Utah Jazz

Patience vs opportunism: the dichotomy of NBA rebuilds.

After trading Jaren Jackson Jr. to Utah on Tuesday, the Grizzlies have lowered their asking price for point guard Ja Morant “dramatically,” rival teams tell Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports first reported that rivals were anticipating a reduction in Memphis’ price tag on Morant, which could pave […]

After trading Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz, the Memphis Grizzlies are expected to accelerate their efforts to also deal away Ja Morant and are prepared to come off their previous asking price, sources tell Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports. The Grizzlies are resigned to the reality that Morant, a former franchise player and true superstar, won't bring back anywhere close to the type of return they received for Jackson and Desmond Bane. With Morant available at a lower cost, the Minnesota Timber...

The Grizzlies and Jazz have agreed to a blockbuster trade, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link), who reports that former Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. is heading to Utah along with wings John Konchar and Vince Williams Jr. and center Jock Landale. In exchange, Memphis will acquire guard Walter Clayton, […]

The Grizzlies dealt Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Jazz in a deal involving plenty of pieces. Dan Titus breaks down the fantasy basketball impact.

The Utah Jazz secured a 131-122 road win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, despite having only seven available players after a series of roster moves earlier in the day. Utah improved to 16-35, while Indiana fell to 13-38, remaining at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Isaiah Collier delivered a […] The post Collier posts 22 assists as short-handed Jazz defeat Pacers appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Utah Jazz (16-35, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (25-27, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Atlanta; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jalen Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks host Lauri Markkanen and the Utah Jazz in non-conference action. The Hawks have gone 9-14 in home games. Atlanta is the league leader with 30.7 assists per game led by Johnson averaging 8.0. The Jazz are 6-18 in road games. Utah ranks eighth in the Western Conference with 43.7 rebounds per game led by Jus...

The Memphis Grizzlies have fully dived into a rebuild on Tuesday afternoon, dealing dealt away Jaren Jackson Jr., along with a host of other players, to the Utah Jazz for a package headlined by three first-round picks. The picks the Grizzlies got for Jackson, the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, could become very […] The post Grizzlies now only trail Thunder, Nets in 1st-round picks over next 7 years appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Utah Jazz are undefeated since the Jaren Jackson Jr. trade!

Everything — and I mean everything — to know about Utah’s trade for Jaren Jackson Jr.

The Jazz and Grizzlies are both winners, but if you hate tanking, you are going to be a loser this season.

The Utah Jazz have every incentive in the world to try and lose some ballgames, as they will be forking over their first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder if their selection for the 2026 NBA Draft falls outside the top-eight. But it doesn’t seem as though anyone gave Isaiah Collier the memo. With the […] The post Jazz’s Isaiah Collier makes NBA history with eye-popping assist total vs. Pacers appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Celtics and Bulls have reached an agreement on a trade that will send guard Anfernee Simons to Chicago and center Nikola Vucevic to Boston, reports ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). Both teams will also acquire a second-round pick in the deal, Charania adds. While the details on those picks have yet to be reported, […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are trading Jaren Jackson Jr. and three other players to the Utah Jazz for four players and three future first-round draft picks, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

After weeks of reports saying that the Jazz were likely not going to make any big moves at the trade deadline, Utah’s front office dropped a nuke on the NBA landscape that nobody — Jazz fan or not — saw coming. On Tuesday morning, the Memphis Grizzlies agreed to send former defensive player of the […]

Isaiah Collier had a career-high 22 assists — the most in the NBA this season and the most by a Utah player since John Stockton in 1992 — and the Jazz beat the Indiana Pacers 131-122 on Tuesday night with just seven healthy players. Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points for the Jazz, who were short-handed after trading Georges Niang, Kyle Anderson, Walter Clayton Jr. and Taylor Hendricks to Memphis earlier Tuesday for Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, John Konchar and Vince Williams Jr.