Eighteen years after a dozen teams passed up a chance to draft Karl Malone, his daughter was selected with the third pick in the WNBA draft on Friday. Cheryl Ford, two-time Western Athletic Conference player of the year at Louisiana Tech, was taken by the Detroit Shock -- and "shock" is what her father felt, too.

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The Jazz will learn whether they draft 19th, as they did last June, or 18th when NBA TV broadcasts the little lotto at 4:30 p.m. MDT Monday. The draft is June 26.

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Jazz coach Jerry Sloan hasn't seen him work full-speed yet, but he likes what he has observed of Raul Lopez, the Jazz's injured rookie point guard. "He looks good with sweat on him," said Sloan, who has watched the 23-year-old Spaniard gradually increase his workouts as he recovers from two knee surgeries. "I'm just happy for the kid, that he's had a chance to get out and play a little."