Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
What if the Utah Jazz decided to trade their best player Gordon Hayward, before he exercised his player option and left as a free agent? How might the team look different today?
Back in January of 2016, Zach Lowe of ESPN wrote a column about the Utah Jazz and the big decisions they needed to make on their future. At the time, they had several young players gearing up for an extension to their contracts.
Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors were both in their post rookie deal extensions, though that would soon end for Hayward in 2017 and Derrick in 2018.