It's only summer league, but a Jazz training camp battle might already be brewing

No matter what anyone thinks of how the Utah Jazz handled the Collin Sexton and Jordan Clarkson situations, the reason why they did what they did is because they wanted to see what they have in their young guards. Since they've done this, they've seen some exciting things out of Isaiah Collier and Walter Clayton Jr., so much so that this could lead to a training camp battle.

Clayton hasn't taken much time to let Utah know they got something good in him. In his most recent game in Las Vegas, he put up 21 points, six rebounds, and three assists while shooting eight-for-17 from the field and nailing four three-pointers.

Collier wasn't too shabby himself in that same game, as he ended up with 16 points while shooting six-for-10 from the field to go with nine assists and six rebounds. It also came with six turnovers, but Collier showed some improved range, nailing two three-pointers.

Both of them played well enough that it might not be too early to declare that there could be a training camp battle between the two of them for a spot in their starting backcourt. Collier proved himself an excellent playmaker in his rookie year, as he basically took Keyonte George's starting job running the point and setting a new Jazz record for most assists by a rookie.

Even so, Clayton has looked like the more complete all-around player in Summer League. Now, maybe the Jazz will have Clayton work his way up when he reaches the pros, just like they did with Collier. However, something not many know is that despite Collier having an NBA season under his belt, Clayton is actually the older one between the two of them, as he's almost a year and a half older than Collier.

This won't necessarily be an issue until, well training camp, and even then, it's a good problem to have. No matter who is better than whom, the Jazz at least know they've got too promising young guards to develop on the roster going forward. Now that both Sexton and Clarkson are gone, they should get to see how both fare in bigger roles.

They may also be their starting backcourt next season

It's also possible that they won't compete at all for a starting spot in training camp. The biggest competition for a starting spot will be Keyonte George, who isn't necessarily a scrub, but failed to improve on his rampant inconsistency this past season to the point that now there are plenty of question marks about whether he is part of Utah's future.

Utah will give him another fair shot, and he technically has the most experience between him Collier and Clayton, but if he doesn't show any improvement, that would pave the way for Clayton and Collier to start together. It would make for one heavily undersized backcourt, but Utah's main priority this upcoming season (besides tanking) is showing they have a good foundation of youth.

Whether either or both is starting, the Jazz at least have two guards that should make fans feel pretty encouraged about the future of their backcourt.