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What type of dealmaker is Ainge? A look at Jazz CEO’s deadline track record

Kevin Garnett, Kyrie Irving, Isaiah Thomas, Ray Allen, Jayson Tatum, Rajon Rondo.These names will be familiar to most NBA fans. All six are NBA All-Stars who enjoyed terrific careers. They also have something else in common: all...

A Not-Brief Introduction to Some Basketball Players Utah Might Trade For

You may have heard that the esteemed Utah Jazz are looking to make a trade by this Thursday’s deadline. If you haven’t heard that, allow me to be the first to tell you: the esteemed Utah Jazz are looking to make a trade by...

What 5 recent NBA trades tell us about the value of the Utah Jazz’s future draft picks

As we move closer to the NBA’s February 10 trade deadline, Utah Jazz fans’ appetite for the team to make a lineup-shaking trade is reaching voracious levels.However, Utah’s cupboard of future draft picks—the primary...

The Three Types of Deals Utah Might Make By Thursday

Of course the most satisfying way for the trade deadline to play out for Utah Jazz fans is with a big bang. Sexy names like that Harrison Barnes and Jerami Grant have been connected to the Jazz in trade rumors, so that is now the...

Deals Coming? What Will the Trade Deadline Bring the Jazz?

Ten days remain until the NBA’s trade deadline, and Jazz fans have questions. I collected a batch of inquiries last week, and spent part of my weekend clacking away at my keyboard to provide you with my answers.Without further...

Trading Joe Ingles Is Complicated

Whenever the Jazz’s Quin Snyder calls a timeout, he walks across to the free throw line area to discuss potential adjustments with his assistants before entering the team huddle. For 60 seconds or so of each timeout, the...

Understanding the Oni Trade & Roster Options Moving Forward

Clear back on October 22, Jazz coach Quin Snyder called for Miye Oni to check into a game in Sacramento with 1:36 remaining in the first quarter. Joe Ingles had just been ejected after committing a flagrant foul, and Snyder...

Trade Talk: Exploring Jazz targets as trade season launches

Trade season is upon us. The league has been in a holding pattern for deals since many recent signees couldn’t be traded until today, but 84% of the league became trade eligible.Recent mid-season trades by the Jazz have...

Big Wings Who Defend, Shoot Are In Short Supply

It seems simple enough for the Jazz as they head toward August’s free agency period: after struggling to stay in front of Clipper ball handlers in a second-round playoff collapse, they merely need to add a ball-stopper with...

No Major Moves For First-Place Jazz on Deadline Day

The most important thing to realize about Utah’s quiet trade deadline is that they’re the team everybody is trying to catch.It’s easy to feel left out as Denver, Portland, Dallas and the Clippers all made deals...