NBA Offseason 2020: 5 potential landing spots for Chris Paul

5. Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz have reached their playoff ceiling, and other than Donovan Mitchell, they don’t really have any enticing young players to look forward to down the road (no offense, Georges Niang). But if they want to improve a playoff team and extend the window of this Mitchell- and Rudy Gobert-led crew, upgrading from Mike Conley to Chris Paul is one of the few realistic ways to do so.

That price will be too high if the front office wants to start retooling for the future around Mitchell. It’d cost them the 20th overall pick in this year’s draft and a future first-rounder, which is tough to peg when it’d be, exactly, since Utah owes the Memphis Grizzlies its 2021 first-rounder if it falls in the 8-14 range. If it doesn’t, it turns into a 2022 first-rounder that conveys if it falls in the 7-30 range, and if it still hasn’t conveyed by then, it’s a 2023 first-rounder in the 4-30 range.

In any case, based on the returns OKC got in the Russell Westbrook and Paul George trades, they’d be fine with being patient for yet another future first-rounder to roll in. Adding a top-20 pick in this year’s draft — plus Mike Conley’s $34.5 million expiring contract — is quite an attractive package, even if Utah has zero young players to offer.