What kind of trade value does Bojan Bogdanovic have?
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Does the 33 year old sharpshooter have strong value on the trade market? After multiple short, action-packed, and unorthodox off-seasons, we’ve returned to a tradition (and highly uneventful) August month in the annual NBA cycle. Bottlenecked by potential blockbuster trades involving stars Donovan Mitchell and Kevin Durant, the NBA trade market finds itself in a serious drought. Yet as we near the start of training camp in late September, it's an inevitability that pressures to acquire more talent will fall on teams across the league (looking at you, New York Knicks). Until then, we can only speculate on what kind of deals may happen before the first tip-off of the 2022-23 season.
So speculate we will! The Utah Jazz will likely commence on their first rebuild since the 2013-14 season, and are poised to sit as one of the largest sellers in the NBA market. Outside of Donovan Mitchell, the bulk of Utah’s tradable assets fall on the wrong Collapse
Utah Jazz sign Paris Bass to a one-year deal
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The Jazz are filling out next year’s roster with players from unusual places According to Chris Haynes, the Utah Jazz have signed Paris Haynes of the South Bay Lakers to a one-year deal. The terms of the deal haven’t been revealed.
Free agent forward Paris Bass has reached an agreement on a one-year deal with the Utah Jazz, his agent Daniel Hazan of @hazansportsmgmt tells @YahooSports.— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 7, 2022
Bass has played multiple years overseas and most recently signed with the South Bay Lakers last season. For the South Bay Lakers Bass played 27.2 MPG and scored 17.3 PPG while shooting 44% from the field and 31% from three with 1.6 assists. He also grabbed 7 RPG with 1.4 steals.
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Utah Jazz announce preseason schedule for 2022-23
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Utah Jazz basketball is coming back soon! The Utah Jazz announced their preseason schedule today and it will start off in Edmonton, Alberta as part of the NBA Canada Series against the Toronto Raptors.
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Utah Jazz 2022-23 Preseason Schedule
Count me in as an ignorant American, but Alberta is on the western side of Canada and should be a fun venue to start off the preseason.
“We’re excited to be featured in the preseason NBA Canada Series,” said Jazz General Manager Justin Zanik. “It is a unique opportunity for our organization to engage with the league’s Canadian fans in Edmonton. Our players and staff are looking forward to it.”
The Jazz then go to Portland which makes sense with its relative proximity to Alberta. Then the Jazz will see nearly a week off before they return home to face the Spurs and the Mavericks.
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2022 Utah Jazz Roster: List of players going to training camp
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The Utah Jazz roster is still molding and this will update as changes happen The Utah Jazz roster is in complete flux after the Rudy Gobert trade that sent shockwaves throughout the NBA. You can bet that there will be more moves and as those moves happen, we’ll update this for future reference.
As it stands, Donovan Mitchell is still on this roster and, if training camp started today, he would be there. With all the rumored Donovan Mitchell trade talk happening, it feels more like we’re waiting to see when the trade happens rather than if. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned in Danny Ainge’s short time in Utah, he’s got the patience necessary to make the trade happen that he wants. It’s very possible we see Donovan Mitchell in a black and yellow Jazz jersey next season.
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Does tanking actually work in the modern NBA?
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The Jazz have gone head-long into a rebuild. Will it work? Danny Ainge, Justin Zanik, and the rest of the Utah Jazz front office have determined that it is time to start over. After trading Rudy Gobert for a package including a sizable amount of draft picks, the Jazz seem intentioned to do the same with Donovan Mitchell. They’ll likely follow that path with all of the veteran players they can.
Jazz CEO Danny Ainge and GM Justin Zanik agreed with Rudy Gobert's opinion that Utah's win-now window had closed. Zanik: "We fell short, so we need to recalibrate and try to go and open up the next window and hopefully it’s a long one. We’ve got work to do to start that."— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 9, 2022
So does this mean that Utah is tanking?
Yes. It probably does. Danny Ainge is intentionally clearing Utah’s roster of talented players that fit a team trying to win now and replacing them with young players and draft picks. Collapse
Utah Jazz take on Denver Nuggets in final game of summer league
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It’s a been in interesting summer league with the Jazz getting better looks at their young, developing talent In their final summer league game, the Utah Jazz will take on the Denver Nuggets. Utah will come into this game having rested most of their important prospects last game . The Jazz will likely not be too interested in the outcome of this one, but may be interested in the Knicks game, which has Utah’s future players is the championship game of summer league.
