As the dust continues to settle on the DeMarcus Cousins trade, Rodney Hood has emerged as object of my offseason acquisition affection. Not only because of his game and fit, but also because his current team’s situation going forward could make him realistically gettable — even if it would take an overpay at the time of the transaction.
The Jazz have been incredible this season despite battling key injuries. As I’m writing this, Rodney Hood has only appeared in 55 of the Jazz’s 76 games. However, this offseason will likely not be a perfectly in-time and on key tresillo for Utah as there are likely to be a few bum notes and Starbucks “Jazz” compilations-like free agent decisions that bastardize the essence of the Jazz with some Michael Bublé or Kenny G lineup choices.