If you’re trying to predict what NBA teams will do this summer, we wouldn’t recommend starting with the Utah Jazz.
This team has already shocked the NBA this off-season. They traded Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves for quite the haul.
In total, they received Jarred Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley and a mountain of draft picks for the Stifle Tower.
The trade gives the Jazz some flexibility. They could retool on the fly around Donovan Mitchell, or, they could trade their star guard for (presumably) an even more substantial package.
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Let’s assume they go the latter route. If they do, there are plenty of quality veterans on this roster that contending teams would love to snatch up. Teams like, for example, the Philadelphia 76ers.
Here’s a trade that sends their forward Tobias Harris to Salt Lake City.