Utah Jazz workout includes Thon Maker: The Utah Jazz will host another workout Wednesday as they continue to prepare for the June 23 draft. This pre-draft tryout includes several higher-profile players, including teen phenom Thon Maker, a 7-foot big man from Australia and Sudan; projected first-round pick Demetrius Jackson, a Notre Dame point guard; and North Carolina guard Marcus Paige, who hit that ridiculous game-tying 3-pointer late in the NCAA championship game that his team ended up losing to Villanova after a buzzer-beater. -- Deseret News

Take heart, Jazz fans, there's hope: Take heart, Utah Jazz fans, there’s hope. If you still believe that the NBA’s small-market teams have little chance of contending for a championship, I have two words for you: Oklahoma City. If OKC can keep talent and play for championships — they are battling the Warriors for the right to advance to the Finals for the second time in five years — why not the Jazz in their post Stockton-Malone iterations? -- Deseret News