Following an eight-month period that saw them acquire former Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr., draft Kansas Jayhawks sensation Darryn Peterson and sign talented guard Keyonte George to a five-year, $155 million contract extension, the Utah Jazz are ready to make a jump in the standings.
It’s clear that a lot of the NBA is starting to figure out that the Utah Jazz might be on the verge of a special season. But they’re not getting just how good it might be.
Just a few weeks away from the start of the new NBA season, the league swung down the hammer on the Los Angeles Clippers following their recent investigations surrounding potential cap circumvention when signing Kawhi Leonard.
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Jazz guard Keyonte George finalized a five-year, $157.5MM rookie scale contract extension on Friday. The deal, which has a base value of $155MM and features $500K in annual incentives, begins in 2027/28 and runs through ’31/32.
On Friday, Keyonte George became just the third player from the 2023 Draft to sign his extension. Victor Wembanyama and Amen Thompson were the first two, and then the Utah Jazz showed faith in their 22-year-old star.
The Utah Jazz completed a big task on their to-do list on Friday afternoon after news had broken that the team had agreed to a five-year, $157.5 million extension with Keyonte George, keeping him in Salt Lake City until 2032.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
The Utah Jazz had some money to spend after All-Star center Walker Kessler was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. On Friday, the Jazz agreed to a massive deal with guard Keyonte George, giving him a five-year extension worth $157.5 million.
Utah is among the youngest teams in the NBA, and one of those young stars was rewarded Friday with a massive contract extension to remain with the franchise.
The Jazz and guard Keyonte George have reached an agreement on a rookie scale extension that will be worth $157.5MM over five years, sources tell Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon of ESPN (Twitter link).
Before I get started, I wanted to explain this idea. If you had to draft players from the Jazz starting five, what order would you draft them in? Not as if they were all rookies, but as the players they are today.
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Darryn Peterson made plenty of headlines during the NBA pre-draft process. Apparently, he lost a car along the way, too. Peterson, the No. 2 overall pick of the Jazz, revealed during an interview with ESPN’s Chiney Ogwumike that his vehicle was stolen from the driveway of an Airbnb where he was staying before the draft.
Bosnia and Herzegovina took on Italy in a FIBA World Cup qualifier on Friday and earned a big 78-76 win. Utah Jazz’s Jusuf Nurkic can be thanked for the team’s victory, as he went ballistic against Italy to keep Bosnia and Herzegovina alive in the tournament.