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Utah Jazz struggled mightily for the first three quarters of the game vs the Portland Trail Blazers, but that changed drastically with the insertion of Elijah Harkless and Cody Williams to begin the 4th quarter. Those two players spearheaded a ferocious comeback beginning with vastly improved defense and the Jazz were able to take the game all the way to the wire with an opportunity to win at the...

Lauri Markkanen was on fire against the Phoenix Suns in a home game played in Salt Lake City. In a Utah Jazz win, Lauri ended the game with 51 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists. Walker Kessler also put up huge numbers with 25 points, 11 rebounds (8 offensive), 4 assists and 4 blocked shots. Keyonte George had a nice game as well shooting 8-18 from the field for 26 points and dishing out 10 assists...

Utah Jazz traveled to Sacramento to take on the Sacramento Kings in the Jazz's first road test of the 2025-2026 NBA season. After seeing the Utah Jazz win on opening night in Salt Lake against the Clippers, there was hope the Jazz could put forth a similar effort on the road. The team certainly didn't disappoint and played very hard, especially defensively, to keep the game close throughou...

Utah Jazz opened the 2025-2026 NBA season with a home win over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers in the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. This game was never close halfway through the first quarter. It was totally lopsided for 3.5 quarter of the game and the Clippers never made a run to get back into the game. Utah Jazz shot 55% from the field overall and 39% from the three-point line. Los Angeles C...

Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler made his return against the Portland Trail Blazers in the Utah Jazz's final preseason game. Kessler played very well while nearly recording a triple-double. Walker tallied 14 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks while shooting 6-9 from the field and 1-1 from the three-point line. Quite the night considering this is the first game he has played s...

Lauri Markkanen and Kyle Filipowski return to the Utah Jazz lineup in preseason game number three against the Dallas Mavericks. Lauri played fine in limited minutes but Kyle appeared reasonably rusty since he hasn't played a real game since NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Utah Jazz enter the season with an eye on developing the young roster of players and evaluating which players receive futur...

Ace Bailey, Walter Clayton Jr. and Brice Sensabaugh of the Utah Jazz played very well against the San Antonio Spurs in a preseason NBA game in San Antonio Friday night. The two Utah Jazz rookies played big minutes and delivered with efficient shooting and nice all around games. For the second game in a row, Ace Bailey and Brice Sensabaugh led the way in scoring for the Jazz. Brice finished with 26...

Utah Jazz kicked off their NBA preseason in Houston against the Rockets and it was the highly anticipated debut of Ace Bailey and the long awaited return from a horrific injury for Taylor Hendricks. This was a game that saw the Jazz shoot lights out from the three point line. Ace Bailey led the way with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Brice Sensabaugh also shot lights out and scored...

Georges Niang makes his return to the Utah Jazz where he started his NBA career. This is certainly a positive move for Jazz basketball and gets the team an important locker room presence and a skilled ball mover on the court. This Utah Jazz roster has needed a positive veteran presence both on and off the court and Georges can certainly provide that type of leadership to this mostly young group of...

Cody Williams had a difficult rookie NBA season with the Utah Jazz. Cody's basketball skills on the offensive end of the court remain a work-in-progress, but his size and athleticism should enable Cody to make some positive plays on the defensive side of the ball. The focus for this coming season, and where Cody Williams can be a positive impact, is on the defensive end. What must Cody do to b...

The Utah Jazz franchise currently has three point guard possibilities for this upcoming NBA basketball season: Isaiah Collier, Walter Clayton Jr., Keyonte George. Of the three, the most likely scenario is that Isaiah Collier and Walter Clayton Jr. receive the bulk of the minutes at the point guard position this upcoming Utah Jazz season. Isaiah Collier should be the leading candidate to start the...

Kyle had a good first year in the NBA while playing basketball with the Utah Jazz and he was just named the Summer League MVP in Las Vegas for all of the NBA Las Vegas Summer League players. Kyle was far and away the leading scorer in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League averaging 29.3 points per game on very good efficiency. Kyle Filipowski has some terrific skills on the offensive end of the basketba...

Malik Beasley is being investigated for sports betting allegations on NBA games. In addition to the NBA gambling allegations, a number of lawsuits against Malik Beasley seeking monetary damages have also been made public. Malik has played for several NBA teams including the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Detroit Pistons. The United State...

