Given the direction the franchise is heading, it makes sense for the Jazz to look at moving their quartet of players over 30 years old: Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic, Mike Conley, and Rudy Gay.
New Jazz players Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley show off their jerseys after being introduced to the media at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas on Monday, July 8, 2019.The Utah Jazz face a simple math problem as they prepare to open training camp next week.
• ESPN’s Ramon Shelburne later went on the NBA Today program, and said, “The sense around the league is that the Jazz at least feel that they have deals for all of those veteran players.” Obviously, though, the trades haven’t been completed — which may mean that the Jazz are hoping for a more substantial return than the trades they’ve already found in the marketplace.
Complicating matters, though, is that the Jazz might not be the only team willing to take on Westbrook’s contract in order to get those picks. Indiana and San Antonio have also expressed that interest, per multiple media reports. The Pacers could trade Buddy Hield and Myles Turner, while the Spurs could move along Doug McDermott, Josh Richardson, and/or former Ute Jakob Poeltl. Given the presence of these other teams, the Jazz aren’t necessarily in the driver’s seat in the negotiations.
And while the Jazz’s trade talks with the Knicks fell apart, there is reason to think they would benefit by adding Bogdanovic. Point guard Derrick Rose would be logical salary ballast, and the Knicks do certainly have a number of useful picks. Frankly, it’s a deal that might make a lot of sense to both teams — but the Mitchell negotiations were so combative that it’s hard to imagine the Jazz and Knicks working together productively soon.
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