NBA Trade Deadline 2017: Utah Jazz primer

The Utah Jazz (24-16) are currently tied for first in the Northwest Division and tied for 5th in the Western Conference. The NBA Playoffs look like more than just a possibility this year, but every week brings Dennis Lindsey’s club closer to locking in one of the middle seeds. While the #3 seed is too far away, anything after is up for grabs.

In conventional years having a lot of players in contract years, and having both cap space and draft picks, means almost anyone on your roster is up for grabs as well. Gordon Hayward (likely opting out of his last year at $16.7 million) and George Hill headline a cast of guys looking for a new deal after 82 games are up — and it includes rotation cast…