The J-Notes
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The Utah Jazz were simply trying to get rid of players who had no future with the team when they made this deal. By doing so, they inadvertently played a part in ruining a contender's title chances for good.
Matt John|
Keyonte George has been awesome for the Utah Jazz this season. So much so that his impressive ascent should stop the Jazz from doing something stupid.
Matt John|
The Utah Jazz blew it up three years ago, trading away Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. While their respective teams weren't wrong about acquiring them, they have unfortunately put themselves in the same situation Utah was in.
Matt John|
New intel has emerged re-confirming that the Utah Jazz don't plan to trade Lauri Markkanen. However, that intel confirmed something else about their plans with the star.
Matt John|
The Utah Jazz got embarrassed on their home floor against the Houston Rockets. The Rockets beating the Jazz isn't exactly a surprise, but Keyonte George's abysmal performance was. However, him playing that badly shows why the Jazz must keep him.
Matt John|
It truly feels like Lauri Markkanen isn't going anywhere this season. However, if the Utah Jazz entertain trading him this offseason, this star could be a satisfactory return for them in a Markkanen trade.
Matt John|
Keyonte George has already been off to an excellent start to the season for the Utah Jazz. Lately, he has shown that he may have improved in one particular area which would make him the team's next star.
Matt John|
The Utah Jazz will only trade Lauri Markkanen in one particular scenario. This one young stud would fit in said scenario, but the problem is, his team has made it clear he's not available.
Matt John|
There has been no intel rebutting the Utah Jazz's plans to keep Lauri Markkanen. On top of that, some recent intel indicates that even if they want to trade him, it wouldn't be that easy and not just from a basketball standpoint.
Matt John|
It's been revealed that Jusuf Nurkic would have a market if the Utah Jazz make him available. Multiple teams are desperate for a backup big man, but those teams don't have the best packages to offer for the Bosnian Beast.
Matt John|
The Utah Jazz don't want to trade Lauri Markkanen unless the offer on the table is too good for them to pass up. One team makes sense for they assets they own, but it's still hard to see how the two sides would strike up a deal.
Matt John|
Brice Sensabaugh has not lived up to expectation for the Utah Jazz. While he may not be the team's best player, his performances have shown that he does impact how the team does whether he's hitting his shots or not.
Matt John|
Plenty of attention has been put on Lauri Markkanen's ascent as a scorer for the Utah Jazz. Because of how dominant he has been in that department, it's overshadowed another development he's made this season.
Matt John|
The Utah Jazz got flamed for this particular move during the offseason. However, following the latest intel from Jake Fischer, this may not have been as bad
Matt John|
Ace Bailey has been so good that it's made everyone quickly forget how much doubt there was about him early on when he didn't exactly show out. Now that he has, an apology is definitely in order.
Matt John|
Cody Williams has somehow shown even less with the Utah Jazz this season compared to less. Because of that, it's time for the Jazz to confront the elephant in the room.
Matt John|
If Derik Queen's leap makes the New Orleans Pelicans willing to trade Zion Williamson, the Utah Jazz should consider a move.
Jack Simone|
Lauri Markkanen has played at a historic pace this season for the Utah Jazz. in so doing, he has also made Draymond Green look foolish for not joining forces when the two had the chance.
Matt John|
16 games into the season, the Utah Jazz oddly have to feel pretty good about their 5-11 start, as ironic as that sounds. However, there has been one pretty unfortunate development.
Matt John|
The Utah Jazz are 5-11, which isn't exactly encouraging when one thinks about how last season went for them. However, The Ringer's Michael Pina explained why things are different this time around.
Matt John|
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