CONFIRMED ✅: Pat Riley Just Confirmed Signing Of 21-year-old Talented Star Player !!
According to NBA.com’s event log, the Jazz waived Hauser to open a two-way slot for Christopher.
According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Tony Jones ( Twitter link ), the Jazz are in the process of signing former Rockets first-round pick Josh Christopher to a two-way deal.
Christopher, 21, was selected with the 24th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. The former Arizona State wing averaged 6.9 points in 138 games (four starts) over his first two seasons in the league. The Grizzlies
waived the 6’5″ Christopher in late September after the team acquired him in an earlier offseason trade. Now he’s headed to Utah after showing his ability to score at the NBA level. His career highs are 30 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals.
Christopher can give the Jazz immediate depth on the wing and scoring and could look for a role off the bench. He averaged 5.8 points per game last season.
The Jazz already have three players signed
to two-way contracts – Joey Hauser, Johnny
Juzang and Micah Potter – and will have to
give up one in order for Christopher to come
on board. Utah currently has a 21-man
roster.
Christopher joins Usman Garuba and
TyTy Washington as recent former Houston
first-round picks to sign two-way deals with
other teams this offseason. Houston traded
away the young trio in the same five-team
deal that brought Dillon Brooks to the
Rockets.
