Who would you pick?

OK, Jazz fans, the poll is now open. Time to vote. Pretend you’re Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor, step up to the podium here and make your selection with the No. 9 pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.

Will you fill arguably the biggest hole and pick a shot-blocking big man who can step in just in case Carlos Boozer steps out of Utah?

Will you go with the “best player available” and grab one of the intriguing small forwards out there?

Or are you gonna make a trade to move up/down in the picking order?

It’s all up to you now. Hurry, though, you’ll be off the clock today at 5 p.m. MST when results from online voting here will be tallied for a Thursday article.

One caveat: Let’s be realistic and figure that John Wall, Evan Turner, Wesley Johnson, Derrick Favors, Greg Monroe, DeMarcus Cousins and Al-Farouq Aminu are off the table as most mock drafts predict they will be.

Go ahead now. Pick your player. Or pull off a trade and then pick.

Here’s a cheat sheet of some players who might be on the board at No. 9:

Big men:
Solomon Alabi, Florida State
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
Craig Brackins, Iowa State
Ed Davis, North Carolina
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Larry Sanders, VCU
Kevin Seraphin, France
Daniel Orton, Kentucky
Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
Hassan Whiteside, Marshall

Small forwards:
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
Paul George, Fresno State
Gordon Hayward, Butler
Damion James, Texas

Shooting guards:
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Avery Bradley, Texas
Jordan Crawford, Xavier
Xavier Henry, Kansas
Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati
Elliot Williams, Memphis

Point guard
Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky

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Jody Genessy

Jody Genessy is the Utah Jazz beat writer for the Deseret News. To answer some of your questions: 1) Yes, he travels everywhere the Jazz do. 2) No, he doesn't fly on the team charter. 3) No, he can't sneak you into the game, let you take notes for him or get you tickets (sorry, Mom). 4) Yes, he realizes that other people out there have to work for a living so he's a lucky dude. 5) Yes, he usually answers questions in the third person.

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