Utah Jazz: Breaking down the risks/rewards of potential trade targets
By Ryan Aston
Evan Fournier
Best Case: Every year he’s been in the league, Evan Fournier has increased his scoring. He’s also done so efficiently (his 1.28 points per shot is a top 20 mark among the league’s twos and threes). Fournier comes to Utah and the trend continues. He’s an 18-20 point scorer, a consistent performer and occasionally guards somebody too.
Put simply, he’s the player we’d hoped Rodney Hood would become. His 3-point shooting and playmaking ability helps open things up down low for fellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert in a big, bad way. As a result, the Jazz offense reaches another level when he’s on the floor.
Worst Case: The progress halts and the Jazz have Hood 2.0 on their hands; a really solid hand, but not a player that moves the needle a ton on his own. His contract, which still has three years and $51 million left after this season, limits the team from really making a big splash in free agency.
After all is said and done, the Jazz are forced to settle for good or just OK when they could have done something special.
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