The future of Ingles, Booker and Evans with Jazz is uncertain
The three player would love to remain with the Jazz
The future of Joe Ingles, Trevor Booker and Jeremy Evans is uncertain.
The three players would love to remain with the Jazz next season too.
Per Deseret News, Booker, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound power forward who just finished up his fifth year in the NBA and his first season with the Jazz, proved to be a valuable player off the bench.
The Jazz hold a team option on Booker that would pay him $4.8 million next season but, should they decide not to keep him around and allow him to become an unrestricted free agent, they would only owe him $250,000 in guaranteed money.
It was obvious on Thursday, though, that the 27-year-old Booker would like to stay in Utah next season.
Ingles, the 27-year-old NBA rookie from Australia, also played in 79 games for the Jazz this season, averaging 5.0 points, 2.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds in a little over 21 minutes per game.
Ingles is eligible to sign a $1.5 million qualifying offer for next season.
"Obviously both sides are pretty mutually interested in coming back," he said Thursday in his adorable Aussie accent.
After averaging career-bests of 6.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 18 minutes a game during the 2013-14 season, the former NBA dunk champion and fan favorite saw his opportunities diminish greatly during the recently completed campaign.
He played in only 38 games, often getting a "DNP (Did Not Play) — Coach's Decision" in the box score. When he did get a rare chance to step onto the court, Evans played an average of only seven minutes a game, averaging 2.1 points and 1.9 rebounds — very similar to the numbers he put up during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.
"I feel like they have the confidence in me and I trust them that they're going to make the right decision. That's what they're here for," the stringbean 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward said of the Jazz front office.
The three players would love to remain with the Jazz next season too.
Per Deseret News, Booker, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound power forward who just finished up his fifth year in the NBA and his first season with the Jazz, proved to be a valuable player off the bench.
The Jazz hold a team option on Booker that would pay him $4.8 million next season but, should they decide not to keep him around and allow him to become an unrestricted free agent, they would only owe him $250,000 in guaranteed money.
It was obvious on Thursday, though, that the 27-year-old Booker would like to stay in Utah next season.
Ingles, the 27-year-old NBA rookie from Australia, also played in 79 games for the Jazz this season, averaging 5.0 points, 2.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds in a little over 21 minutes per game.
Ingles is eligible to sign a $1.5 million qualifying offer for next season.
"Obviously both sides are pretty mutually interested in coming back," he said Thursday in his adorable Aussie accent.
After averaging career-bests of 6.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 18 minutes a game during the 2013-14 season, the former NBA dunk champion and fan favorite saw his opportunities diminish greatly during the recently completed campaign.
He played in only 38 games, often getting a "DNP (Did Not Play) — Coach's Decision" in the box score. When he did get a rare chance to step onto the court, Evans played an average of only seven minutes a game, averaging 2.1 points and 1.9 rebounds — very similar to the numbers he put up during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.
"I feel like they have the confidence in me and I trust them that they're going to make the right decision. That's what they're here for," the stringbean 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward said of the Jazz front office.
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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