Why The Utah Jazz Do The Deal

While some NBA contracts may be bloated, that’s a larger impediment to some teams than others. If the Utah Jazz are in year one of a rebuild in 2022-23, Robinson’s contract would be a non-issue.

After all, they’ll be rebuilding. In that event, it ought to be several years by the time this organization is ready to contend again. At that point, Robinson’s contract will be nearing its end, if it hasn’t already reached it.

Rebuilding teams don’t need to concern themselves with clean books. They do, on the other hand, need to stockpile draft capital.

The Jazz already have a headstart on that front. They traded Rudy Gobert for four unprotected first-round picks this summer.

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If they trade Donovan Mitchell, count on them to land several more. This deal would be icing on the cake. Bojan Bogdanovic is good, but he won’t be landing the Jazz any more than one first-rounder.

Should he be worth that much to the Heat?