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Jay Huff Rumors
Michael Scotto: Update: The Indiana Pacers are trading a 2029 Portland Trail Blazers second-round pick and a 2031 second-round pick swap to the Memphis Grizzlies for center Jay Huff, league sources told @hoopshype .
Bobby Marks: Huff has 3 years left on his contract $2.3M, $2.7M and $3M The last year is a Team Option Indiana is acquiring Huff with the $2.2M +$250K trade exception of James Wiseman.
Grizzlies trade Jay Huff to Indiana
Shams Charania: The Memphis Grizzlies are trading center Jay Huff to the Indiana Pacers for one second-round pick and one second-round pick swap, sources tell ESPN.
Similar issues arose with Booth, who wanted the Nuggets to employ stretch five Jay Huff ... only for Malone to hardly play Huff last season. Both Booth and assistant general manager Tommy Balcetis, sources say, believed Huff was more than capable of slotting into meaningful minutes to spell Jokić.
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Memphis Grizzlies PR: The @Memphis Grizzlies have assigned Jay Huff to the @Memphis Hustle for tonight’s game against the South Bay Lakers. Huff will be recalled to the Grizzlies following the game.
Drew Hill: Jay Huff said if the league calls about the dunk contest, he's in. He's always trying some wild things in warmups.
Drew Hill: Jay Huff is day-to-day. Marcus Smart is still being evaluated. Update in the coming days.
Law Murray: Ja Morant did not travel to Atlanta but he will be available for Monday night's game vs the LA Clippers. The Memphis Grizzlies report that Marcus Smart, Jay Huff, Vince Williams Jr., and GG Jackson II are out.
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Jay Huff nearly signed with Olimpia Milano before joining Grizzlies
Jay Huff almost went a different direction this year. He was in talks with the Euro League club Olimpia Milano. His free agency decision was between that and Memphis. “We were pretty close (with Olimpia Milano),” he said. “We talked to them. Really liked them. Still do. Their head coach is awesome. Ettore Messina, he’s the man. So we were close. Living in Milan would have been fun. And I know plenty of guys that have gone overseas that should be in the NBA right now. It’s all about fit and opportunity.”
Huff will enjoy the increased job security. And the increased free time he hopes to have next summer. “The main thing is just more of a feeling of stability, even though trades can still happen and all that,” he said. “It’s not like I’d be out of a job if they were like, ‘Eh, we’re gonna move on tomorrow, so pack your stuff up.’ Which, on a two-way, that is what it is. That’s the life you sign up for. So it is nice to have that. But other than that, life’s still pretty similar.”
When the Lakers played the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, they saw a shot-blocking center who can catch lobs and splash threes. They saw a guard willing to harass opposing ballhandlers with a knack for creating offense for himself and others. They had to be envious of the Grizzlies for having the players off their bench, for having them under contract on the cheap. And they must be wondering, at least a little, how they let these players — Jay Huff and Scotty Pippen Jr. — get away. “When I was there, I didn’t really have a certainty that I’ll ever play in the NBA. I didn’t really get any minutes; I think I play like maybe five or six games and never really got significant minutes,” Pippen said Wednesday morning. “So being over here has been like a breath of fresh air. I’ve got an opportunity. I’ve got people that believe in me and trust in me.”
In Memphis, Huff got what every player in his situation could want: the right chance at the right time. He’s averaging 9.9 points and making 53.6% from three-point range while playing in every game. “Timing and situation,” Huff said. “There are guys that are overseas right now that if they were in a different set, different situation, at a different time, they’d be in the NBA right now. … If given the right opportunity, I think there’s a lot of guys like that. Yeah. That’s just how it goes.”
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