Eric Walden

Since returning from his foot injury, Utah Jazz rookie Keyonte George has often been overly passive, fading into the background on the court. In Saturday’s second half vs. the Sixers, though, he showed off some needed aggression.

Ahead of Friday’s Jazz-Celtics game, colleagues-turned-counterparts Will Hardy and Joe Mazzulla discussed their once-competing bids to get Utah’s head coaching job, and how their respective answers to one particular question may have proved a sliding-door moment.

Former Utah running back Ja’Quinden Jackson is headed to Arkansas. He announced the move in a social media post on Friday afternoon.

After a stretch of nine wins in 12 games, there was some thought that the Utah Jazz were finally turning a corner. But with a blowout loss Friday in Boston to be followed by games vs. three more top-flight opponents, the team is eager to prove the recent success wasn’t a facade.

Utah Jazz player Kelly Olynyk and his wife Jackie reunited an owner with her stolen dog on Christmas.

The Utah Jazz’s 154-148 overtime victory vs. the struggling Pistons on Wednesday included epic offense, sloppy defense, a huge late mistake, and plenty of smaller miscues the team will focus on going forward.

While rookie Keyonte George and the Utah Jazz continue to work on his ability to orchestrate an attack and pick up on defensive nuances, Saturday’s win in Miami was largely attributable to him just letting some 3s fly.

While the Las Vegas Bowl itself was an eyesore, it gave Utah’s Miles Battle another chance to show NFL personnel that he can play on Sundays, while Tao Johnson got an opportunity to prove to Utes coaches that he can handle every position in the defensive backfield.

Will Hardy wasn’t thrilled with Collin Sexton’s 360 dunk, with the Utah Jazz coach bemusedly questioned the timing and wisdom of the guard bounce-passing an alley-oop to himself less than a minute into the second half Tuesday night vs. the Spurs.

Ahead of Utah’s Las Vegas Bowl loss, QB-turned-RB Ja’Quinden Jackson revealed he was considering departing the program, and now several days after suffering an injury during the game, he has entered the transfer portal.