Utah Jazz Receive: F Davis Bertans, 2025 First-Round Pick (DAL)
Dallas Mavericks Receive: F Bojan Bogdanovic
This deal finds the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks swapping European sharpshooters.
While both are strong floor-spacers (and European), the comparisons end there. Bogdanovic is a significantly more well-rounded offensive player. He can create his own shots in addition to spacing the floor.
By contrast, Bertans is more of a standstill shooter. Furthermore, Bertans is a notoriously bad defender.
Bogdanovic isn’t making a run for the All-First team either, but he is a more fluid athlete with superior lateral mobility. He’s at least capable of holding his own on the less glamorous side of the floor.
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He’s an upgrade, period. The Mavericks would be happy to make this swap in the interest of gearing up for a title run in 2022-23.
If the Jazz are interested, on the other hand, their worst fears have likely been confirmed.