Pushed to the exit in Utah, Bojan Bogdanovic appeals to many teams. According to the latest information, four franchises are ready to move their pawns for the Croatian winger.
Rudy Gobert sent to Minnesota and Donovan Mitchell left for the Cavs, Utah did not hide his intentions during the summer. Unable to turn a corner in the Playoffs, the Jazz decided it was time to start from scratch in order to rebuild on a sound basis. Exit therefore the two leaders of the team and make way for the young people. Some are already there (Collin Sexton, Talen Horton-Tucker, Ochai Agbaji, Walker Kessler), others will arrive via the next Drafts thanks to the many picks recovered by Danny Ainge this summer. A jackpot that could increase further since the boss of Salt Lake City still has to deal with the case of veterans still present in the workforce. These were valuable contributions to target the Playoffs but they now denote with the youth plan put in place by the franchise. We are of course talking about Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson but also Bojan Bogdanovic. The Croatian winger, currently at EuroBasket (well not for long since his team was released yesterday by the Finnish KD), is entering his last year of contract and his profile has everything to please contenders. According to John Gambadoro Arizona Sportsthe Lakers, Knicks, Mavs and Suns would be interested in his services.
Phoenix being good does work against them in competing for players as their 1st-round pick(s) are not expected to be as good as others. In the case of Bojan Bogdanovic, the Suns, Lakers, Mavs & Knicks all have interest with draft picks & expiring contracts the key to a deal.
— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) September 8, 2022
Seeing people massing in the barracks of “Bodga” is not a big surprise because his file is interesting in many respects. He was shooting at 18 points but also 4 rebounds on average last year, with 46% shooting and just under 39% from afar. Good scorer, able to live without the ball in hand, very practical for providing spacing, rarely subscribed to the infirmary (only 25 games missed in eight seasons!) and whose contract does not pose any long-term financial risks . The Lakers in particular do not want to endanger their envelope for the Free Agency 2023 (hello Kyrie), and to make the Jazz give in, it will therefore be necessary to put the arguments and we imagine that the franchise will be easily consoled if the teams concerned let go of the pick , young people with potentially ending contracts to match salaries. Still according to Gambadoro, the Phoenix track also seems the least reliable since the good results of the Cactus decrease the value of the picks of the franchise (often at the very end of the first round). It’s up to James Jones to be convincing to offer a little reinforcement to Devin Booker and Chris Paul.
Bojan Bogdanovic is on sale in Utah and several teams are ready to shop on the Salt Lake City side. To see now which portfolio will convince Danny Ainge.
Source texte : John Gambadoro / Arizona Sports