The Utah Jazz traded away one of their five picks in the upcoming NBA draft Tuesday, sending the 60th overall selection to Philadelphia for a future second-rounder.
The 76ers immediately sent the pick to Detroit, completing a 1997 trade in which Philadelphia acquired Jerry Stackhouse and Eric Montross for Theo Ratliff and Aaron McKie.
Last week, Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor said he did not expect the team would use all five of its picks in this draft, which will be held in New York on June 28.
O'Connor's first move turned out to be dumping the 60th pick - the final selection in the second round.
The Jazz still own four picks in the draft, including No. 6 and No. 27 in the first round and No. 34 and No. 51 in the second round.
Since 1988, when the NBA reduced the length of the draft to only two rounds, Utah has owned as many as four picks just one other time.
In 1999, the Jazz took Minnesota guard Quincy Lewis at No. 19, Russian teenager Andrei Kirilenko at No. 24, Kentucky forward Scott Padgett at No. 28 and Virginia Tech's Eddie Lucas at No. 58.
Utah has not owned a pick as valuable as No. 6 since 1982, when the Jazz selected Dominique Wilkins at No. 3. They quickly traded Wilkins to Atlanta for John Drew, Freeman Williams and cash that helped keep the financially-struggling franchise afloat.
- Steve Luhm
