Another game, another piece of evidence for my theory that the Utah Jazz Summer League team was replaced with clones somewhere on their way from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. Every year, I forget just how sloppy Summer League basketball is played – perhaps my expectations shouldn’t be so high. Nevertheless, the players are out […]
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Writing this preview, I am in quite the dilemma. I intend to drum up anticipation for the Jazz to play the Spurs this Wednesday at 7:30 PM MDT. However, I do not intend to mislead the reader by making it seem that this game matters more than it does. I’m rooting for each of these […]
Walker Kessler is no longer a member of the Utah Jazz. After months of rumors, the soon-to-be fifth-year center will be suiting up for the Los Angeles Lakers. While the Jazz could’ve matched the Lakers’ offer, they ultimately chose financial flexibility over Kessler. The final Walker Kessler trade is certainly leading to mixed reactions about what […]
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Lakers Austin Reaves knows things will look different in Los Angeles this season. Speaking Monday in Las Vegas, Reaves admitted it still hasn’t fully sunk in that LeBron James is no longer a Laker after eight seasons. “I don’t know if I’ve honestly processed it yet,” Reaves said, via ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “Starting the season […]
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Jazz guard Trey Alexander, who recently signed a two-way contract with the team, was taken off the court on a stretcher in the fourth quarter of Monday’s night game vs. Chicago. As a report from The Associated Press details, Alexander made contact with Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson during a drive to the basket and immediately […]
Utah Jazz guard Trey Alexander had to be stretchered off the court during Monday's Summer League game against the Chicago Bulls.
The Jazz guard, Trey Alexander, fell to the floor in pain after bumping into Caleb Wilson near the end of the Jazz vs. Bulls Summer League game.
Walker Kessler speaks on JJ Redick pushing him to shoot more three-point shots and his fit alongside Luka Doncic.
Luka Doncic sat down with Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick after the Lakers’ playoff exit last year, and said he didn’t want to wait for a championship-caliber roster. Months later, Los Angeles answered that call by landing Walker Kessler, a move reports say Doncic personally pushed for. Now, as Kessler settles, the former Utah Jazz […]
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Despite back-to-back losses to open Vegas Summer League, Utah Jazz rookie guard Darryn Peterson has been as advertised.
Keaton Wagler helped lift the Los Angeles Clippers past Darryn Peterson and the Utah Jazz, 104-82, on Sunday in 2026 NBA Summer League action.
The Utah Jazz were able to get a haul for Walker Kessler by exploiting a desperate need of the Los Angeles Lakers.
If the reformed NBA draft lottery odds do what they're supposed to, the days of being bad on purpose are over.
The Lakers didn’t just identify Walker Kessler as their center of the future. Apparently, Luka Doncic did, too. According to Iztok Franko of DigginBasketball, Doncic pushed hard behind the scenes for Los Angeles to acquire Kessler from the Jazz, believing the young center was exactly the type of frontcourt partner he wanted. Franko wrote that […]
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Former Jazz big man Walker Kessler was reportedly Luka Doncic's dream acquisition this summer.
The Portland Trail Blazers have claimed power forward/center Micah Potter off waivers, the organization announced on Friday. The Indiana Pacers waived the 6-foot-9 Potter on Wednesday to create enough room below the team’s first-apron hard cap to sign veteran Larry Nance Jr. Following stints with the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz, Potter, 28, found opportunity on an […]
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Washington Wizards forward AJ Dybantsa said that he and Utah Jazz guard Darryn Peterson understand the future NBA rivalry being put out there by the media as top-2 draft picks (Wizards defeated Jazz 92-88 on Thursday during Summer League in Las Vegas/Dybantsa had 27 points while Peterson scored 24). *tied Blake Griffin for most points […]
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AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson put on a show Thursday night when the Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz clashed in the NBA Summer League.
Kansas Jayhawks News It’s not quite Kansas news, but this ESPN article says Jazz fans are hyped after seeing Darryn Peterson in the Summer League Through the Phog writes that Lance Leipold is trying to fix the biggest problem from last season Links! AJ Dybantsa’s Wizards scraped past Darryn Peterson’s Jazz last night Did Lakers […]
If the Atlanta Hawks trade Jonathan Kuminga for a first-round swap, the Kristaps Porzingis era was worth it.
AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson make their feelings known after the Wizards win 92-88 against the Jazz at the Vegas edition of the Summer League.
All eyes were on Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa when the Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards met for their Las Vegas Summer League showdown at Thomas and Mack Center. The top two overall picks did not disappoint.
AJ Dybantsa made an immediate statement in his NBA Summer League debut, leading the Washington Wizards to a 92-88 victory over Darryn Peterson and the Utah Jazz on Thursday in Las Vegas.