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Kevin Love Admits He Didn’t See Utah Jazz Trade Coming

The Utah Jazz's experiment to bring in 18-year league veteran Kevin Love thus far into the 2025-26 campaign has been a pretty solid success in the first two-plus months of the season.

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Lauri Markkanen Trade From Utah Jazz Remains a Long Shot

Could the Utah Jazz still find a trade for their franchise star, Lauri Markkanen, leading up to the NBA trade deadline that now sits just under a month away?

NBA News / SLC Dunk / January 6

Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder: game previews are for competitions, which this will not be

Do you want to see a hilarious statistic? 6-6. In the past 12 games, this is the win-loss record of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the number one seed in the Western Conference and owners of the best record in the entire National Basketball Association.

Walker Kessler News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 6

One Team Still Interested in Acquiring Utah Jazz C Walker Kessler

It looks like even with Walker Kessler being sidelined for the remainder of the regular season with a shoulder injury, the buzz surrounding the Utah Jazz center has yet to stop as he'll be eyeing restricted free agency later this summer, and appears to have at least one tea outside of his current home interested in his services.

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Kevin Love News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 6

Kevin Love Explains What Sets Utah Jazz Apart From Other Teams

Since arriving with the Utah Jazz in the NBA offseason via three-team trade from the Miami Heat, Kevin Love has been vocal about his praise for the organization, his gratitude for the role that he has on the roster, and clearly is enjoying his time in Salt Lake City through the first few months of the year.

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Lauri Markkanen News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 6

Utah Jazz's Lauri Markkanen Slips in Latest NBA All-Star Voting

Utah Jazz star forward Lauri Markkanen ended up making some notable noise in the first NBA All-Star fan voting returns, placing in the top 15 vote-getters of Western Conference candidates, and made for some additional optimism about what his All-Star fate may hold for later this season.

Will Hardy News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 6

Will Hardy Calls Out Utah Jazz for Recent Defensive Lapses

The Utah Jazz fell victim to their fourth loss in a row against the Portland Trail Blazers in blowout fashion, 117-137, leaving the Jazz winless to start the new year and now reside in the bottom three of the Western Conference at 12-23.

NBA News / SLC Dunk / January 6

Utah Jazz vs Portland Trail Blazers: Recap and final score

The Utah Jazz were destroyed tonight by the Portland Trail Blazers 137-117. At no point were the Jazz even close to being in this one. The Blazers took 48 threes and knocked down 19, good for 39.6%.

Elijah Harkless News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 5

Utah Jazz Two-Way Signee Wins G League Player of the Month

One member down the Utah Jazz roster has officially been crowned as the best G League player throughout the month of December. That's two-way guard Elijah

Utah Jazz News / SLC Dunk / January 5

Utah Jazz Intel: Will the Jazz go for the play-in or try to keep their pick?

The Utah Jazz are 3-7 in their last ten games, with two of those wins being against the Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs. Those Spurs being the team that just dominated the Oklahoma City Thunder the game before.

Lauri Markkanen News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 4

Utah Jazz Owner Pushes Lauri Markkanen All-Star Case

Through the first two months of the NBA regular season, it's been an explosive campaign for Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen en route to some of the best numbers throughout his entire career.

Utah Jazz News / Utah Jazz on SI / January 4

Jayson Tatum Raves About Utah Jazz G Keyonte George

The Utah Jazz have seen some great things out of third-year guard Keyonte George through the first two months of the season. And it's clear George hasn't

Brice Sensabaugh News / Hoops Rumors / January 2

Jazz’s Sensabaugh Discusses Development, Offseason, More

Brice Sensabaugh was viewed as something of a tweener ahead of the 2023 draft. He played power forward in his lone college season at Ohio State, but at 6’6″, he has the height of a wing, his primary position since he was selected 28th overall by the Jazz a few years ago.

NBA News / Yardbarker / December 31

Jaylen Brown sacrifices chance to break Larry Bird record in win

Jaylen Brown sacrifices chance to break Larry Bird record, but plays crucial role in Celtics' win

Jaylen Brown fell just short of setting a franchise record for the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.

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Warriors' Jimmy Butler had words for Nets rookie Danny Wolf

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NBA News / Field Level Media / December 29

Now proving pesky for contenders, Jazz prepare to host Celtics

Utah is quickly becoming a problem NBA playoff contenders can't solve. The Jazz notched two straight victories against some of the league's top teams heading into Tuesday night's game against the Boston Celtics in Salt Lake City.

NBA News / Yardbarker / December 28

Jaylen Brown ties longstanding Larry Bird record with Celtics

The Boston Celtics dropped a tough 114-108 decision to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, but you can not blame Jaylen Brown for that result. Brown finished with 37 points and recorded his ninth consecutive 30-point game.

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