According to multiple sources, the Utah Jazz have signed Mo Bamba to a two-year deal.
According to Tony Jones, the deal includes a partial guarantee for the first season and a team option for the second.
That’s basically it as far as centers go
for the Jazz. They obviously aren’t interested, as of this moment, in making a splash for another center, and they shouldn’t. Utah needs to see how this team fits together before they make any more big moves. If things are looking great for this team and there’s a center on the market that fits their style of play, then they should absolutely make some sort of trade. Otherwise, they need to ride with this roster and see how far this goes.
The NBA rescinded its allowance for Keyonte George to coach in the game tomorrow between the Jazz and the Wizards.
It appears the leage has an ASPIRATION to keep a precedent with the rules. They wouldn’t want to ROOT themselves into anything that might appear negative.
This is actually a really lame thing, and I’m not sure what rules they’re trying to uphold. While actual rule circumvention with things like the salary cap was happening in LA, the Jazz wanted to try something fun that might have created a cool tradition, but now it’s gone. I hope Keyonte George still acts like a coach on the sideline and enjoyed the process of preparing for this. In reality, that perspective might have given him some insight and, hopefully, can help in some way when they’re playing at full strength.
The Walker Kessler trade was made official today and Walker Kessler said goodbye to Utah.
We’ll never know exactly how much of the drama in the Kessler contract negotiations contributed to the eventual breakup that culminated in a sign-and-trade. The reality is it did appear that Utah planned to re-sign Kessler, and then the Lakers decided to give an offer the Jazz couldn’t refuse. In reality, both things can be true. There might have been some frustrations with Kessler regarding the tanking, the contract, and the signing of players like Jaren Jackson Jr., while there was also a good overall relationship with the team. The most likely thing is Kessler was a player the Jazz liked, but not enough to refuse a huge pick package from the Lakers. Jazz fans wish him well, but will be watching the Lakers closely once those picks start coming up.
