Utah continued to revamp its roster on Thursday, with the Jazz agreeing to send forward Bojan Bogdanovic to the Detroit Pistons for forward Kelly Olynyk and guard Saben Lee, according to a person with knowledge of the trade.
The person confirmed the exchange on Thursday at The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as not all details – such as physicals and league approval – had been completed, which prevented the deal from being announced by either team .
Detroit will become Bogdanovic’s fifth NBA club. He averaged 18.1 points for the Jazz last season in 69 all-starting games and averaged 15.0 points in eight seasons with Brooklyn, Indiana, Washington and Utah.
Olynyk also joins his fifth team, after stints with Boston, Miami, Houston and the Pistons. He played 40 games for Detroit last season, averaging 9.1 points.
Lee averaged 5.6 points in each of his first two NBA seasons, both with the Pistons. He played 85 games for Detroit, all but seven off the bench.
The move means all but one of Utah’s regular starters from last season are no longer with the Jazz. Bogdanovic had Utah’s second-highest scoring average last season behind Donovan Mitchell, who was traded to Cleveland. The Jazz also traded Rudy Gobert to Minnesota and Royce O’Neale to Brooklyn this offseason.
The only player who started more than six games for Utah last season and is still on the Jazz roster is guard Mike Conley, who started 72 games.
Utah continued to revamp its roster on Thursday, with the Jazz agreeing to send forward Bojan Bogdanovic to the Detroit Pistons for forward Kelly Olynyk and guard Saben Lee, according to a person with knowledge of the trade.
The person confirmed the exchange on Thursday at The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as not all details – such as physicals and league approval – had been completed, which prevented the deal from being announced by either team .
Detroit will become Bogdanovic’s fifth NBA club. He averaged 18.1 points for the Jazz last season in 69 all-starting games and averaged 15.0 points in eight seasons with Brooklyn, Indiana, Washington and Utah.
Olynyk also joins his fifth team, after stints with Boston, Miami, Houston and the Pistons. He played 40 games for Detroit last season, averaging 9.1 points.
Lee averaged 5.6 points in each of his first two NBA seasons, both with the Pistons. He played 85 games for Detroit, all but seven off the bench.
The move means all but one of Utah’s regular starters from last season are no longer with the Jazz. Bogdanovic had Utah’s second-highest scoring average last season behind Donovan Mitchell, who was traded to Cleveland. The Jazz also traded Rudy Gobert to Minnesota and Royce O’Neale to Brooklyn this offseason.
The only player who started more than six games for Utah last season and is still on the Jazz roster is guard Mike Conley, who started 72 games.