<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">One day after the Utah Jazz contract of second-round draft choice Kyrylo Fesenko was approved by FIBA and the NBA, making the 7-foot-1 youngster a Jazz property for the next three seasons, Jazz unrestricted free-agent center Rafael Araujo signed a one-year contract to play for Spartak St. Petersburg in Russia. This is the club for which Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko played at age 15 in 1996-97. Araujo's agent, Jim McDowell, said the Jazz made no offer other than to invite Araujo to their fall camp with no guarantees, and he indicated that Fesenko's signing let the Araujo camp know for sure to look elsewhere.</div> <div align="center">Source: Deseret News</div>
Good for Araujo. He needs to improve his game, and Russia is a good place to do it. I hope he can come back in a couple of years and become a solid 10-6 guys.
<div class="quote_poster">Master Shake Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Good for Araujo. He needs to improve his game, and Russia is a good place to do it. I hope he can come back in a couple of years and become a solid 10-6 guys.</div> You're talking about turnovers and offensive fouls right?
<div class="quote_poster">NTC Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You're talking about turnovers and offensive fouls right?</div> Yes, Yes I am.
That 2004 draft really was bad for the most part. Kris Humphries was selected by the Jazz at 14, then traded for Araujo after two seasons. Araujo would play a whole 28 games for the Jazz. Kirk Snyder was drafted at 16, and had a season with the Jazz before being traded with Raul Lopez and Curtis Borchardt (two more first round busts) for an aging Greg Ostertag. Ostertag would play one season. The 21st pick was traded for a future first, which was used to move up to the third pick in the following draft and get Deron Williams, so that worked out.
