A relieved version of the Jazz took the floor against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday afternoon — a first for the team since Thursday’s traumatic trade deadline — and the meaning of that R-word came immediately into question.
One of the definitions for relieved is “eased from anxiety, pain, fear or distress.” Another is “to have brought effective aid to.”
Saturday’s meaning was most certainly the former, the Jazz having done nothing to alter or improve their makeup before or at the deadline. Not only were the Jazz players OK with that, they played as though they were OK with it.