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The Utah Jazz, through their bundle of moves to ship off multiple tenured veterans from this summer, sent away one of their prominent pieces in the backcourt, Collin Sexton, to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic, ending Sexton's tenure in Salt Lake City after three years, and shaking up the backcourt rotation for this season.
Salt Lake Tribune’s Andy Larsen says the Utah Jazz are “not really trying to win” after a 140-126 loss in LeBron James’ return vs. the Lakers
The Utah Jazz continue to stonewall trade talks for Lauri Markkanen, according to NBA insider Matt Moore of Fansided. Markkanen is off to a terrific start this season.
Tip-off between the Jazz and Lakers lands at 8:30 p.m. MT in Crypto.com Arena, where Utah will have a chance to rattle off a second-straight win in the process of spoiling the season debut of LeBron James, who's officially been upgraded to active for his first game of the season.
Frank Layden was a legend of the game in his own way. Known for his lighthearted approach, Layden became one of the most famous coaches in NBA history due to his ability to connect with players, fans, and the community.
The Jazz fell to the Lakers on Tuesday night 140-125 as LeBron James made his season debut as he and Luka Doncic power Los Angeles past a hot-start from Utah.
But so far into his Jazz stint, Love has proven to be an extremely positive piece of how Utah's opened the year, emerging as a key veteran and leading voice in the locker room, and for the young core to surround him, a quality mentor to have in the building as well.
As the Utah Jazz honored franchise legend Frank Layden at Delta Center Sunday night, they did so while welcoming an old foe to town in the Chicago Bulls. Although both squads don’t resemble those that battled in back-to-back NBA Finals in the late 1990s,