Utah Jazz: Biggest Takeaways From Summer League

Bryce Cotton

There hasn’t been a player that’s been more impressive playing for the Jazz during the Summer League than Bryce Cotton.

Because of his awesome play during the summer, the undersized point guard is going to earn himself a guaranteed contract on someone’s roster. Utah might not be able to keep Cotton and it might be in his best interest if he didn’t.

Playing on a roster that already has Trey Burke, Dante Exum and the newly signed Raul Neto all under contract won’t give Cotton the minutes on the court that he deserves to play.

In essence each of Cotton’s summer league games is a tryout.

The question is what team will eventually pull the trigger on his contract. Anyone can see that he’s got combination of elite athleticism, a wicked jump shot and the ability to take his defenders off the dribble. Teams need to get over his size and start to look at what he’s doing to his opponents.

Cotton’s talented and in reality I’d rather have him starting point guard over Exum or Neto, but that’s Utah’s decision to live with.

Cotton’s going to make the New York Knicks or Philadelphia 76ers very happy.

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