More Deals to Come? A Look at the Pre-Camp Trade Landscape

The new-look Utah Jazz have one week before media day, eight days until the opening of training camp, thirteen days before the first preseason contest in Edmonton, Alberta, and exactly one month until the start of the regular...

Understanding and Valuing the Jazz’s Three Pick Swaps

Rudy Gobert has been gone for some time, and last week, Donovan Mitchell was traded to Cleveland, ending a five-year era of Jazz basketball that was more promising on the front end that what it ended up becoming in before the...

Sorting Through Assets, Memories As Jazz Trade Mitchell

The Jazz finally made the deal everybody expected — by making the deal nobody expected. They moved on from All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, but not by trading him to the New York Knicks, whose pursuit of the Westchester...

Does the Barrett Extension Kill Jazz-Knicks Talks?

After Knicks forward R.J. Barrett agreed to a $120 million contract extension on Monday night, our Dan Clayton hit “record” to explain what it could mean to a potential Jazz-Knicks deal. Specifically, he covers the...

Q&A: Jazz Weigh Alternate Futures As Offseason Enters Crunch Time

In one month, the Utah Jazz will convene in the Zions Bank Basketball Campus and training camp will begin, kicking off a season that will undeniably look different than the last several. With two starters, a key reserve and a...

As With Jazz-Lakers Trade, Vet Deals May Precede the Big Domino

It’s easy to forget given all that has happened since, but the Utah Jazz’s first major piece of offseason business had nothing to do with their All-Stars. Before they dealt Rudy Gobert to Minnesota or began seriously...

Acquiring Westbrook Makes Some Sense For Rebuilding Jazz

Bring up the Lakers or Russell Westbrook to a Utah Jazz fan, and you’re likely to elicit a strong reaction. For many Jazz fans, helping the Lakers improve or imagining Russell Westbrook as a Utah acquisition is a non-starter....

Who Has Had the Most (and Fewest) Top Three Picks?

Championship teams require several elements to come together. Good ownership, good management, good coaching, and good talent. They also need a little luck from time to time. Good talent can acquired through trades and free...

Bridging the Gap On Mitchell’s Value Using Star Trades

More than a week has passed since ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski set Jazz Nation on fire by revealing that the Utah Jazz had changed course and were more earnestly entertaining offers for three-time All-Star Donovan Mitchell.During...

Devil’s in the Details: Quick Cap Refresher on Relevant Offseason Issues

As one of Jazz Twitter’s resident nerds when it comes to the NBA’s collectively bargained transaction rules, I thought it might be helpful to address a few of the topics I’m getting questions about cap stuff...