Son of former Utah Jazz GM, Dave Checketts, Spencer Checketts reported via Twitter that the Jazz will actively pursue unrestricted free agent and former Jazzman Paul Millsap.
Just caught wind that the Jazz will actively pursue Hawks UFA PF Paul Millsap this off-season.
— Spencer Checketts (@1280Spence) June 12, 2015
Checketts is pretty connected, having grown up in the NBA, but a move like this makes little sense for Utah brass to make.
With the emergence of Derrick Favors, Rudy Gobert, a Paul Millsap-lite in Trevor Booker on a cheap deal, and Millsap himself previously stating while in Utah that he’s “a starter in this league,” stunting the current starters’ growth at this point could cause a locker room rift the team would be hard pressed to recover from.