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Cooke, Mathis and Chealey have had two way contracts with other teams. Chealey and Brantley are college buds. Mathis was a college teammate of Isaac Haas.
 
Jared Butler – Who is not excited to see what he can do. I am banking on Butler being the steal of the draft.
MaCio Teague – interesting another Baylor player. Might find a place on the stars.
Elijah Hughes – I think he could lead the team in scoring but needs to prove he has improved and deserves playing time.
Jarrell Brantley - I want to see him dominate.
Juwan Morgan – It is make or break at this point
Udoka Azubuike – Needs to show he deserves to back up Gobert full time. I expect some monster dunks.
Joe Chealey – another 6-4 guard has some NBA experience but has a hard time seeing him make the team but never say never.
Dakota Mathias – How many 6-4 guards can they have on a roster? He has some overseas experience.
Charles Cooke – At first confused him with Lenny Cooke but he was a stat stuffer at Dayton and had been on a two-way before.
Frankie Ferrari – one of the best names on the roster but he should stick to playing overseas. Well, the Jazz do have a 3rd string PG spot available
Nate Sestina – sweet a big man that has some outside ability. Played his senior year at UK so I am kind of excited to see what he can do.
Kyle Castlin – wow another 6-4 guard. Played for the stars last year
Matt Mooney – was a fan of Mooney coming out a couple of years ago. Scrappy player but again 6-3. Jazz seems to have a type this year.
Justin Patton – Huge Patton fan and if he can stay healthy he would make a good 3rd string centerJarrell on the Jazz
Jarrell Martin – another big that I have been intrigued about in the past
 
One thing I read this morning that makes sense - due to the trades that led to the Jazz acquiring Butler, we may not see him in the Jazz summer league as he may not be eligible to play until after the August 6th date trades are finalized. Vegas starts on the 8th however, so assuming his health is fine, he should be good to go there.

Hughes and Dok need to show out. We always talk about how meaningless summer league is, but it doesn't feel that way for those two dudes.
 
One thing I read this morning that makes sense - due to the trades that led to the Jazz acquiring Butler, we may not see him in the Jazz summer league as he may not be eligible to play until after the August 6th date trades are finalized. Vegas starts on the 8th however, so assuming his health is fine, he should be good to go there.

Hughes and Dok need to show out. We always talk about how meaningless summer league is, but it doesn't feel that way for those two dudes.
Unfortunate for the folks in SLC who intended to go, but hopefully Butler learns the ropes in Vegas.
 
I think SL is going to inform the Jazz a lot on Udoka. The Jazz will have a lot of vets out there (Brantley/Forrest/Hughes/Morgan), so Udoka should be able to play pretty well around legit players and not just scrubs trying to make an impression. He needs to show he can really dominate and be a huge presence without fouling.
This.

And honestly I would really like to see them play those main dudes a lot more than normal summer league since they should fully know the system and not turn it into the normal open run BS in summer league.

Watching how those dudes run the offense should help inform a lot on what we do with each.
 
Another stars player
He is a guy that could be a stretch 4/small ball 5. Played at Oregon and Georgetown and has decent skills all the way around but not flashy in the least. He appears to me to be a crafty player. Played for the Stars the last two seasons.
 
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