Danny Ainge’s teardown of the Jazz roster continues.
After offloading All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, Utah is finalizing a commerce to ship Bojan Bogdanovic to the Pistons for Kelly Olynyk and Saben Lee, based on ESPN. The Athletic first reported the 2 groups had been in “severe talks.”
Bogdanovic, 33, averaged 18.4 factors and 4.1 rebounds a recreation throughout three seasons with the Jazz, capturing 39.7 p.c from 3-point vary throughout that span. The previous Nets ahead, who additionally had stints with the Wizards and Pacers, averaged 18.1 factors throughout 17 playoff video games for Utah.
Olynyk, 31, averaged 9.1 factors for the Pistons final season after averaging a career-high 13.1 factors in 2020-21 with the Warmth and Rockets. Lee, 23, averaged 5.6 factors in every of his first two seasons.
The Jazz had been playoff constants the final six years with Quin Snyder on the bench, however they didn't advance previous the second spherical. Snyder resigned in June after a first-round loss to the Mavericks.
Below Ainge, who turned the group’s CEO of basketball operations in December, the Jazz traded the 30-year-old Gobert to the Timberwolves in July and earlier this month dealt the 26-year-old Mitchell to the Cavaliers after they couldn’t agree on a cope with the Knicks.
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