Arkansas swingman Ronnie Brewer wasn't one of them.

So who did the Jazz take with the 14th pick in the first round?

Brewer, naturally.

Stung slightly because targeted players Saer Sene and J.J. Redick had already been picked, the Jazz turned to Brewer, delighting about 2,000 Jazz fans who attended the team's draft party at the Delta Center and cheered his selection.

"He has some tools," said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, " . . . [and] we needed an athlete."

Brewer is athletic enough to be a three-position prospect in the NBA. He averaged 18.4 points and 4.8 rebounds as a junior at Arkansas and had been projected by some to be a top-10 pick because of his ability to play shooting guard, small forward and - perhaps - point guard.

Instead, he slipped to Utah.

"When we sat down and started [looking] at this whole thing, we actually didn't think he'd be here," said Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor. "He should have been on everybody's radar."

Brewer's father, Ron, also

played at Arkansas. He was a member of the Razorbacks' Final Four team in 1978 and played in the NBA. Sloan remembers him as a "a pretty good player. He could get on top of the basket."

Like father, like son.

"It's a great opportunity to go and play for Coach Sloan," Ronnie Brewer said. "He's a Hall of Fame coach. He may be hard on his players, but he gets the best out of them. He coached [John] Stockton and [Karl] Malone and all the success they had there."

Brewer did not work out for the Jazz, although he came into Salt Lake City with his father and interviewed with O'Connor and Sloan, who said, "He seems like an intelligent kid."

Said Brewer: "The interview went extremely well. I got to communicate with the coaches, assistant coaches and I got to meet everyone in the organization. I felt pretty comfortable with them."

On tape, the Jazz liked what they saw.

"His upside could be very good," Sloan said, "if he works hard."

The Jazz went into the draft thinking they might have to make a choice between Redick, a two-time college player of the year, and Sene, whose pre-draft workouts took him from the bottom of the first round to the lottery in only a few weeks.

But Utah never had a chance to make that decision.

With the No. 10 pick, Seattle grabbed Sene. At No. 11, Orlando overlooked the back injury that supposedly jeopardized Redick's standing in the lottery and selected him.

Suddenly, Utah's draft board was a little empty, especially considering O'Connor thought the talent level dropped off noticeably after the No. 15 pick.

"One more guy picked," he said, "and we would have had a little bit more of an issue."

With Sene and Redick gone, the Jazz's decision likely came down to Brewer or Memphis small forward Rodney Carney, who worked out in Utah last week.

The Jazz opted for Brewer, who scored 25 points in a game against top-ranked UConn last season.

"Carney plays one position and Brewer can play a lot of different positions," O'Connor said. "We've got a guy who can handle the ball and see the floor pretty well. As a basketball player, those are the guys that usually do pretty well."

In a TV interview from Madison Square Garden, Ron Brewer sounded like Sloan when talking about his son.

"I told him this is going to be a very tough job," he said. "Ronnie will end up being a good pro. But it's a chore."

O'Connor, who used the No. 3 pick last year on emerging star Deron Williams, warned Jazz fans against unrealistic expectations for Brewer.

"This guy is the 14th pick in the draft," he said. "This is not the third pick in the draft."Draft day trades

* Boston acquired G Sebastian Telfair, F-C Theo Ratliff and a 2008 second-round pick from Portland for G Dan Dickau, F-C Raef LaFrentz and a 2006 first-round pick (No. 7). Boston selected Randy Foye for Portland.

l Portland traded rights to G Randy Foye and cash to Minnesota for rights to G Brandon Roy.

l Philadelphia traded rights to G Thabo Sefolosha to Chicago for rights to G-F Rodney Carney, a 2007 second-round pick and cash.

l Chicago traded rights to F-C LaMarcus Aldridge and a conditional second-round pick to Portland for rights to F Tyrus Thomas and F Viktor Khryapa.

l Phoenix traded rights to G Sergio Rodriguez to Portland for cash.

l Portland traded rights to G James White to Indiana for rights to F Alexander Johnson and two future second-round picks.

l Portland traded rights to F Alexander Johnson to Memphis for a second-round pick.

l Minnesota traded rights to F Bobby Jones to Philadelphia for a second-round pick and cash.

l Phoenix traded F Brian Grant and rights to G Rajon Rondo to Boston for a 2007 first-round pick.

l Orlando traded rights to F Lior Eliyahu to Houston for cash.

l Denver traded rights to F Leon Powe to Boston for a second-round pick.

l L.A. Lakers traded rights to C Cheick Samb to Detroit for G Maurice Evans.

l Dallas traded rights to G Danilo Pinnock to the L.A. Lakers for a 2007 second-round pick.

l Toronto traded rights to Edin Bavcic to Philadelphia for cash.

l San Antonio traded rights to F Damir Markota to Milwaukee for a 2007 second-round draft pick.

First team All-Southeastern Conference pick last season.

l Averaged 18.4 points, 3.3 assists and 2.6 steals.

l Father played on Arkansas' Final Four team in 1978.

l FT percentage improved from .575 to .750 in three years.