Which Players Could the Utah Jazz Most Afford to Trade?

With the trade deadline looming, while the Utah Jazz tend to be a quiet team in regards to blockbuster deals, there’s a few players on their roster that could potentially be moved if the right opportunity arose.

With the trade deadline just over a month away, it won’t be long until the rumor mill really starts heating up. Of course some speculation has already begun and a few players have already found new homes as evidenced by the trade that sent former Jazzman Kyle Korver to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but what we’ve seen so far is without a doubt just the tip of the iceberg.

Every year, however, while there are certainly some surprising deadline deals, typically the hype is more prolific and outlandish than the actual deals that occur. So far, all has appeared rather quiet on the Utah Jazz front as little mention has been made of the team making any sort of move prior to the trade deadline.

With the solid start the Jazz have gotten off to this season, that hardly comes as a surprise, though. Solidly at fifth place in the West and closing in quickly on the fourth place Clippers, in many ways Utah has surpassed expectations this season and it wouldn’t be hard to argue that their best course of action would be to simply stay the course and not look to make a move.

That may very well be accurate and could likely end up being the case, but that doesn’t mean that the Jazz shouldn’t at least have their eyes and their minds open to a trade that could potentially make the team better.

And while the Jazz have worked hard to put together a nice core while adding some solid veterans this offseason to boost that core group, that doesn’t mean that if the right player became available or if the right situation caused a team to make a desperate move, that the Jazz don’t have a handful of players who could become expendable.

The Jazz are undoubtedly clicking very well so far this season so another thing they’ll have to consider is being careful not to disrupt chemistry, then there’s a couple of guys who for all realistic intents and purposes are flat-out untouchable such as Rudy Gobert who is having a monster season and recently signed an extension with the team.

However, the number of “untouchables” is pretty small in my opinion. If Utah is truly in win-now mode and serious about becoming a contender, then the right offer could very well tempt them. With that being said, the following is my list of the guys Utah should be most willing to move if the right opportunity presents itself.