NBA Trade Rumors: 3 players the Utah Jazz are targeting ahead of the trade deadline

#1 Otto Porter Jr.

There is no questioning that Porter Jr. is the type of player who would immediately boost the Jazz's playoff prospects

The Washington Wizards are enduring another underwhelming season and the team faces an uphill battle to make the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Due to this, a number of the Wizards roster has been linked with a move ahead of the trade deadline, and The Athletic last week reported that the Jazz were interested in bringing Porter Jr to Utah:

Depending on how the next week to two weeks shape up, the Wizards could look more aggressively toward moving Otto Porter. The Utah Jazz have been an interested suitor for Porter, league sources said.

Porter Jr. has this season averaged 12.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game and the 25-year-old is contracted to the Wizards until 2021.

There is no questioning that Porter Jr. is the type of player who would immediately boost the Jazz's playoff prospects, although Utah must also be willing to take on his huge contract that is worth $55 million over the next two seasons.