Jazz's stance on John Tonje just became crystal clear after Georges Niang trade

It has raised some eyebrows that since the Utah Jazz drafted John Tonje, he has remained unsigned throughout the offseason. However, following the Jazz's latest move - re-acquiring Georges Niang - the Jazz have also indirectly confirmed what the future holds for Tonje: he'll be a Jazzman soon enough.

For anyone who doesn't know about the details of the trade, the Jazz got Niang back along with two second-round picks, while trading RJ Luis Jr. While those details may sound irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, Luis was on a two-way contract, which opens one up for Tonje.

For the record, before the trade, the Jazz had an open two-way roster spot, as Elijah Harkless occupies the other, but with Luis now gone, it appears that's where Tonje is headed. While he could also get a full-time roster spot, also note that the Jazz's roster stand at 16 players with the Niang trade.

While that matter could be resolved on its own, as Utah's roster stands, all signs point to Tonje taking a two-way spot. That's pretty common among late second-round picks. He could very well outplay it in little time, but he'll start from the ground up.

Tonje and the Jazz were collaborating for community events

The day before the Jazz traded for Niang, they revealed the Jr. Jazz trips where Tonje and co. participating in utah community events.

Not only that, but Tonje himself went out of his way to express how happy he was to be involved with the events.

It's hard to believe that the Jazz would involve Tonje in events like this if the plan wasn't to sign him. They haven't announced anything with him after making the Niang trade, but now it feels even more inevitable that Tonje will officially be on the roster in due time. It's a matter of whether it will be on a two-way contract or full-time.

It's not like it's the biggest deal whether Tonje is on the roster or not, but it is exciting to see how the Jazz will fill out the roster with the NBA offseason entering its dog days. Also, Utah has absolutely no pressure at the moment (except to tank again because of what they owe Oklahoma City), so regardless of whether Tonje is good, there's not much hurt in seeing what he can do.

The Jazz have a lot of youngsters ahead of him in the pecking order, but he should get his shot in due time.