It’s now been a year and a half since Gordon Hayward left for Boston in a decision that put the Utah Jazz in a tailspin. The organization was reeling and had to make quick moves to fill the gaps left by the all-purpose small forward.
Those moves were a scab over what seemed like a deep, deep wound.
What the Jazz didn’t realize at the time was that Donovan Mitchell was MUCH better than they expected. The wound turned out to be not as deep as the Jazz first thought as Mitchell proved to be a franchise-changing talent.