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The Utah Jazz have had a quietly successful offseason. None of the team’s acquisitions dominated NBA Twitter, but that’s perfectly fine: running back a marginally upgraded 52-20 squad is strictly good business. Rudy Gay, Eric Paschall and Hassan Whiteside represent three solid, low-risk acquisitions that should add wins to the Jazz’s ledger.
This current iteration of the Jazz is fundamentally built around three components: backcourt offense (specifically, from the talented trio of Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley Jr., and Jordan Clarkson), Rudy Gobert’s defense, and depth.