Utah Jazz Receive: G Lonzo Ball 

Chicago Bulls Receive: G Mike Conley 

Of course, if Ball’s career is cut short by injury, he won’t be the first player in NBA history to suffer that adversity. 

If it’s any consolation, he won’t be forgotten. In fact, there’s an air of mystique around NBA stars whose careers were derailed by their own bodies. If you love basketball, you know their names. 

Grant Hill. Penny Hardaway. Brandon Roy. Greg Oden. Bill Walton. All of these players had varying degrees of success before their bodies failed them, but they’re all subjects of the same “what might have been” questions.

Whether it’s for the right reasons or not, they’re immortalized. 

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None of which means Ball won’t try to avoid their fate. Like anyone, he’d prefer to play a lengthy NBA career. We can only hope his rehabilitation process allows him to do so. 

Should the Jazz be investing their hopes in the same?