Having signed Johnny Juzang recently, and now Simone Fontechio, the Jazz are closing in on a final roster. But more signings probably depends on what happens with Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley. A game like this today is a final chance for players looking to make the Jazz roster can make an impression on the team.
Game Info
When: 6:00 PM MT
Where: Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, NV
TV: NBA TV
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Utah Jazz sign Johnny Juzang to a two-way contract
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Johnny Juzang has a chance to be a rotation player in the NBA with his combination of talent and skill The Utah Jazz signed Johnny Juzang to a two-way contract, details of the contract were not released.
Juzang picked up by the team on draft night and has shown promise in his short time with the team. Juzang has a nice stroke and has shown it off in summer league with a nice shooting stroke and an ability to do a variety of things while he's on the floor. We’ll see how he develops now that he has the two-way contract, there’s a lot of reasons to like his potential.
Being 6’7” right off the bat makes Juzang a solid prospect. It’s interesting that Juzang went undrafted in the recent draft, because he was slated to be drafted the year before but decided to go back to college after seeing where he’d be drafted. He returned to UCLA where he helped lead the Bruins to the sweet 16. In college, Juzang showed an ability to score in a myriad of Collapse
The Utah Jazz and New York Knicks have begun trade negotiations for Donovan Mitchell
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Trade talks are happening between the Utah Jazz and the New York Knicks According to Tony Jones and Shams Charania, the Utah Jazz have begun trade talks with the New York Knicks for Donovan Mitchell.
The Jazz and Knicks have started talks in a deal that would bring Donovan Mitchell to New York, League Sources tell myself and @ShamsCharania - https://t.co/pT8m93pR5F— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) July 14, 2022
According to Tony Jones, the Jazz have had discussions with multiple teams (likely spurred by the recent Woj tweet about the Jazz being open for business with Mitchell.)
After previously shutting down inquiries on moving All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, rival teams say the Utah Jazz are showing a willingness to listen on possible trade scenarios, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 12, 2022
From Jones’ article he writes:
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Game Thread: Utah Jazz take on Toronto Raptors in Las Vegas Summer League
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It’s time for the Jazz to take on a quality young team In another summer league showdown in Las Vegas, the Utah Jazz will have their hands full against a talented young roster in the Toronto Raptors. In this game, the Utah Jazz will have everyone available so they should be able to give time to the players they want to.
Utah Jazz have nothing on their injury report for their upcoming LVSL game vs. the Raptors.— Eric Walden (@tribjazz) July 13, 2022
The last game was a mixed bag for Jared Butler who played with great control and pace (10 assists) but didn’t shoot it well. If he plays tonight, it would be great to see him figure out how to improve those shooting numbers while also having a high impact on the game.
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When: 5:00 PM MT
Where: Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, NV
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Schedule for Utah Jazz 2022-23 season released
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For the first time in a long while, the Jazz will enter the season without Rudy Gobert The Utah Jazz released the schedule for the 2022-23 season today. You can download the pdf here: 2022-23 Utah Jazz Schedule - List.pdf
This puts us one step closer to the regular season after the massive Rudy Gobert trade and all the rumors surrounding Donovan Mitchell. It’s making for one of the most unpredictable starts to the season in years. Considering how often the Jazz have done the annual “run it back” plan, it’s at the very least interesting to have some question marks as the season begins.
Important Dates/Notes
Opening Night
The regular season begins on Wednesday, October 19th, against the Denver Nuggets. Having a change from Rudy Gobert to Walker Kessler guarding the reigning MVP, Nikola Jokic, is going to be quite the difference this year.
National Games
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All the latest Utah Jazz trade rumors
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Are the Utah Jazz going to facilitate a trade with the Lakers and Russell Westbrook? If there’s one thing we’ve likely not see the last of, it’s trade rumors involving Donovan Mitchell. There’s been multiple rumors flying around and the most recent one’s have been coming from Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype who talked with Utah Jazz beat writer, Tony Jones recently. Jones was on the Hoops Hype podcast with Scotto and they went over the different rumors involving the Jazz and the New York Knicks.
