Utah Jazz locker clean-out with GM Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder.

With the NBA Draft Lottery in the books, the time for Utah Jazz fans to fret over the team’s miniscule chance of capturing a top-three selection is over. The ping-pong balls have dropped and, as odds dictated, the team will be picking 12th overall.

Following the results of the lottery, Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey and club president Randy Rigby spoke with members of the local media about team needs headed into the draft. Carter Williams of the Deseret News posted a video of the exchange on his YouTube channel—

When discussing the kind of player the team would like to acquire with the No. 12 pick, Lindsey said he would like a player with “individual defensive integrity” and that the Jazz will continue to build around their size and defense.

Some interesting tidbits came when the Standard Examiner’s Brandon Garside asked Lindsey about trading the pick. The Jazz GM revealed that teams had attempted to acquire the pick at the trade deadline and that others have since registered interest.

Nonetheless, Lindsey asserts that it will take a good offer to pry the pick away. It’s my hope that he gets one. A talented young player with a rookie-scale contract is attractive, but added depth behind the developing team’s core is an important piece to the puzzle.

The 2015 NBA Draft will take place on June 25th. Be sure to check out Spencer Wixom’s piece examining the history of the No. 12 pick right here on Purple & Blues.