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Brad Rowland: After Antonio Lang was the head coach in Utah, the Hawks are turning HC duties over to Sanjay Lumpkin in Vegas. First time as a Summer League HC for Lumpkin.
Shams Charania: Free agent center Mo Bamba has agreed to a two-year deal to return to the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN.
Jake Fischer: Walker Kessler, sources confirm, will be signed-and-traded from the Utah Jazz to the Los Angeles Lakers. Utah won’t be getting any players back in the deal, I’m told.
Tony Jones: The Utah Jazz have declined team options on Bez Mbeng and Hayden Gray, league sources tell The Athletic. Both will be with Utah in summer league, and the Jazz will further evaluate them during that period
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Not much has changed for Cameron Boozer as he enters what should be a straightforward draft night. Sources say he visited Memphis last week and previously visited Chicago and Utah, covering all bases other than Washington. Although he is under consideration in Utah, where his father is part of the front office, rival teams believe the Jazz will have a hard time passing on Dybantsa or Peterson.
Grant Afseth: Darryn Peterson recently met with the Utah Jazz before arriving in New York City for the NBA Draft, sources told @DALHoopsJournal. Peterson would welcome the opportunity to play in Utah if drafted by the Jazz. Read more on @DALHoopsJournal:
A gulf remains between restricted free agent center Walker Kessler and the Jazz after Utah put an offer worth roughly $140 million over five years on the table, sources told ESPN. It would be the largest contract ever given to a center who had yet to be an All-Star. The Jazz have the right to match any offer sheet that Kessler signs as a restricted free agent.
According to Tim MacMahon on Utah ESPN 700 Radio, Walker Kessler has received an offer from the Utah Jazz for a 5-year, $ 140 M deal, but apparently it wasn’t enough. MacMahon was asked if he thinks that Kessler wants to play in Utah, and he responded: “… for more than 5 years, $140M.” It also sounds like there are some real frustrations with how the Jazz have gone about his contract situation. Apparently, the Jazz feel that they can have any hurt feelings improve over time once the contract is signed.
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League sources say Kessler, meanwhile, has long wanted to remain in Utah but is extremely disappointed with the way his situation is being handled. What’s more, there has long been an expectation that he would be a long-term priority, and part of the solution, after the Jazz spent recent years in rebuilding mode under the direction of owner Ryan Smith.
Though Peterson described himself as a point guard at the NBA Combine, league sources believe Utah views the Ohio native as a potential backcourt partner for Keyonte George, sharing playmaking duties.
When he first made the journey from Mali to Utah in 2019, Keita was just 16 years old. That trip, which he made on his own, marked the first time that he had been on an airplane. Then he arrived in a place where he was struggling with the language, at first communicating through Google Translate with his host family, who would eventually become his legal guardians. He had to learn how to live with fully integrated indoor plumping, running water and electricity. He learned how to cook on a stove rather than over an open flame. He learned how to eat with dishes and utensils regularly and then utilize the dishwasher. Meanwhile, as he was intensively studying English more and more, he was adjusting to a wildly different culture.
