SLC Dunk - 2018 NBA Trade Rumor: Many believe Utah could move Rodney Hood

[Mychal Lowman]

Rodney Hood could find himself with a new team by the trade deadline

Right before tonight’s New York Knicks and Utah Jazz ESPN game, Marc Stein has to spoil all the fun and drop a trade rumor. Marc Stein of the New York Times is reporting that many league sources around the league believe that the Utah Jazz could be moving Rodney Hood before the trade deadline.

There is a growing belief in league personnel circles that Utah could move swingman Rodney Hood before the Feb. 8 trade deadline ... with multiple teams expressing interest

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 20, 2018​

This has been a bit of a known secret as the Utah Jazz have a rising star with Donovan Mitchell and are looking toward the 2018 offseason trying to figure where a Rodney Hood extension fits in with their salary cap space and future plans. It appears that Utah is very active this deadline and is ready to make up for a disappointing summer offseason in which they lost both George Hill and Boris Diaw Gordon Hayward.

In the meantime ... at least we’ll have this.

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