Kyle Filipowski of the Utah Jazz led all of Las Vegas NBA Summer League in scoring with 29.3 points per game. He did this while shooting very well from both the field overall and from the three point line. Cody Williams was also one of the leading scorers in the Las Vegas NBA Summer League. Overall, he was the 15th leading scorer in Las Vegas. Considering where Cody ended the last regular season,...

Walter Clayton Jr. and Kyle Filipowski led the Utah Jazz to its 3rd victory in 3 games in the Salt Lake City NBA Summer League. Walt and Kyle led the Jazz in scoring and Kyle also dominated on the glass with 15 rebounds, 7 of those on the offensive end. This wraps up the NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, the team now head to Las Vegas where all 30 NBA teams will participate in...

Ace Bailey of the Utah Jazz played vastly better in his second NBA summer league game than he did in his first summer league game. Ace Bailey shot the ball well, he rebounded well and he made some nice passes with no turnovers. Really solid night as a whole for the NBA's number five pick of this past draft. Brice Sensabaugh also had a fantastic night shooting the basketball and scored 37 point...

A three team trade was completed in the NBA today between the Utah Jazz, LA Clippers and Miami Heat. In the trade, the Utah Jazz receives a future 2nd round draft pick, Kyle Anderson, and Kevin Love. LA Clippers receives John Collins. Miami Heat receives Norman Powell. The Utah Jazz did this trade to free up playing time for its young roster. The LA Clippers did this trade to balance out its roste...

Ace Bailey of the Utah Jazz makes his NBA Summer League debut in Salt Lake City. Ace Bailey and is Utah Jazz teammates got a win in their first summer league game. Ace didn't shoot the ball particularly well but this is a good first step. The Utah Jazz as a group played reasonably well and Kyle Filipowski and Brice Sensabaugh led the Jazz to victory. Walter Clayton Jr. also made his Utah Jazz...

Walter Clayton Jr. was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 18th pick in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft. Can Walt become a leader for the Utah Jazz franchise moving forward and be the impact basketball player he was in college? Can Walt be as important to the success of the Utah Jazz as he was for both the Iona Gaels and Florida Gators? The NBA is a different beast than college basketball but...

Utah Jazz has reached a contract buyout with Jordan Clarkson. Franchise also chose not to pick up the contract options for Johnny Juzang and Micah Potter. So all three players will be playing elsewhere the next NBA basketball season. We wish the players well and would like to see them all have success elsewhere.

Collin Sexton was traded by the Utah Jazz to the Charlotte Hornets. But instead of receiving one or more assets in return to Collin, the Utah Jazz franchise was forced to attach a future second round draft pick to the Sexton contract in order to complete a trade with the Charlotte Hornets. Jazz received no asset value in return and instead took on a dead weight contract of a player who's NBA d...

The 2025 NBA draft has now concluded and the Utah Jazz selected two first round picks and one second round pick. In the first Round, the Jazz selected Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr. In the second round, the Jazz selected John Tonje. After the draft, the Utah Jazz also signed RJ Luis Jr. to a two-way contract. Summer league basketball begins in a little over a week in Salt Lake and the Jazz summ...

NBA lottery luck was not on the side of the Utah Jazz on Monday evening, but now the question becomes, what do the Jazz do with this 5th pick? Considering the Jazz now have 5th pick rather than something higher, there is no certainty at this point as to what the franchise will do with the pick. In order to maximize the value of this pick, Jazz must be looking at all options. Trading down and acqui...

Utah Jazz traveled to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves in this Sunday afternoon game, the final game of the season. Jazz players played a competitive first half but Minnesota pulled away down the stretch to give the Jazz the loss. With the loss, the Jazz now have the number one position heading into the NBA lottery next month. Brice Sensabaugh once again led the Jazz in scoring with 22 points...

Kyle Filipowski and Brice Sensabaugh shot the ball very well against the Portland Trail Blazers at home in the Delta Center. This was a game the Jazz expected to lose considering the ongoing fight for the number one position going into the NBA lottery is still up for grabs. But players for both teams played hard and the Jazz came away with the win in overtime. Kyle Filipowski, the Jazz rookie forw...