Utah Jazz Training Camp Battles: Back-Up Bigs

As Utah Jazz training camp nears, it will be a closely contested battle to see who ends up winning the largest role among the back-up bigs.

Though September is typically a rather slow month in terms of NBA news, as The J Notes’ own Ryan Aston recently wrote, the wheels are starting to turn and things are beginning to pick up in the NBA world. One of the next steps in that slow but steady progression towards opening night is the start of training camps.

Earlier in the week, I discussed a position that is sure to be highly contested in the Utah Jazz’s training camp – the back-up wing. While there’s no denying the intriguing options that head coach Quin Snyder has at the wing, perhaps the even more difficult decision lies in sorting out the logjam among the back-up bigs.

While Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert have undoubtedly solidified themselves as the Jazz’s starters in the post, each of the players behind them on the depth chart have a lot to prove as they fight for meaningful time in the rotation. Here’s a look at each reserve big and how their minutes and roles likely ought to shake out next season.

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