Here’s what Jones had this to say about the most recent trade talks.
I don’t think the two sides are close. I don’t think they have been close. We’ll see what happens as the urgency of training camp looms. The Jazz want what they want, which is picks out of this deal, and they want young guys on short or rookie contracts. By definition, that means Toppin, Grimes and Quickley. They’re good young players, and the Knicks want to protect those guys. The Collapse
Utah Jazz promote Bryan Bailey to “front of the bench” and hire Sean Sheldon as an assistant coach
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The Utah Jazz continue to refine their coaching staff The Utah Jazz have promoted Bryan Bailey to lead assistant along with Alex Jensen and Lamar Skeeter.
Clarification on Bryan Bailey. He is being promoted to the front of the bench, along with Alex Jensen and Lamar Skeeter. The Jazz are also hiring Sean Sheldon to their staff, who had been with the San Antonio Spurs..Bailey, Jensen and Skeeter were all with Quin Snyder— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) August 1, 2022
Bailey had been on the coaching staff with Quin Snyder the last 3 years and was an assistant on the Salt Lake City Stars for 2 years before that. Bailey has also had coaching reps during Summer League, along with helping the team with player development. It’s also nice to see that Alex Jensen and Lamar Skeeter will stay with the team. Not only is it a good sign that the Jazz still have a good core of coaching, but it’s also nice to see that a lot of assistants have to be Collapse
NBA Trade Rumor: Utah Jazz interested in Russell Westbrook?
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NBA free agency just gets more and more interesting for the Utah Jazz now that they’re thinking of Westbrook According to Shams Charania, the Utah Jazz have discussed deals with the Los Angeles Lakers involving Russell Westbrook.
Sources: The Boston Celtics have offered a Jaylen Brown package to the Nets for Kevin Durant, which Brooklyn turned down and countered.Full details on a potential Celtics-Nets mega-deal to be had, latest on Donovan Mitchell and more at the Inside Pass: https://t.co/Gkyfkhg5A1— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 25, 2022
Here is what Charania said:
Utah, New York and Indiana are among the teams that have discussed deals with the Lakers involving Russell Westbrook and draft capital, sources said. There appears no deal imminent in those conversations — as the overall trade market plays out over the next two months of the offseason.
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Narratives dominate Donovan Mitchell trade talks
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As Donovan Mitchell trade discussions evolve as the offseason marches on, public facing narratives are dominate the landscape as both sides aim to establish leverage in negotiations The Donovan Mitchell trade saga continues. What started last week as a report of Utah no longer turning down inquiries on Donovan’s availability turned into reports that the Utah Jazz are in active negotiations with New York as the principal bidder.
Jazz Nation has been on pins and needles since The Athletic’s joint reporting by Shams Charania and Tony Jones last Thursday. So where do things stand?
By all accounts, negotiations are hitting the hard ball phase. Ian Begley of SNY Sports believes that “A deal eventually will get done here, but I’d be surprised if it happens in the coming days.”
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Utah Jazz have signed Simone Fontecchio of Baskonia to a two-year deal
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The Jazz have found a wing in one of the best european prorpects The Utah Jazz haven’t made any significant splashes in free agency until today. The newest member of the Utah Jazz is an intriguing European forward, Simone Fontecchio.
The Utah Jazz have agreed on a two-year, $6.25M deal with Italian forward Simone Fontecchio of Baskonia in the Spanish ACB, his agent Sam Goldfeder of @ExcelBasketball tells ESPN. @DraftExpress considers Fontecchio, 26, the best available international small forward prospect.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 17, 2022
The news was originally reported by Eurodevotion.
BREAKING - Simone Fontecchio is about to sign a two year deal with the @utahjazz as per our spanish sources. #devotion— Eurodevotion (@eurodevotion) July 17, 2022
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Game Thread: Utah Jazz take on the Los Angeles Clippers in Summer League
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The Jazz have an early afternoon game against the Clippers The Utah Jazz will take on the Los Angeles Clippers in their last game before the summer league tournament. The Utah Jazz have a chance to be in the playoffs for the last time in a while in this summer league and it comes as a surprise with the Jazz being a team without any elite picks. Should be fun!
