Thursday evening’s news of the Russell Westbrook for Chris Paul trade — another improbable blockbuster in a summer already chockablock full of them — is but the latest reminder that roster-building in professional sports is a job that never actually gets completed.
There’s always one more upgrade to pursue, one more counter-strike to pull off, one more future asset to stockpile, one more injury to overcome.
The Jazz have done the majority of their heavy lifting for the 2019-20 season already — the Mike Conley trade in the lead-up to the draft; the Bojan Bogdanovic and Ed Davis agreements in the opening hours of free agency; the Jeff Green and Emmanuel Mudiay deals in the subsequent days.