With Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson and John Collins all of the team, the Utah Jazz now fully focuses their attention on determining which of their young players should stay and which should go. A jazz player in particular who is being investigated heavily is Keyonte George.
George was one of the most exciting young players in the jazz who came in last season, but he did not succeed in the step that the jazz hoped that he would do that, so that he made a little unnoticed this season, partly because other jazzjunger such as Ace Bailey and Kyle Filipowski look much more exciting.
With Sexton and Clarkson from the way, Jazz will give George a fairer shot than ever with nothing in the way of his minutes. Of course, they also have Isaiah Collier and Walter Clayton Jr., but they have a longer belt than George because the latter will be for an extension the next summer.
George had a better season technically because he had more use, Bur Utah gave him many opportunities and he did not ride exactly with them. George has shown that he can go off, but has not succeeded in maintaining two years of consistency in his NBA career. Although it is not as Utah should expect to be their next franchise player, they have to expect some progress next season.
Because if he doesn’t show anything, it is very likely that the jazz will just give him up. They have an abundance of young players they have to develop to see if they are worth keeping it around. George showed enough in his smoking year for Utah to give him the keys, but he failed to take advantage of it.
Will George start or come from the bank?
When it became clear that Collier was the better option for Utah to make his attack run more smoothly, George was exiled to more a sixth man role. That did not really change into terms of his overall production, so the question raises whether the jazz will put him back in the starting line-up or have him serve as a long-term replacement for Clarkson.
George’s inefficiency as a scorer, when that is his calling card, limits his ceiling. If he can get better in that part of his game, it may be enough to enter him as a starter. The other problem is his matte defense. George already has enough problems to become substandard, but because teams will choose him, he must prove that he will not be so easy to take advantage.
Even if George can back well in year 3 with jazz as a scoreer, which many should pay attention to, is his all-round game. That can be the difference between whether he gets the start or whether he will be the new sixth man.
If he doesn’t do that either, it can be bad implications for his future with jazz and the NBA in general.
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