Isaiah Collier Talks About Getting Drafted By Utah Jazz
[Music] with the 29th pick in the 2024 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select Isaiah Collier USC guard Isaiah Collier was the number one ranked player in the 2023 High School class and was a projected Lottery Pick and the number one overall pick by summon early mock drafts he was an all Pack 12 freshman player who started 26 games for the Trojans last season and averaged 16.3 points per game and the Jazz landed a lot Lottery quality player at number 29 they’re thrilled of course you know I was surprised a little bit just being you know around that 29 but I mean for me I still feel like you know I’m one of the best players in this draft but for me it’s just coming just grateful for the opportunity you know that Utah drafted me I’m just looking forward to just getting to work and you know bringing that winning mentality and I’m just looking forward to you know just competing every day I never been to Utah but I mean I’m looking forward to it for sure I mean I know it’s kind of cold out there I’m going have to you know get a coat or whatever he still has a great frame and speed and can get in the paint whenever he wants like that’s something that you usually can’t teach are there things we need to continue to work on work on the pull-up work on the shooting thing I think he also profiles is that I think he can be a very good guard Defender with the body and and you know being able to see and read I think that can be just as important defensively too having two guys that can connect with our group I think is important and they have physical profiles that I think have historically shown very good results in the ba
Newly drafted member of the Utah Jazz Isaiah Collier gave his initial thoughts on his NBA career starting in Salt Lake City.
Collier was drafted with the 29th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft after playing one season of college basketball at USC.
Last year with the Trojans, Collier averaged 16.3 points, 4.3 assists. 2.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals.
Coming out of high school in 2022, Collier was the No. 1 recruit in the nation. Things didnt go entirely as planned at USC but Collier still showed that he was an NBA-level talent.
