Utah Jazz: Complete 2017 offseason grades
By Adam Coffman
Overall
Judging on a case-by-case basis, the Jazz’s summer looks to have gone pretty well, with role players signed to team friendly deals and no egregiously bad contracts or decisions. However, the team as a whole will be unquestionably worse next season than the 51-win total they put up last year.
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There are essentially two parts to looking back on the macro of Utah’s summer – for some time, their moves were meant to appease Hayward and prepare for a future without him.
With the Rubio trade and Ingles signing, it certainly looks like they accomplished this.
After July 4, their focus then became to recover as much value as they could from the market with the limited options still available.
The Jazz did just about all they could to convince Hayward to stay, but even when that wasn’t enough, their fallback deserves praise.
Losing such a big piece and chunk of production is a huge blow to small-market team like the Jazz, and coming out of the fray with no major issues to speak of is no small feat.
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Eliminating the issues that were out of the front office’s control shows the ingenious nature of Utah’s summer process. Commending them for a job well done feels strange when their record will suffer, but that’s the grade they deserve.
Final Grade: A-