Five Available Free Agents the Utah Jazz Should Consider

As the Utah Jazz look to patch up their weaknesses and bolster their roster for a playoff run, they should be open to keeping an eye on these five free agents.

Until recently, the Utah Jazz have faced struggles all season long with their backup point guard and power forward positions. However, against the Charlotte Hornets, Joe Johnson who was inserted at the four played tremendously and on Monday against the Atlanta Hawks, Derrick Favors was phenomenal, posting his best game of the season.

Dante Exum, who many expected to be the full time backup point guard but has struggled up to this point, finally had an impactful game in Saturday’s bout against Charlotte as well.

So hopefully the Jazz’s woes will resolve themselves sooner rather than later as those two guys in particular – Derrick Favors and Dante Exum – step it up and take their game to the next level.

Yet given that their bad has heavily outweighed the good for the most part this season and that a lot remains to be seen whether or not Utah’s issues in those aforementioned areas can be patched up with their current roster, it wouldn’t hurt for the Jazz to keep their eyes peeled among the free agent market for guys who could potentially be a fit to add some depth and/or experience.

Both Shelvin Mack and Raul Neto have apparently worked themselves out of the rotation and given that the Jazz have four point guards at the moment, it would seem quite logical that one of them could be cut to add the required space if the situation so called for it, especially if it were in a move that would make Utah even better.

So while perhaps the Jazz organization may deem it unnecessary to add any current free agents and will feel confident that Exum and Favors’ improvements will be enough to patch their holes, I still think they should be open to considering the following players and look into adding one of them if the right opportunity presents itself.