Utah Jazz waive Elijah Millsap, acquire roster flexibility

Godofredo Vasquez-USA TODAY SportsSad to see you go, Eli

The Utah Jazz are rife with injury right now missing starting point guard Dante Exum, starting power forward Derrick Favors, starting center Rudy Gobert, and bench scoring machine Alec Burks. It's been a difficult few weeks and as of right now we do not have a solid idea on when most of them will be returning to action. In the interim period Quin Snyder has actually SHORTENED the rotation, squeezing out guard/forward Elijah Millsap from the rotation. Over the last five weeks Elijah's minutes per game has risen with injuries, but also fallen even lower than before: 3.68 mpg, 15.30, 7.48, 10.11, 2.68. Last night he recorded a DNP-CD. And…