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A wild start to the NBA's free agency period has skipped over the Wasatch Front. The Raptors handed out big money to small forward DeMarre Carroll. Big man Greg Monroe spurned the Lakers and the Knicks to sign a max deal in Milwaukee. And the Phoenix Suns are clearing cap space to get in the LaMarcus Aldridge sweepstakes.

Meanwhile, all is quiet in Salt Lake City.

And that's apparently intentional in some cases.

"We've tactically decided to stay out of the free agent wing market in a big way, if you will, for a couple reasons," Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey told 1280 The Zone on Thursday, citing "Gordon's improved level as a primary player", "Alec Burks' return back to health", "Rodney Hood's ability to just make plays off the dribble" and "Elijah Millsap's unique defensive ability."

So while some higher tier wing players, such as Carroll and San Antonio's Danny Green, were getting deals done, the Jazz apparently intentional stayed out of that mix at that position.

Lindsey hinted early on that this might be the case, effectively saying that the return of the injured Alec Burks would be the team's biggest new acquisition of the summer. Fearful of damaging the Jazz's chemistry with an arbitrary acquisition (see the 2014-15 Phoenix Suns), and wanting to give the team's young core a chance to continue developing, the Utah front office has proceeded with caution since free agency's opening bell late Tuesday night.

The Jazz are still in talks with restricted free agent Joe Ingles, as well as international prospects Tibor Pleiss and Raul Neto. Utah is, of course, still making and fielding calls, and has the cap space to potentially get involved in another team's cap-clearing deal a la the ones Sacramento and Phoenix pulled off this week. Still, it seems more and more likely that this really will be a quiet summer for the Jazz.

"There are free agents available that we want to continue to look at at various price points," Lindsey said. "But again, to state the obvious somewhat, we really are excited about this group and even more so than the excitement, we're eager to learn more about them going into next year."

— Aaron Falk