In their first-round series, the Utah Jazz were eliminated from the NBA playoffs after losing in six games to the Dallas Mavericks. Despite Luka Doncic missing the initial three games of the series, they were still unable to come away with a series win.
It certainly doesn’t help when the Jazz stars have taken turns sneak-dissing each other after losses.
Fingers can be pointed all over the roster, but it’s really not one player’s fault. How can it be when an entire team keeps flailing in this same manner in the playoffs over and over again?
Regardless of how blame is assigned, the one remaining truth is that this iteration of the Utah Jazz has hit their ceiling, and it wasn’t a very high one.
LATEST NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Utah Jazz Rapidly Approaching Time To End Mitchell, Gobert Era
Among NBA writers suggesting that Utah blow it up this offseason is Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley. He proposed that the Jazz trade Rudy Gobert for a more offensively gifted starting center in a swap with the Chicago Bulls.
Let’s take a look at an NBA trade scenario that features Rudy Gobert and Nikola Vucevic as the headliners being swapped.
