Plan for the Jazz is to sit Darryn Peterson, Ace Bailey and Cody Williams tomorrow in SLC and have them all available for July 9 in Vegas. Bailey left Saturday’s game early with back spasms and is not playing tonight, but the goal is for him to play in Vegas

Ace Bailey will not play today (back spasms) for the Jazz at SLC Summer League

Keyonte George stays putting himself in a good light with the Jazz and continues to be around the young players as a leader

Also, here is a research paper, published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, asking the question, "Does Violence Against Women Really Damage the Careers of NBA Players?" The answer is probably not a surprise to anyone: www.mcgill.ca/sociology/fi...

Again, just important words that are said outright.

Also, important to remember the way that NBA teams handled the Kevin Porter Jr. situation, and @ekoreen.bsky.social wrote beautifully about the ridiculousness of that:

Particularly, I want to thank @geraldbourguet.bsky.social for saying these things, loud and proud:

I think that everyone should read what @geraldbourguet.bsky.social wrote more than two years ago when the Suns were considering adding Miles Bridges to their team. He wrote about it AGAIN now that those considerations have become reality.

I really tried to get every thought in this one...sorry about that.

Balogun scores for team usa, he does the LeBron celebration, Balogun plays for Monaco. Former NBA player Mike James plays for AS Monaco, his last NBA team was Brooklyn featuring former Warrior Kevin Durant and Chris Chiozza whose last NBA team was Warriors. LeBron confirmed to Warriors. 🙃

Some days are a mixed bag

Mexico’s gonna play the Mexico Week episode of Great British Bake Off to get themselves amped to the moon.

Honestly still insane to think about how little the Mavs got for Luka. At least the Jazz got a pick haul

Can confirm Jazz are sending Walker Kessler to the Lakers for a picks package that includes unprotected picks in 2031 and 2033, swaps in 2028 and 2030. Also, Jazz will get a trade exception worth half of Walker's first-year salary with the Lakers on his new, four-year $130M deal

IMO It’s just really hard to justify upper 30’s for Kessler from a team perspective. I’m interested to hear what offers are like for Duren. We know what Hartenstein just got. And Kessler has been out for a year and has never played on a winning team much less even sniffed the playoffs.

Starting the 🔱eek off right! #TridentsUp

Can confirm the Jazz are bringing back Jusuf Nurkić. The 2-year, $22 million deal is below what many believed Nurk would garner on the FA market, but the situation is helped by how much Nurk truly enjoyed last season, playing for Will Hardy and how valued he felt by the Jazz

Malik Beasley and Ed Davis, both former NBA players, have been indicted on sports gambling charges by federal prosecutors. DOJ says Beasley agreed to manipulate his play during a Jan. 26, 2024 game while with the Bucks, and worked with Davis. www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...

I wrote about what it would mean for the Suns to trade for Miles Bridges 2 and a half years ago when these rumors first started popping up. My feelings haven’t really changed on the matter:

Now we can all speculate wildly about how much it cost Darryn Peterson to get No.22 from Kyle Filipowski (who will now wear #2)

Darryn Peterson said that he's gone through a lot of emotions in the last few days, from realizing his dreams and going back to his high school to reflect on where things started. But when he got off the plane in SLC, he was just "happy to be home."

Darryn Peterson content- The Jazz got the guy they always wanted:

This feels applicable to a lot of different teams and people and situations etc. Very topical imo.

Kyle Filipowski will wear #2 for the Jazz after giving up #22 to Darryn Peterson.

Undrafted big out of BYU, Keba Kieta, is signing an Exhibit 10 deal with the Indiana Pacers and will be with them for Summer League his agent tells me

Mavs picks have made me really happy honestly. Morez is an incredible steal, and Tobi Lawal hasn’t even been playing basketball that long. He still has so much room to grow. But…he’s a Man U supporter. Everyone has their flaws

Jersey stuff...Darryn Peterson wants 22. Filipowski wears 22. Flip wore that in high school. But he wore 30 at Duke. Nurkic was wearing 30. So if Nurk doesn't re-sign, 30 would be available for Filip. Backup for DP is 8 which currently belongs to Collier, who had to wait to get it from Patty Mills.

Something that stood out from Will Dawkins' comments last night: Dawkins regards AJ Dybantsa as a guard. "I think we're most dangerous when you have multiple decision makers and multiple size and length on the floor," Dawkins said. "Adding him, we're the tallest group of guards in the league."

Trading Giannis Antetokounmpo was not an overnight decision. Rather it was the culmination of a years long dissolution of culture & communication. Grab a coffee. How the Giannis era in Milwaukee came to a bitter end is a doozy. 🔖 www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Today I stepped off a flight from Europe and barely had time to get my thoughts together before heading over to the Jazz facility for draft night. I barely know what my name is, much less what day it is. I just hope what I wrote was moderately coherent.

On Saturday, the Jazz brass went to Darryn Peterson’s hometown of Canton, Ohio. They spent time with him and his family, sold him on the Jazz and solidified the decision that he was their guy.

Before the Cooper Flagg draft, I had someone tell me that if Darryn Peterson was in that class, they would take DP over Cooper. Now he’s officially on the Jazz roster.

Love that the Mavs took Morez. Really really like him and I'm surprised he went that high but think it's super deserved

Kangz

ESPN: can we get the lowest couch possible for these giant humans?

Turd makes brief appearance in punch bowl: defector.com/turd-makes-b...

All the athletes came out today

RT @mlbbot.bsky.social: Bryan Woo exits to a standing O! 👏

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Statue of Liberty, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi & Gustave Eiffel, dedicated 1886, 📸’s by @natlyphoto, PannaPhoto

Bliss saved us on Tuesday

If you want your heart to feel good this is the one you should read:

rye bread and mustard type of monday

Let's do one more mailbag before the draft/free agency and all of the craziness of the NBA offseason! Reply here with your Jazz and NBA questions!

Happy cool guy solstice to all who celebrate.

I know it’s all Knicks and Spurs right now, but there’s so much in these playoffs and Finals that have me constantly thinking about how butt the Kings are and how they can’t do anything right.

If I was a San Antonio nun I would also be upset that the Spurs didn’t just use a timeout. Relatable.

I don’t know how to say this without sounding awful and I don’t know if I can point to a good reason…but I don’t want Ryon Healy anywhere the Mariners broadcast. Please stop. This is torture.

Aaaaand scene 🎬