Free-agent forward Jeff Green[1] has agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million veterans minimum contract with the Utah Jazz[2], league sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
The Jazz also reached agreement with free-agent point guard Emmanuel Mudiay[3] on a one-year deal, sources told ESPN.
Green leaves the Washington Wizards[4] to join a significant group of reinforcements in Utah — including Mike Conley Jr[5]. and free agent Bojan Bogdanovic[6] — who will infuse talent into a core of Donovan Mitchell[7] and Rudy Gobert[8] to make the Jazz serious contenders in the Western Conference.
Green gives the Jazz a big, versatile, athletic wing player who can guard multiple positions and make shots. Green’s career has been fortified with 60 playoff appearances with Oklahoma City[9], Boston[10], Memphis[11], the LA Clippers[12] and Cleveland[13] in his 12-year career.
Green, 32, averaged 12.3 points in 44 starts for the Wizards last season.
Mudiay, 23, will be playing for his third team since he was the No. 7 overall pick of the Denver Nuggets[14] in the 2015 draft. He averaged a career-best 14.8 points to go with 3.9 assists in 42 starts last season for the New York Knicks[15].
Mudiay and his agent, former NBA champion B.J. Armstrong, were sold on Utah’s development system under coach Quin Snyder and the chance to play behind Conley.
References
- ^ Jeff Green (www.espn.com)
- ^ Utah Jazz (www.espn.com)
- ^ Emmanuel Mudiay (www.espn.com)
- ^ Washington Wizards (www.espn.com)
- ^ Mike Conley Jr (www.espn.com)
- ^ Bojan Bogdanovic (www.espn.com)
- ^ Donovan Mitchell (www.espn.com)
- ^ Rudy Gobert (www.espn.com)
- ^ Oklahoma City (www.espn.com)
- ^ Boston (www.espn.com)
- ^ Memphis (www.espn.com)
- ^ LA Clippers (www.espn.com)
- ^ Cleveland (www.espn.com)
- ^ Denver Nuggets (www.espn.com)
- ^ New York Knicks (www.espn.com)
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