Hassan Whiteside Blocks Six Shots In First Half Against Warriors
Feb 9, 2022, 9:18 PM
Utah Jazz center Hassan Whiteside (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Jazz center Hassan Whiteside did an outstanding job protecting the paint in the first half against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.
Hassan Whiteside came off the bench for the Jazz against the Warriors and finished with five points, six rebounds and six blocks in 14 minutes on the floor. He made both of his shot attempts and split his two free throw attempts.
The Jazz had a 55-49 lead over the Warriors at halftime.
that's 5 blocks in 9 minutes… https://t.co/cHDh2rU6WG pic.twitter.com/jXKokM4E3q
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) February 10, 2022
Jazz Trade Ingles Before Game Against Warriors
The Jazz are acquired Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Juancho Hernangomez in a three-team trade including the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs.
The Jazz are sending Joe Ingles, Elijah Hughes, and a second-round pick to Portland, while the Spurs are getting Tomas Satoransky and another Jazz second-round pick in the deal.
Ingles suffered a season-ending ACL tear in the Jazz loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves last Sunday and was in the final year of his contract with the Jazz.
Hughes was selected by the Jazz in the second round of the 2020 NBA Draft.
Alexander-Walker is in the third year of his career after being selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the 17th pick of the 2019 NBA draft. Hernangomez has played for four NBA teams over five years during his career.
The Pelicans traded Alexander-Walker to Portland on Tuesday in a move for CJ McCollum, but the guard was quickly redirected to Utah in the trade.
The guard averages 12.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 26 minutes with the Pelicans this season, but struggled the shoot the ball. The guard knocked down just 37 percent of his field-goal attempts and 31 percent of his threes.
However, the guard was a more established shooter coming out of college knocking down 38 percent of his three-point shots at Virginia Tech. Alexander-Walker has one season remaining on his rookie deal but will be under team control with the Jazz for the foreseeable future.
Hernangomez is averaging just 1.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.3 assists for the Spurs this season, but gives the Jazz an expiring contract to flip before Thursday’s trade deadline. The veteran is owed $6.1 million this season and $6.6 million next year, but the final year of his contract is non-guaranteed.
The Jazz and Warriors game can be seen on ESPN or AT&T SportsNet and heard on The Zone Sports Network.
