Jazz re-sign Team USA Select member to two-way contract: Report
By Matt John
The Utah Jazz have filled in one of their two-way roster spots. HoopsHype's Michael Scotto reported that they have re-signed Micah Potter via his X account.
The Utah Jazz and Micah Potter have agreed to a two-way contract, league sources told @hoopshype. Potter was a Team USA Select Team member this summer and has spent the past two seasons with the Jazz. Potter is represented by agents Keith Kreiter and Sam Cipriano of @Edge_Sports. pic.twitter.com/HyPpKotrib
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) August 3, 2024
Potter has spent the last two seasons on two-way contracts with the Jazz. He has played in 23 games combined for the team, but he has spent more time with their G-League associate, the Salt Lake City Stars.
Micah Potter's time with the SLC Stars
While Potter hasn't necessarily made much of an impact with the Jazz, he's been much more impactful with the Stars. In the two seasons he's played for them, Potter has been excellent in their frontcourt, averaging around 15 points and nine rebounds while shooting over 50% from the field, per Gleague.NBA.com.
Potter will likely play most of the 2024-25 season with the Stars. However, knowing that the Jazz plan to embrace the rebuild, even if those plans include keeping All-Star Lauri Markkanen, he may get more of a shot since they plan to embrace their youth movement.
The Stars have had plenty of luck developing NBA rotation players over the last several years. Those same rotation players played a role in the Jazz's success back when they had Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. Their greatest success stories include Royce O'Neale, Georges Niang, and Raul Neto, all of whom went on to play in the NBA for several years.
There's no telling if the same will happen with Potter. Especially since he's played for the Jazz for the last two years. Clearly, the Jazz like him enough that they are still willing to use a two-way roster spot on him.
This will likely be an inconsequential move in the long run, but at least the Jazz are making some moves. If the Jazz believe Potter deserves another flyer, no one should shame them for that, plus you never know when you might find a diamond in the rough even if said diamond in the rough takes a while to find his place.
In an offseason where hardly much has happened for the Jazz period, and likely won't until the Markkanen situation resolves itself, any noteworthy news is good news since many want to know what the Jazz plan to do long-term.