Game Thread Oct 08, 2025 06:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Houston Rockets (Preseason)

[SoberasHotRod]

Not going to lie a part of me started to wonder if we should pick up Cody’s third year option. Deadline is Halloween. I wonder if we could move him before then.

I really don't understand the purpose of cutting or trading Cody right now. His salary and roster are not preventing us from doing anything.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

i've been one of cody's biggest detractors, but i think you pick up his third year. just far too early to give up on him. for me personally, he showed enough in summer league that you hang on for now.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

There's just too much other talent on the floor for Cody to touch the ball much on offense in the half court. The team as a whole isn't especially good at moving the ball either. Then when Cody's not touching the ball, he shrinks. I'd like to see the Jazz set him up for some drives off cuts, as long as there isn't a super long rim protector waiting for him.

Otherwise, Cody is usually good in transition. But then the Jazz's team defense is so bad most the time, that they don't often get out in transition. I guess getting Walker back will help that cause.

At some point, the Jazz have to rein in Svi and give some of those touches to Cody and Brice. I was disappointed that Svi started and was featured last night.

 

[Flc]

Ace looks huge out there. We’ve never had a player his size with his skillset.

I really don’t think he could have played much better. That is an insane thing to say about a just-turned 19 year-old in his first NBA action.

I didn't even realize how low I had set my expectations after Year 1 Burke, Year 1 Exum on a Darth Vader ventilator, Year 1 Henny, Year 1 Cody... I couldn't believe that shots were going in and smart decisions were being made.

 

[fishonjazz]

There's just too much other talent on the floor for Cody to touch the ball much on offense in the half court. The team as a whole isn't especially good at moving the ball either. Then when Cody's not touching the ball, he shrinks. I'd like to see the Jazz set him up for some drives off cuts, as long as there isn't a super long rim protector waiting for him.

Otherwise, Cody is usually good in transition. But then the Jazz's team defense is so bad most the time, that they don't often get out in transition. I guess getting Walker back will help that cause.

At some point, the Jazz have to rein in Svi and give some of those touches to Cody and Brice. I was disappointed that Svi started and was featured last night.

**** svi

 

[NUMBERICA]

Yeah, night/day difference on his jumper. Doesnt shoot a rope anymore.

I bet he shoots a very nice rope.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Size advantages are most impactful on the defensive side—and they get neutered whenever a player has a bad case of ball-watching disease. Keyonte can get that pretty bad.

Pretty sure WCJ and Keyonte are of eerily similar size. WCJ might actually be bigger.

Keyonte is still younger which is weird.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Not going to lie a part of me started to wonder if we should pick up Cody’s third year option. Deadline is Halloween. I wonder if we could move him before then.

Without looking at the actual numbers, a recent 10th pick in the draft should actually be making a significant amount of money.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I really don't understand the purpose of cutting or trading Cody right now. His salary and roster are not preventing us from doing anything.

It makes more sense to decline the option on Cody than not extending Walker because of cap space considerations.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

**** svi

No thanks. My calendar is booked with Hearsky's mom until openig night.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

It makes more sense to decline the option on Cody than not extending Walker because of cap space considerations.

Sure, but neither really make sense. We should have plenty of cap space to do whatever are realistically going to do next off season with Cody and with an extended Kessler.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I really don't understand the purpose of cutting or trading Cody right now. His salary and roster are not preventing us from doing anything.

Because we are going to have to make decisions on some of our young guys in the near future.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Because we are going to have to make decisions on some of our young guys in the near future.

At this point it's only who we are going to prioritize from a development standpoint, i.e. who plays and who doesn't. We should only have one rookie coming in next year, we will have plenty of roster spots.

If there was some diminishing returns for trading him, then maybe that makes sense, but I don't see any reason to not pick up his 3rd year.

 

[Elizah Huge]

At this point it's only who we are going to prioritize from a development standpoint, i.e. who plays and who doesn't. We should only have one rookie coming in next year, we will have plenty of roster spots.

If there was some diminishing returns for trading him, then maybe that makes sense, but I don't see any reason to not pick up his 3rd year.

It was more of a figure of speech of how bad he’s been that it crossed my mind.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

It was more of a figure of speech of how bad he’s been that it crossed my mind.

Yeah, I get it.

 

[fishonjazz]

Pretty sure WCJ and Keyonte are of eerily similar size. WCJ might actually be bigger.

Keyonte is still younger which is weird.

Google tells me keyonte is 6 foot 4 and 185 lbs with a 6 foot 8 inch wingspan.
Google tells me that WCJ is 6 foot 2 and 199 lbs with a 6 foot 4 wingspan.
fwiw
This also tracks with what my eyeballs are seeing.

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Keyonte claimed to be 6'4" with a 6'7" wingspan, but refused to be measured at the combine, he was the last person that could refused to be measured as this was changed under the new CBA.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Google tells me keyonte is 6 foot 4 and 185 lbs with a 6 foot 8 inch wingspan.
Google tells me that WCJ is 6 foot 2 and 199 lbs with a 6 foot 4 wingspan.
fwiw
This also tracks with what my eyeballs are seeing.

We don’t have official measurements on Keyonte. Also, 6’ 4” and 6’ 2” are the same size if one is wearing shoes and the other isn’t (I strongly recall that Keyonte’s unofficial w/o shoes measurement is about 6’ 2.5”).

The weight also might be telling a story.

 

[Flc]

If you all haven’t witnessed Locke’s hair on Locked on Jazz today, it’s worth a YouTube search.

 

[fishonjazz]

We don’t have official measurements on Keyonte. Also, 6’ 4” and 6’ 2” are the same size if one is wearing shoes and the other isn’t (I strongly recall that Keyonte’s unofficial w/o shoes measurement is about 6’ 2.5”).

The weight also might be telling a story.

On the other hand it seems pretty obvious that Key is a few inches taller simply by watching the two players play basketball. Its obvious to me anyways. The length difference appears rather obvious to me as well. As for the weight, WCJ looks much stockier/thicker to me. That would account for WCJ being heavier.