Another triple-double for Jay last night. 14-11-11.

Jay got 1 minute of game time last night (according to the box) in Utah's game against the Suns. 1 rebound in 1 minute. It looks like he and Juzang both got called up to the Association.

Well this is encouraging, confirms he is on the cusp and one of their first call-ups. Clarkson/Sexton seem to be a platoon at the PG position, would be interesting to see if one of them has to miss time would they stick with a platoon or up the minutes of the healthy one.

You know what, I like the SA idea. Pop is the type of coach who appreciates his type of play. JP feeding Wemby...that has a nice ring to it.

The box score doesn't show Jay as having been on the Jazz roster vs Golden St. Was he on the bench?

George is their 1st round pick in his rookie year and is getting solid minutes and playing well for them. preston is not going to get time over him.

25pts/15reb/12 assists for Jay last night against his former Memphis G League team.

Like the NBA, they have All-NBA G League teams each year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-NBA_G_League_Team

They also have individual awards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_G_League_awards...

They also have an All-Star Game "tournament" four teams: https://gleague.nba.com/up-next

This years rosters:

Matas Buzelis, G League Ignite
Collin Gillespie, Grand Rapids Gold
Ron Holland, G League Ignite
Keyontae Johnson, Oklahoma City Blue
Kenneth Lofton Jr., Delaware Blue Coats (Replaced by Kyle Mangas)
Kyle Mangas, Indiana Mad Ants
Jermaine Samuels, Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Quinndary Weatherspoon, South Bay Lakers


Ashton Hagans, Rip City Remix
Dink Pate, G League Ignite
Trevelin Queen, Osceola Magic
Babacar Sane, G League Ignite
Ethan Thompson, Mexico City Capitanes
Oscar Tshiebwe, Indiana Mad Ants
Alondes Williams, Sioux Falls Skyforce


Izan Almansa, G League Ignite
Emoni Bates, Cleveland Charge
JD Davison, Maine Celtics
Kevon Harris, Osceola Magic
Javan Johnson, Santa Cruz Warriors
London Johnson, G League Ignite
Skal Labissiere, Stockton Kings


Dominick Barlow, Austin Spurs
Darius Bazley, Delaware Blue Coats
Thierry Darlan, G League Ignite
Luka Garza, Iowa Wolves
Markquis Nowell, Raptors 905 (Replaced by Isaiah Wong)
Tyler Smith, G League Ignite
Cole Swider, Sioux Falls Skyforce
Isaiah Wong, Indiana Mad Ants

So it looks like they take top 10 on a fan vote. (I didn't vote and don't vote for the NBA so I dont know if it's MLB style where they take the top 2 at each position.)

G League GM's take another 10.

Those 20 join the 8 young Ignite players.

22pts/12reb/9 assists last night for SLC in the G League.

I did a few quick Google searches, and it looks like the average salary for the EuroLeague is in the $400,000-800,000 range. The only info I could find on the specifics of his contract for this year were through Memphis, and it listed his salary at $2,019,706. All I could find on his Utah deal was: "The Utah Jazz have signed guard Jason Preston to two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released." So it makes obvious sense, financially, to stay in the G League on the 2-way deal right now. EuroLeague (I believe) is the highest average salary of the European basketball options. Nothing to scoff at, for sure, but still much less money than he is making in the G League/NBA at the moment.

I still don't have much faith he's going to get a legit look at the NBA level. What else can the guy do? He's putting up impressive stat lines routinely in the G League and not getting an opportunity at the next level in now his 3rd stop.

Wow, was he locked in. Amazing highlights.

Yet another triple double for Preston last night. 20/15/12 stat line.