Which Players Could the Utah Jazz Most Afford to Trade?

Rodney Hood

Unpopular opinion alert: Despite how good Rodney Hood can be at times and regardless of the fact that when he’s firing on all cylinders, the Jazz offense is notably better, I’m of the opinion that he is somewhat expendable for the Jazz. Part of that is because of the key words I mentioned earlier – “when” and “at times”.

Sure, every player goes through slumps and inconsistency is to be expected, but Hood is extremely inconsistent. When the average Jazz fan thinks of Rodney, they think of a knock-down shooter, but his mediocre shooting numbers of 41.8 percent from the field and 35.8 percent from deep would say otherwise.

Hood has had some incredible moments, is definitely a starting shooting guard talent in the league and still has room to grow before he’s hit his ceiling, so unlike some of the other players I’ve mentioned on this list, he really does have the potential to bring in some value if the Jazz decided to get bold and move him.

That move could be to strengthen an area of weakness such as perhaps the power forward spot or back-up point guard spot or perhaps just to bring in a straight-up replacement at the starting shooting guard position. I don’t know quite who that would be at the moment with trade rumors relatively quiet at the moment, but if anyone could find a sneaky-good swap to improve the Jazz, there’s no one I’d trust more than Dennis Lindsey.

In fact, Dennis Lindsey could tell me that the sky was purple and the world was flat and I’d probably trust him, but that’s besides the point.

All I’m saying is that while Hood has been good for this Jazz team, if there’s an opportunity to make them great by bringing in someone who’s a bit more reliable, perhaps more experienced and a bit more disciplined in terms of shot selection all without disrupting chemistry, then Utah can’t be afraid to move a piece of this Jazz team that is often mistakenly perceived as vital.