The Utah Jazz have been saving cap space for a long time now. Ever since July 2013 when they took on Golden State’s salary dump of Richard Jefferson, Andris Biedrins and Brandon Rush, the Jazz have had enough cap space to be big spenders in free agency, and have even struggled at times to meet the minimum salary cap required by the NBA.
Now things are different. The NBA signed a huge TV contract therefore creating a spike in the salary cap which experts predict will top out at $114 million in the 2020-21 season. Players are getting paid now more than ever, as evidenced by Evan Turner and Timofey Mozgov’s contracts signed last summer.