When the Utah Jazz bench was floundering in comparison to the rest of the league, the front office decided they needed to change something before the playoffs.
Through the first 30 games of the season, the Jazz had the worst offensive rating in the league when playing in second quarters. Their bench during that stretch played the third least amount of minutes in the league, meaning the starters were getting overworked.
When it takes 35+ minutes a night from Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell just to squeak by mediocre and bad teams, that’s a bad sign.