I don't follow the NBA that much, but it looks like the Jazz are pretty terrible this year. Any chance that translates into Jason getting more opportunities for the first team?
Only if they completely give up on Keyonte George or he gets hurt. Mike Conley is going to be their backup and do the veteran leadership thing. Then again, they're run by Danny Ainge. You never know what he'll do.
Well, Mike Conley hasn't played for the Jazz in like 3 years. (I can't blame you though, the player movement these days makes it hard to keep track of everyone).
But your point still stands. The Jazz have guards younger than Preston that they clearly like more than JP, just based on the playing time they've given all of them over the past year while JP has been dominating the G-league. At this point, it doesn't seem likely to me that Preston will ever get much of a real crack at the NBA level.
Which there's obviously nothing wrong with, but his money making ability might be better overseas after this contract is up after this season. Unless someone else is willing to give him another 2-way deal to keep him as a flexibility option in case of injuries. Usually you see those contracts start to go to younger guys, though. It's tough to continue getting 2-way contracts.
Kind of a bummer, but it seems like his lack of explosive 1:1 ability on offense and his limitations on defense are contributing to those younger guys continuing to get NBA development opportunities over him. JP's floor is higher, but those guys with more elite athleticism probably have higher ceilings. And those NBA execs are always focused on finding the couple of guys that they can max their ceilings over finding lots of higher floor guys.