Utah Jazz receive: G/F Will Barton, G Delon Wright, F Corey Kispert 

Washington Wizards receive: G Mike Conley 

Feel free to cry for Kelly Olynyk. He just got traded from a Pistons team that’s at least aspiring to be competitive next year, to a Jazz team that should be openly tanking. On the other hand, while you’re crying, save some tears for Will Barton and Delon Wright. 

You know, just in case this trade does occur. 

Sometimes, that’s life in the National Basketball Association. The league’s role players often get moved as a matter of convenience. Sometimes, they’re only involved in a transaction to make the salaries match. 

That would be the case here. In essence, the Jazz would be trading Conley for Corey Kispert.

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Both Barton and Wright would be strong buyout candidates, but they may see the first half of their 2022-23 season wasted on the bench. Hopefully, either would welcome an extended vacation. 

On the other hand, Conley would be landing on a Wizards team that has refused to tank in recent years. Does he do enough for their bottom line in 2022-23 to justify parting with Kispert?