Updated: January 24, 2005, 12:47 PM ET
Admitting defeat by trading Arroyo?
The Bad
Jazz: A week into the season, it looked like the ghosts of Stockton and Malone had been quickly exorcised in Utah.
With the addition of Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and rookies Kirk Snyder and Kris Humphries to an already solid core of Andrei Kirilenko, Matt Harpring and Carlos Arroyo, the Jazz looked like they could do anything under the guidance of Jerry Sloan.
Three months later, the Jazz are essentially chalking this season up as a rebuilding year. GM Kevin O'Connor's decision to trade Arroyo for a late first-round pick and some cap flexibility next summer (see Insider's Friday conversation with Arroyo for the scoop) shocked just about everyone around the league.
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