Utah Jazz fans know all about NBA conspiracy theories. From "MJ pushed off" to Karl Malone sandbagging Utah in the franchise's most important game to the Jazz's infamously bad lottery history, the fans have some justified skepticism about the system. Here's another newer (and lesser) theory: the Jazz traded Collin Sexton for Jusuf Nurkic because they knew Walker Kessler was at risk of bowing out early.
As everyone knows, Utah was tenaciously lambasted for making that trade when it was announced. Many wondered why the Jazz would make that trade when Sexton was considered the better player just entering his prime, while Nurkic was considered the lesser player, very much falling out of his prime.