Recently, the Utah Jazz traded John Collins and Collin Sexton, and they cut Jordan Clarkson. In return, they got Jusuf Nurkiu0107, Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson, and a Clippers 2027 second-round pick.
Is that underwhelming? Absolutely – but only if you evaluate those moves by the players and assets that came to Utah. These decisions were not made to win trade evaluations, but rather to open space for Utah’s future.
Mismanaged assets
To be clear, in the years since breaking up the Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert core, Utah’s front office has deserved some criticism on how they’ve managed their veteran assets.