Entering the 2018-19 season, there was a lot of hope (and hype) about what the Utah Jazz could get out of their point guard position. And, really, it’s not hard to see why.
Over the final months of last season, Ricky Rubio was one of the 10 best floor generals league-wide. His production reached new heights and, in many ways, he became the beating heart (on and off the floor) of one of the Association’s gutsiest groups.
Where else could he go in the new year but further along an upward trajectory?
Meanwhile, Dante Exum finally had an offseason that wasn’t focused on rehabbing some catastrophic injury or another.