Danny Ainge’s ‘big-game hunting’ comments signal major Jazz trade plans
The Utah Jazz have not been quite the same since Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell left. There have been flashes of possible glory with the rise of guys like Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson, and Keyonte George. But, having a play-in tournament ceiling is not quite what most teams in the league are gunning for. This squad obviously wants to compete and Danny Ainge wants exactly that to happen starting in the looming NBA offseason.
The Jazz have not quite captured the Larry O’Brien trophy. They have fielded some really strong one-two punches to make it deep into the postseason like Karl Malone’s partnership with John Stockton, Deron Williams making it work with Andrei Kirilenko, and the aforementioned Gobert-Mitchell duo. But, the same cannot be said in the past two seasons. Danny Ainge outlined how they plan to execute on this idea, via Marc Stein.
“We’re ready to go big-game hunting and that hasn’t happened in the last two years. Our mindset is that we’re doing only what we can to try to win… That’s our only objective until we get to July,” the Jazz’s Chief Executive Officer said about their plans.
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