Jeff Withey put his shooting skills on display Wednesday for the Utah Jazz in a tryout that included forwards Christian Watford and Jackie Carmichael.

"I thought it went really well," Withey said. "I shot the ball very well. We went up and down (the floor) a little bit; the air's pretty thin up here and I'm not used to that. But overall I felt pretty good about the workout. ... They wanted to see how well I shot the ball, and I didn't get to play too much defense."
 
Withey impressed the Jazz brain trust with his ability to shoot from mid-range.

"He's more than a back-to-the-basket player. He can really shoot the ball from about 15 feet," Jazz VP of player personnel Walt Perrin said. "We know he can protect the basket; we know he rebounds. He played extremely hard. But because you don't see him stepping away from the basket at Kansas, he showed us that he can knock down the 15-foot jump shot.

"We had an opportunity to see Jeff shoot jump shots today. ... With the way we run our workouts, we want to take a look at different things so we're able to see if they can get away from the basket, (or) if a smaller guy can post up, (or) we can see how well they're going to work through the altitude, (or) are they going to finish strong.”