I AM LEAVING:Taylor Hendricks have just announced his departure of leaving the team today..
When you start to play around with different lineups that the Utah Jazz have at their disposal, it quickly becomes pretty apparent who the most valuable/impactful players on the roster are going into the 2023-24 season. In particular, it becomes apparent that Utah has a pretty clear number one and number two. From there, it can actually be a real challenge to figure out a solid pecking order. The Jazz have a talented roster, but the hope is that as players understand their place and role on the team, the overall chemistry on the team will benefit.
The Jazz have one established star in Lauri Markannen. From there, the roster is an intriguing mix of young talent looking to prove themselves and established veterans looking to maintain their rotation minutes. It will be extremely interesting to see how Will Hardy’s rotations play out, because some players are going to be left out in the cold. Their are currently 18 players on the roster, and he can’t play them all.
To give us a starting point, here’s an early power ranking of Jazz players!
The most impressive thing to his numbers from last season might just be the efficiency in getting his nearly 26 points. He became the first player in NBA history to make 200 or more threes while also dunking the ball over 100 times. Analytically, two of the most valuable abilities in basketball is three-point shooting and dunking, and the Jazz have the rare player who is elite at both. Now that he has broken out, expect many more All-Star seasons to follow.
No real surprise here, but the Utah Jazz season will only go as far as Lauri Markannen can take them. Coming off a monster season where he exploded for a career high 25.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, the biggest question for Markkanen might simply be, is it possible for him to top that?
