Chicago • Austin Ainge was the only one to show any emotion in the draft lottery room after nabbing the second overall pick.

Fist-pumping and grinning, Ainge explained it away as being excited for a long-suffering fan base that’s never had any lottery luck.

But after the cameras turned off, the Jazz president of basketball operations let out perhaps the real reason he was so happy.

“It changes things. That’s for sure,” he said with a smirk.

A loaded draft class with four potential top picks certainly does change things for the Jazz.

Ainge believes he can alter the next decade for the franchise with one pick. And he has all the leverage to go in any direction he desires.

Most pundits think BYU’s AJ Dybantsa will be the first player off the board.

So Ainge could then opt for the conventional choice at No. 2 and add Kansas guard Darryn Peterson to the roster. He can go with a familiar face in Cameron Boozer, the son of former Jazz player and current scout Carlos Boozer. If he wants length, he can look for North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson.

And if he’s dead set on the star from BYU, he has the assets to go all in and get Dybantsa. It might require a trade with the Washington Wizards, but everything is on the table when you draft this high.

“I doubt [Washington] decided who they want, just like we haven’t decided who we want,” Ainge said.

So here is the case to add all four players to join the Jazz roster.

AJ Dybantsa

The Dybantsa and Utah Jazz connection has seemed oddly destined from the start.

Back when Dybantsa was transferring from Prolific Prep in California to Utah Prep outside of St. George, the family started developing contacts high up in the Jazz organization.

Originally from Boston, the Dybantsas were big Celtics fans and gravitated to current Jazz CEO, and former Celtic, Danny Ainge. Ainge met the Dybantsas on their first trip to Utah and has been checking in on them ever since.

When Dybantsa chose BYU, Ainge was front row for plenty of home games, right next to Cougars Athletic Director Brian Santiago. One day, Dybantsa’s BYU jersey might hang in the rafters next to Ainge’s.

From an emotional standpoint, bringing in the prospect who played 40 minutes down the road from the Delta Center would make all the sense in the world.

The question is, from a basketball point of view, is it worth it?

If Washington wants to draft Dybantsa, it will require Utah to give up assets. The Jazz would have to package players along with draft picks to move up to the top spot. Would they be willing to part ways with Ace Bailey or another young prospect in the organization? If Dybantsa doesn’t pan out, that type of move could set the organization back years. Because of all the unknowns in a draft, the one solid bit of information was how productive Bailey was in his rookie season.

Because of the steep cost, it might not make sense for the Jazz to move up. This is especially true because the difference in skill between him and Peterson isn’t drastically different in the eyes of some. If the Jazz feel they can be just as good with Peterson, without giving up any players, it would be more economical.

The best path to getting Dybantsa might be for him to fall in the draft. It seems unlikely, but Washington could fall in love with Peterson. He was projected as the top pick in the draft for most of the season until cramping issues kept him out of games.

But in a draft with this much talent, going all in for Dybantsa might just be an unnecessary mortgaging of the future.

Darryn Peterson

For basketball reasons, Peterson might just be the best choice for the Jazz at the moment.

A dynamic guard who can light it up from three, shooting over 38% from distance, he fits every need for the Jazz.

Utah already has a glut of front-court options with Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler. The Jazz have plenty of length, too, with Bailey playing the two or three.

What the Jazz don’t have is an elite guard who can score at will. Keyonte George might develop into that, but he is alone at the guard line at the moment. Adding Peterson would immediately fill that need and make the Jazz a multiple-option attack.

And it’s possible Peterson will be better than Dybantsa. In their lone matchup of the season, Peterson outplayed Dybansta at Kansas. At that point, the top pick was Peterson’s to lose.

The Jazz have been lucky in the past, having top prospects fall to them. Bailey fell to five last year. Peterson going No. 2 has the same feeling.

Cameron Boozer

Boozer is a lightning rod in this draft. He is the reigning National Player of the Year in college and made the game look easy.

But a big part of his game was working out of the post and bullying people with his size. Will that work in the NBA at 6-foot-9?

There is no doubt he has a high basketball IQ and often makes the right play. He impacted winning so much that Duke was one play away from the Final Four.

But with Boozer, there’s also the redundancy issue. The Jazz already have several front-court options. If Boozer was clearly better than all of them, and going to change your franchise, then that wouldn’t be a concern. But to add a prospect just to be another option in the front court, it might not make the most sense.

Caleb Wilson

If the Jazz were drafting at No. 4, Wilson might feel like a steal. At 6-foot-10 with the ability to shoot, Wilson is the prototypical NBA prospect.

He defends at a high level, blocking over a shot a game.

But if the Jazz were thinking about a high-upside player with length, they might as well make a play for Dybantsa.