Believe it or not, the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers were very much connected this summer. For a significant amount of time during the offseason, former Jazz point guard turned unrestricted free agent Ricky Rubio was connected to the Pacers to the point that many thought he was a lock to sign there. However, things can change rapidly in free agency, and they most certainly did.
In no particular order, the Jazz’s initial target, Nikola Mirotic, opted to spurn the NBA to play overseas, which caused Utah to turn their focus to Bojan Bogdanovic, an unrestricted free agent that the Pacers initially hoped to re-sign.