It seems that there will be further turnover in the market Utah Jazz list ahead of their 2024-25 season.
According to SportyFormer Jazz forward Darius Bazley will take his talents overseas to China, signing a one-year deal with the Guangdong Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Bazley was signed midseason by the Jazz for the 2023-24 campaign, appearing in the second half of the season for six games with Utah. During his time in a Jazz uniform, the former first-round pick averaged 8.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 23 minutes per night. He also shot 62.1 percent from the field and 25.0 percent from three-point range.
Bazley was the 23rd overall pick in the summer of 2019, selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder— where he spent the first three and a half seasons before being traded to the Phoenix Suns in 2023. While the 24-year-old showed some promise as a two-way impact player early in his career, things never quite clicked to generate significant holding power in an NBA rotation.
The Tigers already had some former NBA talent on their roster last season, including names like Tremont Waters, MarShon Brooks, Jordan Bell and Jianlian Yi. Now, Bazley will join the group as another option in their frontcourt.
Good luck to the former Jazz forward as he now takes on a new challenge with the Tigers.
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