The 2018 NBA trade deadline is just days away on February 8 and the Utah Jazz have multiple irons in the fire. Rodney Hood, Derrick Favors and Joe Johnson have all featured prominently in trade rumors, while the futures of Alec Burks and Ricky Rubio are also a hot topic among fans.
The heavy trade chatter is a big-time break from the Jazz norm.
If there’s one thing the franchise hasn’t been historically, it’s a renegade band of hot-shot, deadline-day wheelers and dealers. In fact, over the last 25 years, the team has completed only eight major trades during the final countdown to the Association’s deal-making deadline.