Might Ersan Ilyasova’s weekend performance vs. Lakers spark a bigger role with the Utah Jazz down the stretch?
With teammates praising his floor-spacing and try-hard post defense, it’s possible the Turkish big man might be called upon to give another break to Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors as the season winds down.
(Photo courtesy of Utah Jazz) Forward Ersan Ilyasova goes through his first practice with the Utah Jazz on March 11, 2021.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.