With training camp only weeks away, the Utah Jazz still have 16 players on their roster. With Kevin Love's departure feeling inevitable, it seems odd that the Jazz have not resolved that situation. However, a certain date is coming that will likely change things: Love's trade restriction.
For context, Love was traded to the Jazz on July 7. When players are traded to their new teams, they can still be traded again immediately, but only by themselves. That restriction only lasts for two months, and when it does, that player can then be combined with player(s) to make a trade.
On September 7, two days from now, Love will be eligible to be traded with anyone else on the Jazz's roster, which may explain why he's still on the team even if it's pretty clear Utah has no use for him. The Jazz are also free to trade other players. Among other players whose contract situation remains ambiguous is KJ Martin, whose contract remains non-guaranteed.
There is also Kyle Anderson, who Utah has no long-term use for, and, like Love, would be better off on a team trying to win. Also, like Love, Anderson has the same trade restriction and can be traded with anyone else on Utah's roster on September 7.
The difference between the two is that Love has pretty much no trade value outside of his expiring contract, while Anderson is still a solid player who could actually fetch some value back if the Jazz wanted to trade him. Utah could either package Love and Martin to a team that wants to save money or package Love and Anderson to a team trying to make some noise in the playoff run.
The Jazz wouldn't trade for player who will interfere with their cap flexibility
There's a case to be made that the Jazz could trade Love along with one (or both) of Anderson or Martin to a team to get an asset for a lesser player(s) on a worse contract, as long as they get a draft asset(s) out of it. That wouldn't sound too complicated now, would it?
However, the Jazz made it clear that even with their rebuild and with only one long-term max contract on the roster, they justifiably want to maintain their cap flexibility. If they wanted to act out a scenario like that, they could have easily done so with Collin Sexton and Jordan Clarkson, but they didn't, signaling they weren't interested in making such a deal.
Even when September 7 rolls around, Utah is free to take its time with Love or any of its other young players. However, if getting rid of Love and/or Anderson and/or Martin is in fact, the plan, it makes sense that they would not only wait until they can trade all of them together, but also do so as quickly as possible.