right now he is not as on balance he's not quite as good of a shooter as
1:14.3	the other guys but he does things you can't teach i think just off energy alone you're getting
1:20.2	somewhere like 16 and 8 on points and rebounds energy alone and then it's not like he's deficient
1:26.4	of skills like he plays camboos or he i watched watched him in person against AJ and he was the better player in that game. And what he does is he out athletes guys at the collegiate level, but there's not the, his team wasn't great. And there wasn't a deficiency that he felt when double teamed against Duke. He was like, oh, you know what, I'll drive baseline and dunk it.
1:44.7	I'll shoot a turnaround jump shot. There's skills in that bag, and he just didn't have to use it as frequently as some other guys. So I think the pathway for Caleb Wilson to be the guy is not as immediate. And maybe that is something that detracts from taking him for some front offices. but I really don't think any team should be saying, yeah, this guy's in year two really matters how great they are. It's about year four through eight. And I'll use the example of Dylan Harper. Dylan Harper was great. Of course, they have Wembe, but Dylan Harper was coming off the bench and it was a surprise of how great he was. And so if he's great in year two, but they didn't have Wembe,
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