ALERT:What is Front Office RISK of Losing Walker Kessler for Cap FLEXIBILITY | Who WON the Summer

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Are the Utah Jazz risking a Jonathan Kuminga-style standoff with Walker Kessler? David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, breaks down the implications of the franchise opting not to extend Kessler's contract, analyzing the potential fallout and the calculated gamble with cap flexibility for next offseason. Locke discusses what Jazz management stands to gain or lose by letting Kessler enter restricted free agency, comparing the situation to Kuminga’s tension with Golden State and debating the realistic market value for an established rim-protecting center like Kessler—including hypothetical trade scenarios involving Austin Reaves and multiple first-round picks.

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0:00.0	Are the Utah Jazz walking toward a Jonathan Caminga situation with Walker Kessler?
0:07.8	It's next on Locked on Jazz.
0:11.0	But um,
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0:14.0	you are locked on jazz, your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
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0:30.6	It's an Ask L.OJ Friday edition of Locked on Jazz.
0:33.8	How are you?
0:34.4	I am David Locke, Radio Voice in Utah Jazz, Jazz, NBA Insider.
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