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Where: Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, NV
TV: ESPN 2
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Utah Jazz trade rumors: the latest with Donovan Mitchell
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2022 free agency has been crazy for the Jazz as every trade rumor possible has been out there For a team coming into free agency with no cap space or picks, the Utah Jazz have been the center of the BA news cycle. After the woj bomb just yesterday, the Jazz have likely been receiving calls from teams trying to find a way to pry Donovan Mitchell away from the Jazz.
After previously shutting down inquiries on moving All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, rival teams say the Utah Jazz are showing a willingness to listen on possible trade scenarios, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 12, 2022
Since then, the rumors have been flying. Here’s a collection of the latest rumors.
Is a multi-team trade forming?
On ESPN, Woj reiterated his report that the Jazz were now open to listening to offers and discussed the possibility of a multi-team trade happening.
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Celebrate the #tanknote season with the all new #tanknote tshirt from BreakingT
7/12/2022 - It’s your chance to embrace the Utah Jazz tank with #tanknote With the recent news that the Utah Expand
7/12/2022 - It’s your chance to embrace the Utah Jazz tank with #tanknote With the recent news that the Utah Jazz will be open for offers for Donovan Mitchell, it’s clear that the Utah Jazz should embrace #tanknote. You can too with the new and improved #tanknote T-Shirt! It includes the Jazz’s new purple colors for this season. It’s the rebrand of the rebrand!
With this shirt you can be all-in on the upcoming season of losing games to go after the coveted #1 pick and potential superstar, Victor Wembanyama. Who is Wembanyama, you ask? He’s just the best prospect we’ve seen in years.
In case you missed it a few years ago, here’s Wembanyama playing one on one with Rudy Gobert one on one.
Honestly, the writing has been on the wall for this since the Jazz hired Danny Ainge. He knows what he’s doing in these negotiations and he’s already destroyed the market with a bonkers trade for Rudy Gobert trade. It now appears he’s doing the same thing with Donovan Mitchell and it’s absolutely Collapse
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NBA Trade Rumor: Utah Jazz and New York Knicks re-engaged in trade talks for Donovan Mitchell
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It looks like the vacations are over for the Utah Jazz and New York Knicks According to Tony Jones and Shams Charania, the Utah Jazz and New York Knicks have re-engaged in trade talks centered around Donovan Mitchell.
After several weeks of no conversations, the Knicks and Jazz recently re-engaged in trade talks centered on Donovan Mitchell, sources tell me and @Tjonesonthenba. Story at @TheAthletic: https://t.co/Z4sRvsbCaw— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 16, 2022
According to Jones, the Jazz and Knicks have had conversations in the last week but there are hurdles that remain.
After several weeks of no conversations, the New York Knicks and Utah Jazz recently re-engaged in trade talks centered on Donovan Mitchell, league sources tell The Athletic.
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The top ten games of the Mitchell and Gobert era of the Utah Jazz
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With the Mitchell/Gobert era officially over, it’s time to reflect on the good times. With the trade of Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the most recent era of Utah Jazz basketball has passed. Donovan Mitchell remains a member of the Jazz, but that could change any day. The end of an era is a tough time for fans. It's easy to think about the missed opportunities, of which there were plenty, and wonder what might have been. Rather than do that, I decided to reflect on the good memories, specifically, the best Utah Jazz games of the last five seasons.
When Donovan Mitchell proved himself a star early in his rookie season, things immediately began looking up for Utah. In the five years since that time, the Jazz have the fourth most wins in the NBA. In other words, there are a lot of great games from which to choose. I did my best to narrow it down to the top ten.
Honorable Mentions
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What can Nickeil Alexander-Walker offer for the Utah Jazz next season?
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An in-depth look into Alexander-Walker’s potential with the Utah Jazz With the Utah Jazz in a transitory period from contenders to tankers, there are many questions about the construction of their roster. As we wait for the smoke to clear on any Donovan Mitchell trade, one young player currently on the team poised for a career-defining season is Nickeil Alexander-Walker. At only 23 years-old, Alexander-Walker stood as the headline asset coming to Utah in last season’s Joe Ingles trade. Unfortunately for Alexander-Walker, he never found consistent playing time on dysfunctional Jazz team full of guards. But with Utah’s direction changing next season, opportunities will arise for Alexander-Walker to revitalize his career.
