Restricted free agency has not been quite to many young players in recent years. After entering this past season as a guy who many thought could garner $10 million or more per year from the Jazz or elsewhere and then struggling with the Jazz before being traded to the Cavaliers and struggling to find a [...]
September 10, 2018
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The Sacramento Kings are not done handing out offer sheets to restricted free agents…apparently. After slinging four years and $78 million to Zach LaVine, only to see the Chicago Bulls match said overture, the Kings are now shifting their attentions to Rodney Hood and Marcus Smart. Here is NBC Sports Boston’s A. Sherrod Blakely on [...]
July 10, 2018
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Rodney Hood did not play during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 4 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. But he apparently could have—in garbage time, at least. He just didn’t want to. From The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd: When the Cavs called a timeout with a 30-point lead and 7:38 left Monday, Lue tried inserting [...]
Rodney Hood is drawing no shortage of interest on the trade market. With the Utah Jazz seemingly not-so-thrilled about footing the bill for his next contract, the 25-year-old continues to be one of the most talked-about names on the NBA’s chopping block. Leading into Thursday’s deadline, no fewer than five teams are trying to land [...]
February 6, 2018
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Trading for Blake Griffin may not be enough for the Detroit Pistons. On the heels of striking a deal for the five-time All-Star, as first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Motor City’s finest may now be chasing a trade for restricted-free-agent-to-be Rodney Hood, according to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor: The Pistons might not be [...]
January 30, 2018
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YOU GUYS: The Utah Jazz might be getting—pauses for effect—healthy(!!!!!!). No team except for the Los Angeles Clippers have been more adversely impacted by injuries. And where the Clippers’ issues can be isolated to freak, albeit protracted, absences from Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, the Jazz have suffered losses at pretty much every position since [...]
February 23, 2017
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The Utah Jazz just can’t stay healthy. Now that George Hill is back in the everyday lineup, it’s Rodney Hood’s turn to miss some time. He left the Jazz’s Saturday night victory over the Orlando Magic with what the team called a hyperextended right knee, but it looked much worse: [tweet https://twitter.com/ACLrecoveryCLUB/status/820658584895647745] Hood underwent an [...]
January 16, 2017
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