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Josh Okogie Signs Two-Year Deal With the Jazz
Free-agent guard/forward Josh Okogie has agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with the Utah Jazz, Shams Charania of ESPN reports, picking Utah over several other suitors. The 27-year-old has built an eight-year career on gritty perimeter defense, and last season he finally added an offensive wrinkle, connecting on 38.5 percent from three for Houston. For fantasy, that shooting is the whole case, and it comes with a warning label: a career 29.9 percent shooter from deep rarely sustains a jump that big, so plan on some regression. The bigger issue is fit. A rebuilding Jazz team would rather hand minutes to its young wings than to a 27-year-old role player, so the open runway a thin roster seems to offer may never materialize. Okogie brings real value to Utah's defense and locker room, but at 4.5 points in 17.4 minutes, the fantasy production simply isn't there.
Source: Shams Charania
Source: Shams Charania
Jazz Torn Between Three Draft Prospects
The Utah Jazz are genuinely torn over their No. 2 pick in next week's NBA Draft, weighing BYU wing AJ Dybantsa, Duke forward Cameron Boozer, and Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, The Athletic's Tony Jones reports. Utah hosted Dybantsa and Boozer for private workouts, while Peterson declined a visit amid confidence he could land at No. 1 with Washington. The Jazz are not expected to be deterred, having drafted Ace Bailey last year after a similarly unusual pre-draft process. For dynasty managers, the fit shapes the payoff. Peterson, an electric scorer, projects as the cleanest positional match and quickest fantasy contributor if he slides to Utah, while Boozer's outlook is cloudier behind a crowded Jazz frontcourt. Dybantsa, who averaged a nation-leading 25.5 points at BYU, remains widely projected as the likeliest No. 1 pick, so Utah's choice may not be settled until Washington is on the clock.
Source: Tony Jones
Source: Tony Jones
