It is time for the Utah Jazz to make some moves before the trade deadline arrives. As a part of a three-team deal, Utah will receive Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Juancho Hernangomez. The San Antonio Spurs gets Tomas Satoransky and a second-round pick and the Portland Trail Blazers acquires Joe Ingles, Elijah Hughes, and a second-round pick. The two picks in the trade come from the Jazz.
News was reported by Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN.
The Utah Jazz are acquiring guard Portland’s Nickeil Alexander-Walker and the Spurs’ Juancho Hernangomez in a three-way deal, sources tell ESPN. The Spurs gets guard Tomas Satoransky and a second-round pick, and the Blazers get Joe Ingles, Elijah Hughes and a second-round pick.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2022
With this move, the Jazz are looking to boost up their bench after they lose Joe Ingles with a torn ACL injury for the remainder of the season. Alexander-Walker is a young prospect that scored 12.8 points per game mostly off the bench for the New Orleans Pelicans this season. He was traded to Portland in the CJ McCollum trade.
Juancho Hernangomez gets a chance to resuscitate his NBA career, he has only played 23 games this season and can serve as an option for the big position in a small-ball lineup that the Jazz haven’t figured out yet.
Utah is currently fourth in the Western Conference with a 33-21 record.
