After Utah Jazz CEO Danny Ainge spoke last week on the possibility of being buyers this summer, the rumors of an offseason upgrade to the current roster are starting to trickle in.
The latest comes from NBA writer Dan Favale of The Bleacher Report, who floated the idea of the Jazz trading for Minnesota Timberwolves PF Jaden McDaniels, with current starting shooting guard Collin Sexton being a part of the exchange.
“The Utah Jazz need an abundance of help on defense for the upcoming season.
That’s not in dispute,” Favale wrote.
“The Jazz’ were the worst defensive team in the league, a notion that only really took hold in the second half of the season after the club traded away key defenders Kelly Olynyk, Ochai Agbaji, and Simone Fontecchio.
Without those three players and the rookies getting more minutes, the team lost its edge on defense and quickly fell apart.”
Adding McDaniels to the current starting five would certainly make Utah’s starting lineup much more balanced.
The Jazz starting backcourt of Sexton and Keynonte George doesn’t offer much resistance on the defensive end.
Even though they don’t play the same position, trading an offensive spark plug like Sexton for McDaniels certainly would make Utah a more formidable defensive unit.
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