What should the Jazz do? You make the call …

Options will be plentiful for the Jazz during the first round of Thursday night’s NBA Draft.
How many, if any, of them will they like?
That ‘ and just what’s available ‘ remains to be seen when their turn to pick at No. 23 overall in the draft’s first round finally rolls around.
Here are a few of the possibilities:
‘Draft 7-foot-2 Georgetown center Roy Hibbert, if he’s still on the board;
‘If Hibbert’s not available, or the Jazz for some reason decide to pass on him, take the best available American big man, perhaps one from a potential pool of Florida’s Marreese Speights (a kid surprised not to see cows in the streets when he came to visit Salt Lake City), Nevada’s JaVale McGee (who wouldn’t come to work out in Utah, and whose mother supposedly shut down his workouts for teams not picking 12th or higher), Stanford’s Robin Lopez (whose twin brother Brook supposedly is better and will get drafted higher, and who also didn’t come to work out in Utah, supposedly because of a sprained ankle), Rider’s Jason Thompson (who comes from a not-well-known-in-Utah mid-major conference school in New Jersey), Indiana’s D.J. White (who dealt with adverse coaching conditions while with the Hoosiers), Kansas’ Darrell Arthur (who may not be available any way) and Texas A&M’s DeAndre Jordan (who may not still be on the board at 23 either).
‘Go with an international big, either French center Alexis Ajinca (a long-armed 7-footer who doesn’t start on his team at home, but who is a possible lottery pick arm) or Congo power forward Serge Ibaka (an 18-year-old who has 17 siblings and a pair of parents who both played for his country’s national team), and perhaps keep him overseas to develop for a year or two;
‘Forget the whole big thing, and take whomever is available (if any) among perimeter players Brandon Rush of Kansas, Courtney Lee of Western Kentucky or Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis ‘ any of which would probably mean cutting ties with potential restricted free agent swingman C.J. Miles; or
‘Punt (trade the pick, perhaps for one next year, when the Jazz may, repeat may, have to give theirs to Philadelphia to complete the December Kyle Korver/Gordan Giricek trade).
What, oh what, should the Jazz do?
You make the call ‘

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