Three Utah Jazz players showed up in the back half of Sports Illustrated’s NBA Top 100, which dropped on Monday. Namely, point-man Ricky Rubio, forward Joe Ingles and big man Derrick Favors. Not only that — the Jazz trio only narrowly missed out on making the Top 50.
Really, that should come as no surprise. As much as anyone, Rubio, Ingles and Favors have earned the recognition.
Rubio was the first to hit the countdown, which was prepared by Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney for SI’s vertical, The Crossover.