Insider hints at why the Jazz haven’t made any trades this offseason
The Utah Jazz have not made any substantial trades since the NBA Trade Deadline. Though there have been rumors swirling about Walker Kessler, they’ve hardly gone anywhere.
Outside of a few free agent additions, the Jazz are more or less where they were when the 2023-24 season ended. Part of this can be attributed to their most tradable players not having the markets they would have wanted, but there might be more to this than meets the eye.
Why teams struggle to make trades with the Jazz
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst hinted at why teams don’t trade with the Jazz during the September 6 episode of “NBA Today.” He did so while revealing how Kessler could be a Knicks target.
“There’s already been some connection between (the Knicks) and Walker Kessler with the Utah Jazz. The Jazz are difficult to deal with. They have very high asks.”
What Windhorst said there isn’t necessarily earth-shattering news. Look what the Jazz got for Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, even though those teams peaked a while before they decided to cut ties with them.
However, even if those guys were stars, which is why Utah got so much for them to begin with, the Jazz currently possess some very useful players who move the needle for teams trying to win. Hence, if they trade them, it will only be because they got the complete haul that they wanted back for them.
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