3 takeaways from the first Utah Jazz Summer League game
By Nathan Smith
3. The Utah Jazz seriously lacked an organizer at point guard
The Utah Jazz currently have two very well established point guards on their NBA roster in Mike Conley and Patrick Beverley, but if one of those players isn’t on the Jazz roster come the 2022/23 NBA season, they were likely hoping that Jared Butler could step into a role off the bench alongside Jordan Clarkson.
Unfortunately, while Butler wasn’t overly terrible, it just felt like the offense wasn’t clicking together, and it may be the first game of Summer League, but the hope was that Butler with plenty of NBA experience could lead this team in game 1. The Thunder were led by 2021/22 rookie sensation Josh Giddey and Chet Holmgren, and look much more fluent and organized, once again showing there’s a clear lack of overall talent on this Jazz Summer League roster.
With a bit more chemistry in game two and beyond, there’s a chance that Butler can step up and lead this team, so no one should overreact after just one game, but in that one game, the offense didn’t look great at all, and that needs to change if the rest of the team want to show what they’re capable of.