Besides Hood, teams are also showing trade interest in Jazz shooting guard Alec Burks, league sources tell The Tribune. The problem is, teams are hesitant to take on his contract, which pays him through the end of next season.
More on Alec Burks Trade?
NBA players are usually adept in tuning out rumors. They know it comes with the territory. There’s a business side to playing in the league and they know it. Social media? Outside chatter? It usually doesn’t bother them. For the Jazz, it has been a little more difficult. With the NBA’s trade deadline three weeks away, Utah’s roster could change — perhaps dramatically — in the near future. Derrick Favors knows he may be traded soon. Alec Burks, Joe Johnson, and even Rodney Hood, have all been identified as possible trade pieces in recent reports. The uncertainty, the injuries, the losing have taken a toll. The Jazz locker room has not been an especially happy place in recent weeks, and some of that unhappiness has seeped onto the floor. Simply, it’s tough to have multiple players on a team mentioned in trade talk and not have a residual effect.
Andy Larsen: Looks like all of the rumored players are at practice today: Favors, Mack, Burks, etc. Hood is here too, after not playing before the break.
Adam Buys: Trade possibility on ESPN: Jrue/Cole from Pelicans, Burke/Burks/2nd rd pick from Jazz. Jrue could play w/ Exum. - Tony Jones: Alec Burks isn't on the block, from what I can tell.
