SALT LAKE CITY, June 30 (AP) -- Morris Almond impressed the Jazz enough last summer that they drafted him a year later.
The Jazz introduced Almond on Friday, one day after selecting him with the 25th pick in the NBA draft and hoping the shooting guard from Rice is as good as Utah's scouts have thought he was since the 2006 pre-draft camp.
Almond declared for the draft as a junior, then withdrew to get another year of college experience after finding out he probably wasn't going to be a first-round pick. He returned to Rice and was the Conference USA player of the year, averaging 26.4 points.
He said the Jazz told him a year ago that they were interested in him, but weren't going to take him in the first round. On Thursday, Utah was just hoping he was still available.
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06-28-2007, 09:06 PM
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