we got quiincy lewis by trading the rights to nazr mohammed on draft night in 1998. of course, mohammed has since played 14 NBA seasons, been to the playoffs eight times, been a key rotation player for a title team (SAS), and last year made another trip to the finals. quincy lewis, in the meantime, was out of the league in four years. other players taken after nazr in 1998 were ruben patterson, rashard lewis and jazzfanz legend greg buckner. players taken after quincy lewis in 1999 include nobody fantastic, until you get clear down to pick #57 where the spurs selected #20 manu ginobili. the jazz picked 58th, right after manu was taken. eff.
carlos arroyo was #21 in his brief stint with toronto before coming to the jazz. mo almond was #21 in his brief stint with the wizards after he left the jazz.
interesting thing about the orl/njn benoit trade that nightmare mentioned... matt harpring was in that trade (sorta). the nets traded benoit, dare, edwards and a 1998 1st rounder in order to get brian evans and rony "you go live in utah" seikaly. that 1998 first rounder became matt harpring, who was traded two more times on his rookie contract: once to the cavs for andrew declerq, and then onto the sixers where he would wear #21.