US EditionUtah Jazz Trade Collin Sexton to Charlotte for Jusuf Nurkic
- According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Hornets traded Jusuf Nurkic and a 2030 second-round pick to the Jazz for Collin Sexton on June 29.
- The Jazz's multi-year rebuild involves drafting young guards Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr., creating backcourt overload while the Hornets operate under the full Non-Taxpayer MLE.
- Sexton, 26, will earn $19.2 million next season on a one-year deal, averaging 18.4 points and 4.2 assists; Nurkic, 30, has an expiring $19.4 million contract.
- The trade gives the Hornets guard scoring depth with Sexton, but center options remain thin with Diabate and Kalkbrenner.
- The Jazz's rebuild involves acquiring 13 first-round picks from 2025–2029, while the Hornets quietly bolster roster depth through trades, both pursuing distinct reconstruction strategies.
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Jazz Complete Trade With Hornets That Does Not Make Sense
In the run-up to the free agency period, the Utah Jazz and Charlotte Hornets have completed a trade that no one was expecting, and that few can find Utah’s logic for. As first reported by Shams Charania of ESPN, the Jazz will send guard Collin Sexton to the Hornets, along with a second-round pick in 2030, in exchange for Hornets center Jusuf Nurkic. No other players or picks have been reported as being included in the deal. It follows, therefore…
Hornet trade center Jusuf Nurkić for Jazz guard Collin Sexton
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CAROLINA SPORTS LIVE) — The Charlotte Hornets have acquired guard Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round pick from the Utah Jazz in exchange for center Jusuf Nurkić, the team announced Sunday. The 8th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft out of Alabama, Sexton's career averaged 18.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 29.9 minutes per game across 407 total appearances (335 starts). Last season, Sexton averaged 18.4 points, 2.7 …
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