The Jazz are invested in Kessler’s future and that hasn’t changed.
They are also invested in trying to give themselves the best chance of having a well-rounded roster in the coming years when they are actually going to start trying to contend.
They can’t do that with a single center on the roster.
There’s no telling in the next few years, through deals, growth, decline, improvement, injuries, etc., what the Jazz roster is going to look like.
The Jazz certainly aren’t banking on Ömer Yurtseven to be a backup center for the next several years, so it behooves them to do due diligence across all positions.
The Jazz have also interviewed point guards and forwards, but that doesn’t mean that they’ve lost hope in Keyonte George or Lauri Markkanen.
Another thing that’s been pointed out is the Jazz’s clear lack of solid wing players on the current roster.
The Jazz are certainly looking at a number of wing players in this draft and team sources told the Deseret News that there are a number of high-level wings in the 2025 draft that the Jazz are monitoring closely.
The bottom line is that the Jazz interviewing a couple of centers at the combine does not mean they’ve given up on Kessler or anyone else.
My 13-year-old golden retriever, Khaleesi, was diagnosed with cancer a little over a year ago.
She was only expected to live happily for a couple of months, but lasted so much longer without pain.
Sadly, a couple of weeks ago, it was clear that it was time to say goodbye.
Making that decision was incredibly difficult, but I never wanted her to suffer, so deciding on peaceful euthanasia was better than waiting for things to get really ugly.
