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Utah Jazz

Roster 

Head coach: Quin Snyder 

2019-20 NBA season results:

  • Lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Denver Nuggets

Who they re-signed:

  • Emmanuel Mudiay re-signed to a two-year, $4.3 million contract

Who they signed:

  • Jakob Poeltl signed to a one-year, full mid-level exception contract

Trades they made:

  • Bradley Beal and Ish Smith for Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell (multi-team trade involving Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards)
  • Mike Scott for Ed Davis and 2022 Utah Jazz second-round draft pick

Who they drafted:

  • Drafted Jahmi’us Ramsey

Other moves:

Summary: The Utah Jazz look at the league landscape and don’t see the trade market for a center like Rudy Gobert that there would be for Donovan Mitchell on a rookie contract. As a result, they decide to take Gobert’s side of the feud as they feel they could get a greater return for Mitchell. Gobert is everything the Jazz has been from a style standpoint and Bradley Beal is everything this Jazz roster needs and could be close to the perfect co-star for a player with Rudy Gobert’s skillset.

The Jazz bolsters their second unit and gets new additions at both center and power forward between young big Jakob Poeltl and stretch-four Mike Scott plus a young point guard in the draft.  Emmanuel Mudiay looked solid for them and is retained as only rookie Jahmi’us Ramsey and placeholding veteran Ish Smith would be the only point guards getting significant minutes otherwise.

While the Jazz makes what is likely the biggest trade of the offseason with the Mitchell for Beal swap, the important pieces of their roster are returning (Robert, Bogdanovic, Ingles, etc.) for hopefully a run to contention in the 2020-21 season.