Ace Bailey didn't expect to hear his name called by the Utah Jazz with the No. 5 overall pick on Wednesday night in Brooklyn. Leading up to the 2025 NBA Draft, reports suggested that neither Utah nor Charlotte -- which held the No.

Wednesday’s trade for Walter Clayton Jr. left the Utah Jazz with just one pick in the second round of the NBA draft. With it, they selected one of the draft’s oldest, but most accomplished players: John Tonje.

The Utah Jazz have selected John Tonje with the No. 53 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. One of the oldest players in this year’s class, Tonje played four years at Colorado State, one super-senior year at Missouri and then a super-super-senior year at Wisconsin, when he finally broke out.