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Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

JJJ Trade

Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

Nate Duncan

Sports

4.53K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Utah Jazz finally make their big move, acquiring Jaren Jackson, Jr.  How good will the Jazz be next year? Will they be too good now to keep their top-8 protected pick?  What else do they need to contend in the West? For Memphis, we look back on the conclusion of the Jaren era.  What’s the plan now in Memphis? Was this the right time to move him?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, it was a quiet evening last night, but now, Mr. Leroux, we have a trade.

0:08.5

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to report a trade.

0:15.1

We most certainly do, and the Memphis Grizzlies are trading Jaron Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz, the full

0:24.9

terms of the trade. Jaron Jackson Jr., John Conchar, Jock Landale, Vince Williams Jr., to the Jazz for

0:32.6

Walter Quentin, Taylor Hendrix, Kyle Anderson, George Nying, and three future first round picks.

0:39.8

Those three firsts are the 2027 Lakers pick, protected one through four.

0:45.9

The Jazz got that in the Mike Conley Jr. trade back in 2023.

0:50.2

The best of Utah, Cleveland, and Minnesota in27. Of course, that goes back to the Mitchell

0:56.7

and Gobert trades. That's all. Yeah, the best of Utah, Cleveland and Minnesota in 27, that's,

1:01.1

that will show certainly, in case it wasn't clear enough that the Jabs will be trying in 27

1:07.3

after making this trade, that they will certainly be incentivized to do that and then finally

1:12.1

2013 one phoenix and you'll recall that that move came as a result of aggregating together

1:17.9

three picks that they already had and trading the worst of all of them in and getting it up being

1:25.2

27 29 and 31.

1:37.8

So that was like worst of Minnesota, Cleveland, Utah in those three years for a one unprotected 2031 Phoenix first.

1:45.8

So Memphis now will be as a swap with Phoenix this year that they may not end up using because Orlando might have a worse record than Phoenix and then also they have that 2031 Phoenix deal. So our Phoenix pick.

1:50.8

So let's start here from the Utah Jazz perspective and we're going to pretend that the rest

1:57.9

of this year doesn't matter. Now, I mean, is it possible they could try to push for the play?

2:02.0

They're not that far behind.

2:03.2

I would imagine that Jaron Jackson Jr., although he has been also recent enough to be,

2:08.6

I believe this is the case subject to the player participation policy,

2:12.0

I imagine that his toe and quad and back and knee and shin and every other injury he's ever experiences

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