Darius Bazley Rumors

Paul also watched the games to teach. He would constantly engage his regular guests -- a group that also included then-rookie forward Darius Bazley -- in basketball banter. They'd talk about the tendencies of players they were watching. Paul would frequently focus on specific actions teams would run and discuss defensive tactics the Thunder might use against those schemes. "It was nothing crazy, to tell you the truth," Paul told ESPN. "It was more so just camaraderie."

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Mike Trudell: Darius Bazley, who’s had a strong summer for the Lakers as he battles to get back on an NBA roster in the fall, went down in the 2nd Q with an injury and had to be carted off to the locker room. We’ll look for an update after the game.

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Former Thunder player Darius Bazley signed with Puerto Rican team Leones de Ponce for the remainder of the 2025 season.

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Former Thunder player Darius Bazley returned to Chinese team Guangdong Southern Tigers for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

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Michael Scotto: Darius Bazley will join Philadelphia’s G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, sources told @hoopshype. He began the season with the Guangdong Southern Tigers (CBA) after playing last season with the Sixers and Jazz. He’s averaged 8.9 points and 5.2 rebounds in 5 NBA seasons pic.x.com/LwNyG0rDkO

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Former NBA players Will Barton and Darius Bazley signed with Chinese team Guangdong Southern Tigers for the 2024-25 season.

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Michael Scotto: Darius Bazley and Kenny Lofton Jr. were each eligible to receive $400K of their salary guaranteed if they remained with the Utah Jazz through July 25th. Instead, both were waived by the team.

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Bobby Marks: Utah announced that they have waived Kenneth Lofton Jr. and Darius Bazley. Both players contracts were set to be guaranteed $400K if they were on the roster past July 25. Utah has $37.7M in salary cap space. To reach the minimum salary floor, Utah has to spend $23.7M by the first day of the regular season. The window to renegotiate the $18M Lauri Markkanen contract begins on August 6.

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Michael Scotto: The Utah Jazz have waived forwards Darius Bazley and Kenneth Lofton Jr., team says.

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In the bubble, Paul, Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort and Bazley would pile into a room together to watch basketball on off-nights. They’d discuss strategy and then translate those basketball lessons to the court in Orlando. Paul remembers a game where the opposing team brought its big men up to the level of the screen, guarding Gilgeous-Alexander. “Most of these young guys in the league only know drop defense,” Paul said. “It was funny, man, Shai in that Canadian accent: ‘C, what do I do?’ We talked about shows. The low man is going to be here, look at the corner, all that stuff. Now you watch him and he’s just so comfortable with his game.”

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Clemente Almanza: Darius Bazley talked about SGA’s ascension to an MVP candidate “You can tell he wanted more. There’s some guys I’ve been around coming into their 2nd/3rd year like, ‘I just gotta play good.’ Shai was beyond (that).” (via Run Your Race/@TidalLeague) pic.twitter.com/55qb01haXA

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Sarah Todd: Jazz are planning tentatively to have Walker Kessler, Keyonte George, Taylor Hendricks, Brice Sensabaugh, Darius Bazley and Kenneth Lofton Jr. play Summer League

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Andy Larsen: Jazz say Jordan Clarkson is out tomorrow due to left SI pain, Lauri Markkanen is questionable due to right shoulder soreness, Johnny Juzang questionable due to back spasms, and Preston/Lofton/Bazley all in the G-League.

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Ben Anderson: UPDATED Jazz Injury Report (as of 3/25): *AVAILABLE - Darius Bazley (G League - On Assignment) *AVAILABLE - Kenneth Lofton Jr. (G League - On Assignment)

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