SpinJitsu259 | Pacers

490 | 19 hours ago

Cool idea. More players should do this.

AlmostHereButNot | Bulls

150 | 19 hours ago

It really is a great gateway for a lot of players who want to have a long career in the NBA. Getting into coaching while you have a playing career can get you a good leg-up. Plus, getting into that coaching mindset can help you see the game better on the court. Good for him, man.

BigGuyForYou_

-62 | 19 hours ago

Gateway for a lot of players? Per the article this has never happened before

AlmostHereButNot | Bulls

53 | 19 hours ago

I… never said it has…? I’m saying that it’s a great gateway into coaching. Isn’t it obvious that coaching a summer league team is going to help lead to more coaching opportunities in the future? When he retires, he can point to this as part of his resume. Who cares if it’s happened before or not? I said what I said. Great gateway for a lot of players. Anybody who takes the route in the future.

FilmRoomCoach

325 | 19 hours ago

This is a smart development move. Young PGs like Keyonte often struggle with game management because everything’s happening at 100mph on the floor. Sitting next to the coaching staff, watching how Utah sets up their Spain PnR and stagger actions from the sideline — that changes how you see the game. Helps with pocket pass timing and reading the help defender’s rotation before you even catch the ball. More players should do this.

MG_MN | Timberwolves

67 | 19 hours ago

Yeah its such a good idea to get them a unique vantage point

Successful_Ninja_192

1 | 5 hours ago

This guy knows ball

Candid-Boss6534 | POR

103 | 19 hours ago

i picked Keyonte as one of my guys in the draft, and I still think he could lead a team, I know people want to hand the keys to DP but I think Keyonte is that dude

Confident-Floor1233 | Jazz

63 | 19 hours ago

Keyonte is absolutely the leader of this locker room. He can be the CJ to DPs Dame and that’s really not a bad role to play in this league.

Candid-Boss6534 | POR

22 | 19 hours ago

i think he could be more than that personally. if DP shows he can improve consistently like Keyonte has, then i’ll change my mind but that is by no means a guarantee and i think that’s the most important factor to being a star in the league

OrangeScarface

4 | 16 hours ago

I was waiting for Jazz to make a trade or sign a player to play the veteran role (they still might) for DP, but Keyonte has been such a huge leader since last offseason that he basically is that veteran.

I agree with you, if we can potentially get a 1a/1b situation with those two I’d be ecstatic. Keyonte’s growth and work ethic will pair well with DP based on what I’ve seen and heard from him. I think those two fit well, it’s just a matter of how much presence DP will have coming into year one. If Keyonte has a year like last year, with more winning, should be close to an allstar.

Tuft64 | Supersonics

8 | 15 hours ago

I think the CJ-to-Dame comp undersells what Keyonte just did though. McCollum’s third-year breakout was really just a bigger role for a guy who was already doing a good job. He was 41-43% from the field on low volume for two years, then just got more shots when LMA dipped. Keyonte’s path is way weirder: he was a legitimately bad, high-minutes starter shooting 39.1% from the field two years in a row, then this year jumped to 45.6%/60.9% TS while his usage went UP (22.8% to 27.9%) and his assist rate went up too (6.1 apg, AST% to 28.4%). I tried really hard to find a historical comp of a player who had their volume, efficiency, and playmaking all taking a leap the way Keyonte’s did, and genuinely could not find any comparison to Keyonte’s year three jump.

Guys like CJ and Maxey have had leaps but were never actually bad shooters, they were just underused. Guys like John Wall or Monta Ellis had the heavy-minutes/bad-efficiency start but never actually fixed the efficiency, they just added more volume forever. Point being, Keyonte right now does not have a CJ career trajectory, and frankly I think pencilling him in for second option behind DP really undersells the leap he took this year and assumes that another jump to a higher level is out of the question, when this time last year we would have said Keyonte taking the leap he took this year was out of the question too.

There is a legitimate world where DP hits his median expected outcome (top 30ish high level starting shooting guard / multiple time all-star) and he’s still the second option after Keyonte because Keyonte has another leap in him, and as much as I am excited for DP and think he’s gonna be a future stud, I don’t think it’s fair to assume that it’s gonna be Keyonte who’s playing second fiddle to him.

menghis_khan08 | Jazz

4 | 15 hours ago

Keyontes offense and floor generalling has an almost limitless ceiling, but he was one of the worst defenders in the league last year. Like, bottom 5th percentile bad. Love him, think he’s on a path to being maxable; but he needs to get to at least slightly below average defense and that is questionable (not impossible) at this moment

He’s also been on a tanking team and idt he has been asked to add defense to his bag so we will see

Confident-Floor1233 | Jazz

2 | 15 hours ago

I love Keyonte and it’s definitely not a sure thing I’m just hopefully optimistic that our big 2nd overall pick can actually reach his superstar ceiling outcome. Key still has the reins for this now certainly, DP will have to earn his keep same way Ace was and is. I definitely don’t wanna let go of him the way Portland did CJ because yeah there’s still more untapped potential. But yeah I don’t think of it as second fiddle really. More so “your turn, my turn”.

Pharrelliper | Jazz

84 | 17 hours ago

Man

I

Love

Keyonte

Prestigious_Let_7957

22 | 16 hours ago

MILK

Electrical-House-499

5 | 17 hours ago

I also love Keynote

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1 | 15 hours ago

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Pharrelliper | Jazz

1 | 15 hours ago

Assistant coach for one game in the summer league

Super interesting because it’s the first time I’ve heard of a player doing this lol

Alone_Meal_8585

2 | 17 hours ago

lol what’s going

RubberArms

1 | 5 hours ago

This is the type of leadership I love to see. LeBron I need you to coach summer league for the Brooklyn Nets or New York Knicks.

foogeyzi69 | LAL

-8 | 13 hours ago

why? hes on yr r4 he can still play in the summer league

EggsAndRice7171 | Pacers

-27 | 19 hours ago

Jazz want their young players to learn unanalytical basketball. As god intended.

Utah Jazz PG Keyonte George will join the coaching staff for the first summer league game in Vegas vs the Wizards