1. The Utah Jazz lack high-end, young talent
It’s been well-documented that the Utah Jazz didn’t get themselves any high end talent in this years draft, and in the first Summer League game of the year, it was very apparent that they didn’t have anyone that could stand out and take over a game the way that Holmgren did for the OKC Thunder.
One big reason for this could be the fact that Johnny Juzang, the big name UDFA didn’t play due to a car crash recently that may hold him out for the entirety of SLC Summer League, but the team was also missing Leondro Bolmaro and Walker Kessler, two names acquired in the Rudy Gobert trade that could have made a big impact in this game. Kofi Cockburn wasn’t anywhere near effective enough when guarding Holmgren, and didn’t make any type of impact until late in the game, and one of the only players who flashed any sort of potential was Xavier Sneed.
Unfortunately for Utah, Sneed was highly inefficient, and flashes here and there aren’t going to be enough for anyone on this roster to impress Will Hardy, Danny Ainge and the Jazz higher-ups, because at this point, it looks like no one in that game today will be cracking the NBA roster in 2022.