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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 points on very efficient shooting. So far in summer league, Brice has shot the ball about as well as he possibly can.

Utah Jazz plays its final Salt Lake City Summer League game Tuesday night before heading to Las Vegas for the summer league with all 30 NBA teams.

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 roster and receive front court scoring and a lob threat in the acquisition of John Collins.

Miami Heat did this trade for the perimeter scoring punch that Norman Powell provides. This gives the Heat some much needed depth at the guard position.

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 debut and had a solid game scoring nine points and leading the team in assists with six.

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 we feel Walter Clayton Jr. can be as important to the future of the Utah Jazz franchise as he was for the Florida Gators in that its run to the NCAA national title in basketball.

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 days are in the rear view mirror. So what happened? Why is Collin's value so low and is there something the Jazz could have done different to turn Collin Sexton into a positive asset that returned some draft capital in a trade?

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 summer league roster should be full of players who are on the regular season roster. There will be multiple rookies and second year players participating in summer league which should make this summer's basketball a must watch.

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 acquiring additional assets must be on the table. Jazz must field all those calls and hopefully another team makes an offer that places the Jazz in a better position moving forward.

Until the Utah Jazz franchise obtains a pick that has the potential to become a top 10 NBA player, the focus needs to be on draft position and multiple picks.

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 on 7-17 from the field and 6-12 from the three point line.

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 forward from Duke, had a career night with 30 points and 18 rebounds. Kyle shot 13-17 from the field and also had 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Brice Sensabaugh shot 7-12 from the field for 22 points, 6-10 on 3s, and also added 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

Final score in overtime, Utah Jazz 133, Portland Trail Blazers 126.