Jazz trade Collin Sexton to Hornets for Jusuf Nurkić: Sources – The New York Times

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The Utah Jazz have traded Collin Sexton to the Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkić, league sources confirm to The Athletic. The Jazz are also sending a future second-round pick to Charlotte.
Sexton, 26, has averaged 18.8 points per game across seven seasons with Cleveland and Utah, and is a career 38.7 percent shooter from 3-point range. His best season was 2020-21 with the Cleveland Cavaliers, when he averaged 24.3 points per game.
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The 7-foot, 290-pound Nurkić is an 11-year veteran who has played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns, in addition to Charlotte. He has averaged 11.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in his career.
Sexton might have the league’s biggest differential between “how good fans think he is” and “how good coaches and executives think he is.” Still, BORD$ (more on the methodology here) valued him at $22 million for the coming season, and Nurkić at just $12 million. The players have expiring contracts for nearly identical money, so that wasn’t the logic here. Thus, Utah throwing in a second-round pick on top seems like an overpay on value.
That said, this move portends other moves for both sides. Utah is now overloaded in the frontcourt and has a dearth of quality at the guard spot, while Charlotte finally has a perimeter shot creator behind LaMelo Ball but is now left with no viable starting center. This trade is likely the starting point for both team’s offseasons, not the finish line.
Incidentally, both players are extension-eligible, so we’ll see if their new teams view them as long-term pieces. — John Hollinger
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