Given that we saw very little of Alexander-Walker last season, we first must take a look into what kind of player he is before we can asses his role in Utah.
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SLC Dunk Podcast: Will Donovan Mitchell get traded to the Knicks?
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Welcome back to the SLC Dunk Podcast! Although we’re all still waiting for the big news to drop, rumors are flying. Will Donovan Mitchell be traded to the New York Knicks? If so, when? James and Calvin discussed the possibilities of that rumored trade and the young prospects involved, including Obi Toppin and Quenton Grimes.
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The Utah Jazz roster is still a massive question mark. There’s no clear starting center. Most of the veterans on the team are in constant trade rumors. Nobody can predict who will be suiting up for Utah when the season begins. That didn’t stop us from trying, though! We go through the roster and predict who will remain when the season begins. Danny Ainge has made it clear that he is prioritizing first-round picks and young prospects in his deals. So when a playoff team comes knocking, asking for Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic, or Mike Conley, one has to assume the Collapse
Utah Jazz finish Las Vegas Summer League with a win over the Denver Nuggets
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A productive summer league has given the Jazz more to think about with their young prospects The Utah Jazz finished Las Vegas Summer League with a win against the Denver Nuggets. It was a solid victory for a Jazz team that has improved throughout summer league. Tonight, we saw the Jazz playing their best summer league players and it was a bit of a microcosm of what happened with each player this summer league. Let’s take a look at what we’ve learned with three of the Jazz’s core summer league players.
Jared Butler
This game was a perfect example of Butler’s summer league. Butler ran the offense well by reading the defense and setting up his teammates with impressive passes. In this game, Butler had 6 assists and was a +14. Like he has all summer league, Butler struggled with his shot shooting 20% from three and 35% from the field. Butler shows flashes of a really nice offensive game, but for whatever reason, he hasn’t been able to Collapse
Utah Jazz hire Jason Terry as Assistant Coach
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Jason Terry is a fantastic addition and provide invaluable experience and leadership to the Jazz’s coaching staff. Jason Terry was almost a part of the Utah Jazz in 2003 when he signed an offer sheet. Sadly, the Hawks would eventually match the offer sheet 14 days later, and it didn’t happen.
Today, almost 20 years later, Jason Terry will join the new Head Coach, Will Hardy, as an assistant coach and be a part of a new era of Jazz basketball.
It’s been a tumultuous summer as Danny Ainge and Justin Zanik have made some bold moves. They’ve already traded Donovan Mitchell’s close friend, Royce O’Neale to the Brooklyn Nets, didn’t match qualifying offers for Mitchell’s best friend Eric Paschall, and didn’t re-sign Trent Forrest, who was also close to Mitchell.
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Donovan Mitchell, the New York Knick??
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With trade negotiations already under way, it seems the inevitable has already begun. If you have dreaded the idea of Donovan Mitchell becoming a New York Knick, I supposed you log out of twitter, turn off the TV, and disconnect from all sorts of online media. It’s coming. Might be today, might be tomorrow, in a month, or even at the trade deadline next February. But it’s coming. The inevitable has already begun.
Just a week ago, news broke that Donovan Mitchell was going to “stand pat” and not request a trade. Like many, I took this news as the possibility of Donovan sticking around in Utah, and least for a little longer. But it seems that was all just a ploy from the Jazz front office to drive up Donovan’s trade value, making it seem as if to trade for him was going to cost A LOT. And hell, it might have actually worked.
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Utah Jazz pick up their first Las Vegas Summer League loss vs Toronto Raptors
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Despite a solid comeback effort, the Utah Jazz take their first loss of the Las Vegas Summer League Despite a solid comeback effort, the Utah Jazz lose 80-74 against the Toronto Raptors, picking up their first loss of the Las Vegas Summer League.
For the Toronto Raptors, the 17th pick from the 2017 NBA Draft, D.J. Wilson, played a fantastic all-around game. As to be expected with a player who has nearly half a decade of NBA experience, he finished the night with 22 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal on nearly 60% shooting from the field. Along side him, guard Jeff Dowtin scored 19 points while forward Ron Harper Jr. chipped in a solid two-way effort. Point guard Dalano Banton failed to match the scoring output from his previous summer league outings, but showcased other aspects of his game with 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
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