As we continue to wind our way through eliminated playoff teams and evaluate the prospects of their pending free agents, we arrive at the Utah Jazz. Will anyone from their roster end up with the Timberwolves next season?
The Utah Jazz finally made the mini-leap that the basketball world had been expecting from them each of the last couple years, going from 38 wins in 2014-15 to 40 wins a year ago, to a 51-31 record in 2016-17.
Head coach Quin Snyder has done a great job with his young roster, led by Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert. This year, the Jazz earned the fifth seed in the Western Conference and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs before being swept by the Golden State Warriors in the second round.
The Jazz’ free-agents-to-be don’t include Hayward, Gobert, or or Derrick Favors, but new point guard George Hill, whom Utah traded for in the off-season, will already be hitting the open market. Plus, bench pieces Shelvin Mack and Jeff Withey will also be unrestricted free agents and Joe Ingles will test the market in restricted free agency.
Let’s take a look at whether or not any of these players could be options for Tom Thibodeau in Minnesota.