The Utah Jazz are a team at an inflection point. They haven’t been good since the trades of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, but before that this team was a fixture in the postseason race. This offseason for Utah was one that could’ve seen them make massive strides as a team. No one had better odds to win the NBA’s Draft Lottery. The team has several interesting young players who they could move, including Eurobasket star Lauri Markkannen. Instead, the Jazz fell all the way to 5th in the lottery, where they took a potentially disgruntled Ace Bailey. However, the pickup of Walter Clayton is one that I do like quite a bit.

The Northwest Division is occupied by three title contenders, a borderline play-in team, and the Utah Jazz, who were in that top tier not too long ago. But an antsy fron

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