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Andy Larsen: All of these players were at Jazz shootaround this morning, definitely DID NOT see this coming.
BREAKING: The Memphis Grizzlies are trading star forward Jaren Jackson Jr., John Konchar, Jock Landale and Vince Williams Jr. to the Utah Jazz for Walter Clayton Jr., Kyle Anderson, Taylor Hendricks, Georges Niang and three future first-round picks, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/ax6oQpZx0S
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2026

What are the main things they’re getting on you guys for? Brice Sensabaugh: They’re holding us accountable. Kevin Love is a champion. Kyle Anderson has been in the playoffs multiple times. Jusuf Nurkić has been a franchise player at one point. So they have so much knowledge. They don’t hold anything back. They let us know if we’re messing up. They let us know what it looks like to be a good team. We’re slowly developing those qualities and habits from those guys.

Love details why being that “veteran voice” is extremely important for one of the youngest teams in the NBA. The Jazz are the ninth-youngest team in the league at an average age of 25.3 years old entering the season. The team’s second-oldest player is Kyle Anderson at 32 years old, and Utah Jazz have just three players over the age of 30. “I think that that is extremely important, especially with a young team,” said Love. “I think sometimes people can maybe overvalue a veteran in a locker room, but I do believe that the Jazz honour that, and they’re appreciative of it as well. “It makes me want to lean in even more and be the vet that, honestly, I never had.”
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Andy Larsen: Ace Bailey is out tomorrow vs. Portland due to Bilateral Knee Tendinopathy. Kyle Anderson, Isaiah Collier, and Georges Niang all also out. Walker Kessler is questionable.

Andy Larsen: Jazz injury report: "Kyle Filipowski (lower back injury management), Walker Kessler (left shoulder soreness) and Lauri Markkanen (left wrist contusion) were all full practice participants today. Kyle Anderson (right knee tendinitis) did not participate in practice."

Not proactively trading Jimmy Butler before last season. A team source insists that there was no indication that Miami could have received more than one first-round pick — or a superior package — than what it ultimately obtained from the five-team trade (Andrew Wiggins, Anderson, Mitchell and a 2025 first-round pick). The teams that inquired about Butler last summer, when Miami wasn’t trying to trade him, never discussed offering multiple first-round picks.
Shams Charania: BREAKING: The Clippers, Jazz and Heat have agreed to a trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to the Jazz, sources tell ESPN.
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Shams Charania: Miami is acquiring a major scoring punch in Powell while the Clippers find a dynamic lob threat. Both Powell and Collins are coming off strong seasons. Utah has turned Collins' expiring deal into an asset in the form of a second-rounder in return.

Should the Wolves surpass the first apron, they will not be able to acquire players via sign-and-trades, use trade exceptions from previous years (such as the $8,780,488 million one still outstanding from the Kyle Anderson sign-and-trade last July), or use the Bi-Annual exception at all. If they use the MLE, they will be limited to the taxpayer-sized portion (currently projected to be worth $5,685,000), and in trades, they will not be allowed to take back more than 100 percent of the salary they send out. If they do use the taxpayer MLE, the second apron will become a hard cap.

In the aftermath of Cleveland’s four-game sweep over Miami in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs, Heat reserve Kyle Anderson was asked what changed in the final two games — back-to-back Cavaliers blowouts by a combined 92 points, making it the most lopsided playoff series in history. “You want my honest answer? I don’t mean to throw shots at anybody. ... But they look like a better team without Garland on the floor,” Anderson told reporters. “Now I don’t know the numbers or anything but I think it played more into their favor once Garland wasn’t on the floor. They were able to dictate the tempo and get more stops on defense, it’s harder for us to score.”

Kyle Anderson said the Cavs “looked like a better team without Garland on the floor. They were able to dictate the tempo and get more stops. I’m not saying they’re better without Garland.... He’s a really good player.”