As valiant as the Utah Jazz’s effort has been the past few seasons as they’ve made the playoffs three years running, there’s no denying that they’re in need of changes if they are to get further into the postseason. One of their most pressing issues has undoubtedly been the non-shooting trio in their starting lineup of Ricky Rubio, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert.
Gobert obviously isn’t going anywhere, but if the Jazz want to truly improve, they’re going to have to enhance one or both of the other two positions. Based on Dennis Lindsey’s overwhelmingly positive comments about Derrick Favors in end-of-year interviews and the fact that Rubio’s inconsistency and lack of shooting have been a constant frustration, it feels most likely that Ricky is the most probable of the two to not return in 2019-20.