Bojan Bogdanovic pleaded his case with all of his teammates, each of his coaches, and every decisionmaker in the Utah Jazz front office. The Croatian forward had been diagnosed with a ruptured ligament in his right wrist. But having already played through the pain for much of the season, Bogdanovic talked to everyone about delaying surgery so that he could help his team during the NBA playoffs.
In the end, however, reason won out.
Bogdanovic’s wrist was surgically repaired in May, ending his first season with the Jazz prematurely but setting him up for a healthy 2020-21 campaign.