As the Utah Jazz struggle through a year wrought with injury, inconsistency, disappointment and ever-swirling trade rumors, it’s become overwhelmingly clear that the team could use a bit of a mix-up and perhaps some new blood. The Jazz have limped to a 20-28 record and although they’ve logged a few encouraging victories, their gut-wrenching defeats have been far more prevalent.
With all that being the case, it’s become almost common knowledge that the Jazz are likely to be major players leading up to this year’s trade deadline with practically every guy on the roster, save Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, available and some perhaps being openly shopped such as Derrick Favors, Joe Johnson, Rodney Hood, Alec Burks and Ricky Rubio.